Li Keke 李可可

Li Keke, pen name "big bottle of cola 大瓶可乐", born in 1970. He is the founder of China Poet 中国诗人(www.chinapoet.net), the most prominent poetry website in China, which hosts the most populated poetry forum in the world with over 20,000 registered members (as of October 16th of 2004). An administrator in high school, he lives with his wife and a daughter in the city of Xiamen, China.

The Tree and Its Shadow 《树和影子》

For some subtle reasons
The shadow under the tree started to twist
Extended into the well
A cold separation

No way for the tree to be away from its shadow
Just like the sky in the summer night
No way to be without the sparkling
Stars

The leaves swirling, flying
Up and down, looking for the way to go home
The shadow, no way to be away from the tree
Heard the whispers of the approaching leaves

Translated by Laoha (X.M.Li) on 10/31/2003.