英文诗作Watching Sunset at the Seashore〈在海边看日落〉刊登于伊利诺州诗人协会网页，

2019年12月

〈在海边看日落〉

猛烧了一天

想把每张作孽的脸都烧成黑炭

却在最後关头

软下心来

把通红的大火球

扔进水里

吱吱声中

我看到整个大海

沸腾了起来

载浮载沉的空罐，针筒，塑胶杯盘口袋…

纷纷从地球的每一个角落

涌入这沸腾的大锅

一个昏暗的餐室里

一个孤单的老人

正咕哝举起

他的塑胶刀叉

*在菲律宾，一条死鲸鱼被发现胃里装满了88磅塑料垃圾。（纽约时报，2019.3.19）

WATCHING SUNSET AT THE SEASHORE

burning all day

trying to char every evil face on earth

yet at the last minute

he softens and recedes

throwing the fireball

into the water

amid the sizzling sound

I see the entire ocean boil up

empty bottles, syringes, plastic bags, cups and plates

all rushing into this big pot

from every corner of the world

and in the dim dining room

a lonely old man grumbles

as he raises his plastic knife

and fork

Note: A dead whale was found in the Philippines with 88 pounds

of plastic bags and other disposable plastic products in its

stomach. (New York Times, March 19, 2019)

 http://illinoispoets.org/poems1219.htm#WatchingSunsetattheSeashore