The Wind Blows Over Me

Poetry from China

nasiraijaz August 31, 2026

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One gust of wind

Meets another,

One gust and another

Merge into

A greater gust.

Liu Chunchao

Liu Chunchao is a painter‑poet. He currently serves as Director of Guyuan Art Museum in Zhuhai. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association, the China Artists Association, and the Chinese Society of Music‑Literature. He has won the Second Prize of the National Youth Poets Poetry Competition (no First Prize awarded), the Su Manshu Literature Award, and other honours. His works have been published in periodicals and newspapers including People’s Literature, People’s Daily and Poetry Periodical, and anthologized in publications such as A Century of New Chinese Poetry. He has published four poetry collections: The Empty Chair, Gratitude for Water, Such Are the Facts, and A Four‑Square‑Metre Sea. He completed studies at the 9th Advanced Poetry Workshop of Guangdong Province and the 22nd Ethnic Minority Writers Training Class of Lu Xun Academy of Literature. In 2016, the symposium Things Beyond My Reach — A Symposium on Liu Chunchao’s Poetry was co‑hosted by People’s Literature Magazine, Guangdong Provincial Writers’ Association and other institutions. He was invited to the 2018 Xu Zhimo Poetry & Art Festival in Cambridge, UK, where he held the lacquer‑painting exhibition Lotus and Prajna / Poetry‑Painting Cambridge — Liu Chunchao Lacquer‑Painting Art Exhibition, and received the Xu Zhimo Art Award.

刘春潮，画家、诗人。现为珠海古元美术馆馆长。中国作家协会会员、中国美术家协会会员、中国音乐文学学会会员。获“全国青年诗人诗歌大赛”二等奖（一等奖空缺）、苏曼殊文学奖等，发表于《人民文学》《人民日报》《诗刊》等报刊，入选《新诗百年》等选本。出版个人诗集《空椅子》《感谢水》《事实如此》《四平方的大海》。结业于“广东省第九届诗歌高级研修班” 、鲁迅文学院第二十二期少数民族创作培训班。2016年由人民文学杂志社、广东省作家协会等单位主办“我不能企及头顶上的事物——刘春潮诗歌研讨会”。应邀出席“2018英国剑桥徐志摩诗歌艺术节”并在艺术节上举办《莲知般若/诗画剑桥——刘春潮漆画艺术展》,获“徐志摩艺术奖”。