1. "Poem to Mother"
Mother, I have wanted to write a poem for you for a long time, but I have written it many times and still haven't finished it.
Mother, I don’t know how to start this poem for you, I don’t know how to end it, and I don’t know what to write.
Just like when I faced your severe slap when I was a child, I didn’t know whether to accept it bravely or choose to escape.
Mother, tonight I thought of you again, and I decided to write a poem for you, even if it is not well written, even if you are far away in my hometown, you will never be able to read it...
Mother, if you see a small white boat in your dream, don’t be surprised that it fell into the dream for no reason. This is written by your beloved daughter with tears in her eyes.
Thousands of rivers and mountains, begging him to carry her love and sorrow back home.
2. "Paper Boat"
"I never abandon a piece of paper, I always keep it - keep it, fold it into small boats I was thrown from the boat into the sea.
Some were blown into the window of the boat by the wind, and some were wet by the waves and stuck on the bow of the boat. I still did not lose heart. I fold them every day, always hoping that one of them will flow to where I want it to go.
Mom, if you see a small white boat in your dream, don’t be surprised if it comes into your dream for no reason. It was made by your beloved daughter with tears in her eyes, and she begged it to carry her love and sorrow back home."
In the early summer of 1923, Bing Xin graduated from Yenching University. On August 17 of the same year, she took the Yorkson cruise ship from Shanghai to study in the United States. Arrive in Kobe, Japan on August 19th and visit Yokohama on the 21st. Judging from the time of writing, this poem was written by the poet on the sixth day after visiting Yokohama, while on the ship continuing to sail to the other side of the ocean.
The context is beautiful, the feeling of missing my mother is relatively abstract, and it is easy to become empty and superficial when writing. This poem has a novel concept, and the poet uses the method of expressing emotions through objects, so that the expression of emotions is vivid, concrete, implicit, and deep. In addition, the poem's longer lines and slow tone are in harmony with the long longing for the mother.