Global Poets Magazine (Special Central Asia Issue)

Introduction

This special Central Asia issue of Global Poets Magazine, entitled Camel Shadows on the Silk Road, brings together the voices of one hundred poets from China and Central Asia in a landmark English-language anthology celebrating the enduring cultural legacy of the Silk Road. Under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Wang Fangwen, with Cao Shui and Sun Yi serving as Executive Editors-in-Chief, and with English translations by Cao Shui, the volume offers readers a rich panorama of contemporary poetry, literary thought, and intercultural dialogue. The opening section, “The Camel Bells of the Silk Road,” sets the intellectual and artistic tone of the collection through a series of keynote essays and addresses by leading literary figures, including Ulugbek Yesdaulet, Wang Fangwen, Cao Shui, Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, and Altynai Temirova. Together, these contributions explore the Silk Road as a living symbol of friendship among civilizations, tracing poetic connections from Li Bai to Abai, celebrating the spiritual heritage of Eurasia, and reaffirming poetry’s timeless mission of building bridges between East and West. Through its diverse voices and shared vision, Camel Shadows on the Silk Road stands as a tribute to cultural exchange, mutual understanding, and the universal language of poetry.

II. Grace of the Laureates

041 Moonlight Flower Mountain / Altynai Temirova (Kyrgyzstan)

043 Love and Hatred / Usmon Azim (Uzbekistan)

045 Lermontov’s Age / Kurbandurdy Orazov (Turkmenistan)

047 Hometown of Istanbul / Nurduran Duman (Türkiye)

049 Mother Ancestor of Asia / Natalia Kharlampieva (Yakutia, Russia)

051 Dream Melody of Love Waltz / Abdukahor Kosim (Tajikistan)

053 The Great Tree / Eldar Akhadov (Azerbaijan)

055 I Am at Mount Ararat, Armenia / Narek Paponts Arakelyan (Armenia)

057 The Prairie Silk Road / Saren Tuya (China)

059 It’s Wonderful That You Exist / Ma Yongbo (China)

061 The Sea Roars / Hong Santai (China)

063 The Golden Peach of Samarkand (With an Additional Poem) / Ling Xiaochen (China)

065 Modern Short Poetry Suite / Liu Ximiao (China)

067 Spring in the Qin Garden · Ode to Great Achievements / Dai Yudong (China)

## III. Glow of the Golden Camel

067 Adagio / Gulnar Salykbay (Kazakhstan)

071 I Am Like a Sacred Scarab / Baibota Koshym-Nogai (Kazakhstan)

073 The Moon / Maraltay Raiymbekuly (Kazakhstan)

075 New Sorrows of the New Society / Ongaigul Turzhan (Kazakhstan)

077 Meditation on the Bridge / Akbar Ryskulov (Kyrgyzstan)

079 Snow Poetry Collection / Kyalbek Urmanbetov (Kyrgyzstan)

081 Horse Racing / Dogdurbek Yusupov (Kyrgyzstan)

083 Pinwheel-like Bala / Rustam Musurman (Uzbekistan)

085 The Girl in My Soul / Sirozhiddin Sayyid (Uzbekistan)

087 The Flowers on Your Windowsill Are Blooming / Khurshid Davron (Uzbekistan)

089 Game of Fate (With an Additional Poem) / Nikolai Uola (Yakutia, Russia)

091 Seagulls / Wang Guilin (China)

093 A Teardrop Falling into the Earth / Zhou Zi (China)

095 Ancient Books on the Post Road / Leng Xianqiao (China)

097 The White Swan of Central Asia / Lan Fan (China)

