Walking posture

Shi Jinchao's first poetry collection, "Walking Posture," records the young poet's observations over the years, "from distant wars and unrest to the light and echoes of the city, to the subtle and complex private emotions."

"Reading Jinchao's poetry reveals a desire to become transparent, a vessel or channel through which the emotions of society and the times flow. The traces left behind (perhaps pain) are picked up and transformed into poetry. Times are rough, and poetry also rubs against them to create fire, the art of objectification repeatedly contesting. If you're not satisfied with smoldering, light more " ", you can steal the light of a lamprey or gaze at the seemingly motionless but in fact unpredictable fish-scale clouds." — Guan Tianlin (poet and editor-in-chief of "Zihua")

"Jinchao's poetry is a poem of reflection, a poem of communication. It has a clear logic and concerns, particularly the great question of justice in the world. His language is mature and structured, and he consciously draws nourishment from his peers, expanding into different fields. Jinchao's strides on the poetry stage are confident and steady, a delight to watch. I hope he continues to deepen his logic into rationality and elevate it to intellectual interest. I also hope that he will occasionally turn more deeply to his inner self, to where no one is, and try to say what cannot be said or what he does not know how to say." - Fan Shanbiao (Professor of Chinese Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Shi Jinchao

A Hong Kong poet born in the 1990s, he writes under the pen names Jing Lei and Huo Huo. He was a former member of the National Taiwan University Modern Poetry Society, currently a secondary school teacher, and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has recently won third place in the 1st Wollongong Literary Prize Essay Competition (College New Poetry Category), a Commended Award in the 11th University Literary Awards (College New Poetry Category), and a Merit Award in the 2020 City Literary Awards (College New Poetry Category). His works have appeared in various publications in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Sound and Rhythm Poetry Magazine, Flower of Words, Turnip Literary Monthly, Hong Kong Literature, Sample, Workers' Literature, Sunday Tea, Healing Anthology, Lingnan People, Wenyuan, Ziyou Supplement, Qiankun Poetry Magazine, Young Lion Literature, Wild Ginger Flower Collection, Lotus Literary Magazine, Vineyard Poetry Magazine, and Genesis Poetry Magazine.

Recommended Preface 1: The Walker's Footsteps - Preface to Shi Jinchao's "Walking Posture" by Zeng Yongcong.

Recommendation 2: Gong Haomin. 12

Recommendation. 18

Preface: "Written While Walking". 24

Volume 1｜｜｜｜｜ Watching: Teacup in the Storm. 28
"Paper Wall" - A letter to a scholar in Kiev who used books to block bullets 31
Empty Seat —Written in the House That Still Belongs to Us34
Yangon 36
The Man with the Gun 38
Ukrainian Farm Eggs 40
"Whimsing in the Air-raid Shelter" 42
〈“”〉 44

Part 2｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜ Walking. 46
"Passing Wah Fu Village, Aberdeen" (Three Poems from "Walking Posture" (Choose One)) 49
City Lights and Shadows (Layered Elephants) 53
"Occasionally Seeing a Dying Old Man" 54
Three Poems on a Day Without Light 57
Falling Death Planet 65
Setting Sail 67
Morning in Tai Wai - After Tsang Wing-chung's Morning in Fortress Hill 69
The Cultivation of Coffee 72
Fish Scale Cloud 74
Cat Watching the Sea 75
Dark Room - Hong Kong team Cheung Ka-long wins Olympic foil gold medal
Toy City 79
Inside the Besieged City 82
Little Red Flowers Blooming in the Foggy City 84
City Echoes: "Working Man's Song" (Part 1) 87
The Man Towards the Sea 89
The Preacher 90
Heart Fire 91
"A Few Mouths" - Sketch Exercise 93
Scalper 95

Volume 3｜｜｜｜｜｜｜ Pacing. 97
Pedestrian 99
Reminiscence: A Visit to Shengping Theater at the Beginning of the Year
Xiongji Scallion Pancake 104
Light a Lamp for Me—Written to My Friend YA 106
Black Hawk 108
"Let Everything Go with the Wind" - Five-line Poem for ML 109
"Follow Your Feeling" - Free C 111
"Extension of the Bridge" - Gift of KP 113
〈Hina Ai〉—To L 115

Volume 4｜｜｜ Return to 118
〈Easy Picking〉 121
Reflections on a Night Tour of Campus 125
Carp Streamer 127
The Hagfish's Testimony 130