Yu Longcheng (1937-), pen name Green Island, born in Fuyang, Zhejiang, is a poet and calligrapher. His poetry inherits the tradition in form, but it is not eclectic, which embodies his personal characteristics and innovative spirit.
Yu Longcheng's poems are rich, including many excellent ones. His poetic style is unique, bold and powerful, yet graceful and restrained. His poems have diverse themes, involving landscapes, love, philosophy and many other aspects, among which the most representative work is Untitled.
Untitled is a long poem by Yu Longcheng, which takes love as the theme and is written in the form of seven-character quatrains. The poem depicts a lovelorn person leaning on the fence alone on a rainy night, recalling the past and lamenting the emotional world of fate. Every sentence in the poem is full of affection and sentimentality, expressing the lovelorn's nostalgia and helplessness for the lost love. This poem is concise in language and profound in meaning, giving people a strong feeling.
Besides Untitled, Yu Longcheng has many other excellent poems, such as Fuchunjiang and Sauvignon Blanc. These works are full of strong emotional color and unique artistic charm, either to express the author's yearning for hometown or to express his yearning for love.
Generally speaking, Yu Longcheng is a talented poet and calligrapher, and his poetry works reflect his personal characteristics and innovative spirit in form and content. His poems are diverse in subject matter, concise in language and profound in meaning, which gives people strong feelings and shows his profound literary foundation and superb artistic talent.