A selection of Woeser’s poetry in new English translation.
Tibet's True Heart presents an annotated selection of Woeser's poetry in translation. At a time that when access to and communications from the Tibetan Plateau are being strictly limited, these verses offer a glimpse into the soul of a hard-pressed people.
In recent years, Woeser books have been banned and her blog has been blocked throughout the People's Republic of China. Yet she is well-known there as an eloquent advocate: perceptive, honest, not ideological.

Woeser is the author of several books about Tibet and its recent history. She worked as a journalist in Kardze (Ganzi Tibetan Autnomous Perfecture) in Sichuan before moving to Lhasa, where she became an editor for Tibetan Literature. Her first volume of poetry appeared in 1999.

 In 2004, she fell afoul of the censors for what were officially described as "political errors" and was removed from her job. She now lives in Beijing with her husband, the writer Wang Lixiong. She publishes reports and commentary about Tibey on her blog at http://woeser.middle-way.net. She is not free to travel abroad.

In 2007, the Norwegian Authors' Union awarded Woeser its price for Freedom of Expression.

Preface
Acknowledgments

Remembering a Battered Buddha
One Kind of Emotion
Let me Write a Poem
On the Road
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
December
Panchen Lama
Scream
Witness to a Turn of Fate
Pallor of a Land of Snow
I Saw a Fish Flying in the Sky
Dergé
A Mala that Was Meant to Be
Embodiments
Way to Go
A Vow
Spinning Wheels
Lhasa Nights
Serves You Right!
Golden Season
Tsangyang Gyatso
Jotting Down Last Night’s Dream
Tibet’s Secret
Tears: A Final Song
When an Iron Bird Flew Past Shédrak Mountain
Strange Light
A Quick Note in the Small Hours
Dreamshadow
A Sheet of Paper Can Become a Knife
After a Few Years
Return to Lhasa
Showers of 1990
You Must Remember This
Parents
Roaming the Infinite Night
Nightfall on June 2nd
The Other Side
The Illness of Tibet
Come Home
Positioning
Of Mixed Race
The Past

Translator’s Notes

Geographical Note

Maps:

    * Provincial & Traditional Boundaries
    * Locations Mentioned in the Text
    * Central Lhasa

References