Cape Collinson Cemetery, Hong Kong
Guisi Nian Zhengyue, early dawn
On the theme of Rivers
Cemetery
He went first. He said I’d find him.
The cemetery built into the mountains is as crowded as the rest of Hong Kong.
He said he’d meet me here. I see no one.
I catch a sound ahead.
I dare myself to go on, alone.
But there are no people here.
He went first. He said I’d find him.
Artists Bios: Katrina Hamlin and Björn Wahlström live and write in southern China. Björn is the founder of Shanghai-based H.A.L. Literature and of literary journal farenougheast.com. Katrina works as a journalist in Hong Hong Kong and is active with the Hong Kong Writer’s Group and Poetry out loud. They have both been published extensively in east and west. This is their first collaborative piece.