Table of Contents

Preface 3

The Collection of Picking Jade 15
A Random Thought 17
Dreaming about My Late Father 19
The Silhouette 21
(Untitled) 22
A Poem Written by Chance 23
A Poem Written by Chance (Self-Translated) 25
To Roses 27
An Ode to the Great Compassion 28
Random Feelings in Rain 29
Mother 30
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Tamsui Cultural Market) 31
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Mountain Waterfall) 32
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Autumn Forests) 33
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Mother Your Excellency) 34
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Living in Mountains) 35
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Typhoon Herb) 36
The Rise of Wind in Mountain Dadu 38
Life 40
The Jade Bracelet 43
Seasons 46
The Calling of the Seasons 50
China Airlines Plane Crash 54
The Second Anniversary of Professor Hsiao’s Death 58
Going to Tzu-Chi for Participating in the Life Camp 60
Be Persistent and Strong 63
The Traveler 66
September 28 69
The Journey of Life 71
An Association of Rain 76
Desire 80
The Department Store 84
Setting Sail 86
The 921 Jiji Earthquake 88
August 8 90
The Jade Dragon 92
The Compliment of Beauty: To a Good Friend (※副標縮小) 94
The Rain Drizzles 96
Missing My Second Older Sister 98
Grieving 101
A Few White Hairs 103
The Evil and the Righteous 104
The Millennium Dragon 105
The Good and the Evil, the Yin and the Yang 106
The Warm Winter Sun 108
Mourning Professor Kung Chung-Wen 109
Spring 110
Looking Forward 111
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Half Mountains, Half Clouds) 112
A Painting Inscribing Poem (A Little Country in Peach Woods) 113
New Hope 114
No More Hesitation 115
The Collection of Black and White 117
The Shadow 119
The Unforgettable Days 120
Never Give Up 121
Humans Are Not the Weak 122
The Rain Gurgles 123
A Dream Again 124
Human Life Is a Wretch 125
The Words of Mother-in-Teaching 126
The Vast Mountains 127
The Great Way 128
The Birthday of My First Daughter Yun-Hua 129
Bird Chirps in the Morning 130
Humans Are Wretches 131
A Dream 132
The Hot Summer 133
A Shower of Rain 134
The Earthquake 135
The Tick-Tacking Rain 136
The Heavy Rain 137
The Damage of the Disaster 138
Buddha 139
Mourning Teacher Ching Song-Ling 140
Traveling to the Moon Palace in Dreams 142
Dreaming 143
The Wind Whirs 144
Living with Snakes 145
Drinking Tea 146
Mourning My Oldest Sister 147
Having Learned Loneliness 148
Worry, Suffering 149
The Vase Flowers 150
Black and White: The First Poem 151
Black and White: The Second Poem 152
Black and White: The Third Poem 153
Mourning Professor Liao Hong-Chang 154
The Collection of Hatching Dreams 155
A Burning Flame 157
The Stacked Clouds 158
The Person in My Dream 159
Spiritual Harbor 160
The Bitterness of Waiting 161
My Dream 162
Tomorrow Will Be Better 163
The Night Sky 164
You Are Like Orchid Flowers in Spring 165
Staying with Loneliness 166
Missing 168
The Wind Whirs 169
The Clouds Holding the Mountains 170
Tick-Tack 171
Facing the Morning Sunlight 172
Looking at the Rising Sun 173
Pooch, Pooch 174
The Shadow That Lingers 176
Under the Traffic Light 177
Turn Round Quickly 178
Go Ahead to Meet 179
The Shape of the Cloud 180
The Warm Sun in Autumn and Winter 181
The Sunshine That Shoots into the House 182
Losses and Gains 183
Reverse Thinking 185
Under the Umbrella 186
The Camel’s Foot Trees 187
Raindrops 188
Retrieve the Origin of Heart 189
Let Her Go 190
Chinese New Year’s Eve 191
The Collection of Having Feelings 193
Passion 195
Hearing Mother-in-Teaching Chen Is in Hospital 196
Visiting Hsu Chao-Sen’s Painting Exhibition in Tainan 197
Dreaming about Mother 198
Reading The Spirit of Chinese Art 199
Watching the New Year Purchase Street 200
The Thick Fog 201
An Art Theory in My Dream 202
Han Liang’s Poems 203
Maternal Grandparents 204
Sweeping the Tomb 205
Mother’s Day 206
Feelings after Reading Tsao Ming-Tsung’s News of Taiwan’s History 207
It Takes Ten Years to Grow a Tree but A Hundred Years to Cultivate a Person 208
Blackout Today 209
The Spirit of Human Life is Broad 210
Typhoon Soulik 211
Wenhsun Held an Auction of Calligraphy Works and Paintings 212
Reading The Five Cities of Du Fu by Lai Jui-He 214
Rabies 215
The Soldier That Has Crossed the River 216
The White Shirt Army 217
Father’s Day 219
Cobras 221
Fake Farmers 223
Typhoon Kong-Rey 224
Dreaming about Teacher Ching 225
The Moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival 226

Table of Contents

Preface 3

The Collection of Picking Jade 15
A Random Thought 17
Dreaming about My Late Father 19
The Silhouette 21
(Untitled) 22
A Poem Written by Chance 23
A Poem Written by Chance (Self-Translated) 25
To Roses 27
An Ode to the Great Compassion 28
Random Feelings in Rain 29
Mother 30
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Tamsui Cultural Market) 31
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Mountain Waterfall) 32
A Painting Inscribing Poem (Autumn Forests) 33
A Painting Inscribing P...