A Tanka Prose for the author of 'The Pleasure of the Text' <br /> <br /> <br />After Roland Barthes declared the death of the author, two poems, lined up side by side, look suspiciously over their shoulders at each other. <br /> <br />this cold night- - - - - - in spring breeze <br />shakes me by the collar- - the painter captures <br />I avoid their gaze- - - - -a migrant's smile <br />when they shout, - - - - - under a banner that reads, <br />no more immigrants! - - - -diversity is our strength<br /><br />Chenou Liu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dead-man-thinking/
