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Live Encounters Poetry & Writing English-Chinese Edition January 2023
Things to Do around Winnipeg when you’re Black, poem by Michel Fraser.
Things to Do around Winnipeg
when you’re Black
after Gary Snyder
Start in The Forks and meander slow as a season
flowing through the market courtyard.
Take the Riverwalk to see where the waters meet.
Lose the present as you become small as a name,
your steps kicking pebbles into the river’s hem.
See the city return to nature with its downtown
face dipped in waterway reflections.
Every elm you see is another word for place.
Get a pair of handcrafted moccasins.
Talk to the owner and know your ancestors
shared all that was broken and cracked with
the world, the sense of history’s remains willow-
hooping through the two of you.
Stop at the Little Brown Jug and enjoy a pint of 1919 ale,
taste how heirloom hops and spices create a moment.
Each daybreak is the sun sticking its landing.
Drive northeast to see the Red River empty into
inverted skies. Know that once water starts turning,
it never stops.
Feel how distant morning becomes on the drive back.
Around you, the prairie’s long stretch is faking forever.
This is how grass owns a landscape.
League of 2nd Annual Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest
2022 Winner
黑人在温尼伯附近闲逛
有感于加里-斯奈德
从三岔口开始，慢悠悠地随季节
穿过集市的庭院。
沿着河道走，看看河水的交汇处。
当你变得像名字一样微不足道时，
你会迷失，不时将卵石踢入河边。
目睹城市回归自然——市中心
容颜浸入水道倒影中。
你看到每一棵榆树都是处境的另一种解释。
买一双手工制作的软皮鞋。
与主人交谈，了解你们的祖先
曾与天地分享过辛酸苦辣和残缺破碎，
意识到历史遗留部分像柳箍穿过系连你们两个。
在 “小棕瓶”停下，享受一品脱1919年的麦芽酒，
尝尝时髦一时的祖传的啤酒花和香料。
每个黎明太阳总是坚定地升起。
驱车向东北方行驶，看红河排入
倒挂的天宇。要知道，一旦水流开始转弯，
它永远不会停止。
回程的路上，感受早晨变得如此遥远。
在你周围，草原长长的一大片伪装永无止境。
这就是草如何自备一个景观。
这首诗荣获2022年加拿大诗人联盟Lesley Strutt诗歌奖
Chinese translation © Anna Yin/© Michael Fraser
迈克尔·弗雷泽作品两度被选入《加拿大最佳英文诗歌》年选（2013/2018）他荣获许多奖项，包括《Freefall》杂志2014年和2015年的诗赛，2016年加拿大广播公司诗歌奖，2018年格温多林-梅斯文诗歌竞赛，以及2022年Lesley Strutt诗歌奖等。《The Day-Breakers》（Biblioasis 2022）是他最新出版的诗集。
Michael Fraser is published in Best Canadian Poetry in English 2013 and 2018. He has won numerous awards, including Freefall Magazine’s 2014 and 2015 poetry contests, the 2016 CBC Poetry Prize, the 2018 Gwendolyn Macewen Poetry Competition, and the 2022 Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize. The Day-Breakers (Biblioasis 2022) is his most recent poetry collection.