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Where the First Water Flows
Paperback
Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Bobcat Press
Published: Oct 29 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Where the First Water Flows is a journey through memory, homeland, and the landscapes that shape a life.
In this English-language collection, Chinese poet Xiangzheng Lu follows the currents of desire, family memory, nature, history, and travel. A river, a cup of tea, a childhood house, a shifting cloud, or a voice heard in a dream becomes an opening into a larger world.
These lyrical poems move from the Yellow River Estuary and Sanxingdui to deserts, lakes, Jerusalem, and Angkor Wat, while returning again and again to the intimate terrain of home. Lu writes of love and loss, mothers and fathers, tea and weather, ancient ruins and modern restlessness-with a voice both contemplative and immediate.
Where the First Water Flows invites readers into contemporary Chinese poetry in English: poetry of place, cultural memory, nature, and return. It is a collection for readers of world literature, translated poetry, and image-rich lyric writing-for anyone who has felt that a small, ordinary moment can hold an entire life.
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