Poetry — Junhao Wu

Poetry series

2019-Present

Wistfulness

I lie in this room,

watching the light refracted in layers upon the window,

and two cats chasing and playing.

I think to myself,

how much better it would be without me.

(2019)

Father and Daughter

I boarded the ark,

but sank another.

Only a father and daughter survived.

I am imprisoned,

condemned by history.

It was supposed to be a drill.

Why was a nuclear bomb detonated?

(2020)

Lychee

At first, we should imagine a tone of voice.

(In the 1950s)

It is hard to imagine that there is such a corner in this world,

there is a bath with Roman-style, if it is called as Swimming Pool, it does not match Rome.

It was built specifically for the ladies to take pictures.
Nobody touch the water, only ripples linger on the shore.

(2020)

Falsehood

My maternal grandmother,

Alzheimer’s disease.

Ask me again and again where will I go.

I said, North Korea, Grandma.

That was the holy land during her golden years,

just as I am now in London.

From 1969 to 1973, North Korea's per capita GDP was three times that of South Korea.

Do you know?

Now you know.

(2021)

Footprint

"I won't kill you, I will block you."

"Why? Just because I have a bigger carbon footprint than you?"

(2021)

Mythology

"My phone screen just cracked."

“Good job."

"That's art."

"You've proven the boundaries of dimensions with facts.”

"So, the boundary of dimensions is a glass screen?"

“Just go repair the rift please.”

“Like Nüwa mending the sky?”

(2022)

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