Monday, November 18, 2013

[Day 28] 365 Days of Poetry Writing

Day 28
About this poem
 I was required to use these words: Cliché, shark, shock, brush, shook, shriek, trash, and lass.

Cliché
Sharks shock and they brush.
Cliché?
Sharks shock and they shook.
Cliché?
Shark Shock shrieks.
Cliché?
Shriek sharks and Shock trashes
And they brush.
Still a cliché,

Miss? (A-lass)

Saturday, November 9, 2013

中文這個科目

中文, 可能對大多香港人來說, 是一個厭惡的科目。這個科目是很多中六學生的「斷頭台」。 「時辰已到,按法處斬 !」是我們已進大專的學生體驗過的經典情節。有部分同學會在這句話之前, 被突如其來的聖旨救回一命, 有些便會等待著黃泉鬼差接應, 然後在被斬首後示眾。要是去過考場, 經歷過一試定生死, 便知道死者甚多, 運者其少。至於筆者是否避過此劫, 皆看吾文筆可知。

我現在就讀於並不是本地大專而是一間美國藝術大學。由於英語能力有限, 我被安排至英文特別班裡上課。每天聆聽, 寫作和閱讀都是英文, 別無其他。在日積月累的課堂下, 我對英文生厭, 反之對中文充溢著濃厚的興趣。我覺得中文在我生命中很是重要, 是一種不可缺少的藝術。每天上課的休息時間, 我會看著韓寒的散文。回家後都會開著電腦一邊聆聽喜歡的音樂, 一邊閱讀金庸的作品。我對中文的倏然熱愛, 使親朋戚友感到疑惑: 一個對中文反感的女生, 為何會愛上看中國文學甚至中文寫作?

一切結果乃有其起因, 尤其是對一樣曾經並不討好自己的東西產生正面情感 。起初我以為中文只是殺人不眨眼的劊子手, 把所有英文專長但中文平庸的學生斬首, 使刑場充斥著血腥味, 彷如致身於滿缸紅的戰場上。但其實它不是如眾所想, 這個劊子手都有感性的一面。

中文這門學問, 比英文這個國際通用的語言更加多元化。單是成語疊詞造句, 之乎者也那些古代用詞, 比英語古文白話文複雜得多。簡單來說, 一個英文生字在中國裡可能有四個不同的詞語或成語來解釋其定義。有的簡潔易明, 有的則深不可測。例如stingy這個形容詞, 在中文裡除吝嗇之外, 一毛不拔, 斤斤計較和錙銖必較也可以用來詮釋此詞。在個人立場來看, 中文的成語或古文, 充溢著藝術性。金庸描述其書中的人物時心思熟慮, 栩栩如生, 讓人看得如痴如碎。經典的例子最不過就是形容<<倚天層龍記>>的女主角趙敏的氣質:
美麗無比,嬌美無限,猶似曉露中的鮮花;巧笑嫣然,美目流盼,如花似玉,花容月貌,當真是觀世音菩薩下凡;十分美麗之中,更帶三分英氣、三分豪態,同時雍容華貴,自有一副端嚴之致,令人肅然起敬,不敢逼視;瀟灑飄逸,容光照人,風華絕代,美艷傾城,靈頑活潑,俏而不俗。華美絕世又嬌憐楚楚,一身柔馨恬靜又超凡傾世之氣韻,讓人失足沉溺在她那如夢似幻的仙境之中。

儘管趙敏被形容至「觀世音菩薩下凡」有點誇張, 但唯美與淒美並存於這段文字, 文筆尖銳, 讀者看完過後都應該佩服金庸先生有神般想像創作力。中文彷若一件文藝復興時期的雕塑, 極其真實且袖摺分明, 仔細無比, 看似要廢寢忘食才能完成的藝術品, 絕非閒等之輩能夠掌握領悟....



Wednesday, October 16, 2013

[Day 27] 365 Days of Poetry Writing

Day 27
Troubling Thoughts

Every book
tells me that
the more intelligent you are,
the more troubles you'll get.

I incline to not agree.
Smart people,
especially the intelligent of them all,
should have less troubles troubling them.

They have seen more, known more, learned more, and thought more
than any of us combined.
They are able to decompose the troublest trouble,
so why would they have more trouble?

The least intelligent people would not have trouble,
or not as many as others,
since their mind have no room
for any troubling thoughts.

It is the people in between
that suffer the most.
They are capable of identifying troubles,
yet they are no near at a place that gives them power to tackle them.

Sigh.
This will be a problem that will live with the eternity,
as long as the human race still stands tall,
troubles will come after us all.

Monday, October 14, 2013

[Day 26] 365 Days of Poetry Writing

Day 26
Challenging The Bottom Line

Politeness can
open a lot of doors,
no?
But your impertinence has surely closed
quite
a thousand.

I not know your past,
neither do you,
but neither will you.
I thought having proper manners
is proper.

You say what you want,
you peel slices
off the fruit of friendship
when it is not even
ripe.

The day comes
when I choose to be silent,
do not question about me.
Do it onto yourself.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

[Day 25] 365 Days of Poetry Writing

Day 25
Mind Reader

I am not a mind reader, my friend.
If I were (which I am not),
I would have made a thousand friends
on Facebook.

I should make it clear
that implication is not my forte.
If I am that good at picking up traces of implication,
I should be a modern day Sherlock Holmes.

I do not pick up signals,
like a robot.
Please suit yourself with a
radar or radio.

I do not do hints.
What I do do is direct communication.

I prefer clarity.
I prefer sincerity.

I implore in advance:
Please do not expect much,
for you will end up losing all that you hope for.

It might be me,
it could be you.
It is both of us.

We are two,
and never one,
so keep that in mind.

What makes us think so differently?
The role that we are playing in the society?

I am not seeking answers.
Not from someone
who would most likely ignore them
in the first place.