This piece is part of a special portfolio featuring new and queer voices from China. Read more from the portfolio here.

By WU WENYING, SU SHI, SHANGYANG FANG, YUN QIN WANG, and CAO COLLECTIVE. 

Translated poems appear in both the original Chinese and in English.

Table of Contents:

• Wu Wenying, translated by Shangyang Fang, “Departure” & “Visiting Lingyan Mountain” 
• Su Shi, translated by Shangyang Fang, “Return to Lin Gao at Night”
• Yun Qin Wang, “The First Rain”
• CAO Collective, “qiào bā”