099 The Millennium Echo of Camel Bells / Xu Wanlian (China)

101 Autumn Rain over Erhai Lake / Tong Xiaofeng (China)

103 Hukou Waterfall / Pei Chunfang (China)

105 Almaty, the Apple City on the Silk Road / Lian Tao (China)

107 April (With an Additional Poem) / Hong Jiang (China)

## IV. Splendor of Poets’ Chambers

109 She Blooms Like a Dandelion / Dauletkerei Kapuly (Kazakhstan)

111 If You Keep Staring at the Rain / Erlan Zhunis (Kazakhstan)

113 The Lonely Sky / Yerzhan Alashtugan (Kazakhstan)

115 The True Interpretation / Asan Jacshylykov (Kyrgyzstan)

117 Grandfather’s Will / Alymbaev Abdrakhman (Kyrgyzstan)

119 The Person Inside Me / Altynbek Ismailov (Kyrgyzstan)

121 Such a Person / Sirozhiddin Rauf (Uzbekistan)

123 Love (With an Additional Poem) / Gairat Mazhid (Uzbekistan)

125 To the Newborn Camel Calf (With an Additional Poem) / Shadi Atamurad (Uzbekistan)

127 Ode to Zhengguo Canal (Excerpts) / Bai Miao (China)

129 Empty Confession / Hu Peiyuan (China)

131 Yan’an Ballad Under the Pyramid / Dong Faliang (China)

133 Mount Manqeli in Snow / Zhang Qunli (China)

135 Rain Hanging in the Sky / Yuan Fan (Canada)

137 Dunhuang We Have Never Reached / Hong Sanhe (China)

139 Voice of a Wanderer from Chang’an / Wang Haoruo (China)

141 Truth in Children’s Words / Xu Zongde (China)

## V. Poetry & Imagery

143 The Smiling Bamiyan Buddha / Chen Donglin (China)

145 Camel Bells of Samarkand / Chen Hong (China)

147 Drunk with Taibai on the Silk Road Ski Resort / Sun Meiqin (China)

149 Poetry Rhyme of Lantian / Shen Gongli (China)

151 Wind and Moon of Malacca / Pan Dongfeng (China)

## VI. Poetry Phalanx

153 Kazakh Braids / Arailym Murataliyeva (Kazakhstan)

155 The Girl Who Thinks She’s Ugly / Batyrkhan Sarsenkhan (Kazakhstan)

157 Roses on the Bookshelf / Duisenali Alimakyn (Kazakhstan)

159 My Village / Kanybek Imanaliev (Kyrgyzstan)

161 Far Away, in a Distant Place / Ormotoeva Altynai (Kyrgyzstan)

163 Golden Peach (With an Additional Poem) / Eldar Attokurov (Kyrgyzstan)

165 The Lover (With an Additional Poem) / Nargiza Asadova (Uzbekistan)

167 Moment of Lightning / Kutlibeka Rakhimbaeva (Uzbekistan)

169 Thin Glass Wine Cup (With an Additional Poem) / Salim Ashur (Uzbekistan)

171 The Building Keeper / Ding Peisheng (China)

173 Modern Poems by Sun Jinping / Sun Jinping (China)

175 Memories of Wells Drunk From / Huang Shaobin (China)

177 Nursery Rhymes / Wang Huilian (China)

179 The Endless Chang’an (Excerpts) / Ma Shiqi (China)

181 The Silk Road Carries Rhyme, Elegance Spreads Across the World (Excerpts) / Ren Tianyi (China)

## VII. Calligraphy & Scrolls

183 Chatting About Spring / Mu Xiaoping (China)

185 Selected Poems by Lei Tao / Lei Tao (China)

187 Song of the Silk Road / Hou Zhenyu (China)

189 The Flying Sea / Tian Jiguang (China)

191 Seven-character Regulated Verse · Climbing the Qinling Mountains / Li Yanqiu (China)

## VIII. Songs of the Silk Road

193 Aesthetic Creativity and Cultural Value of Silk Road Poetry in the Tianshan Corridor / Wang Fangwen (China)

209 Camel Bells Across Time: Listening to the Echo of Existence Between the East and West / Vadim Trukin (Russia)

213 Wang Fangwen’s Poetry: The Existential Journey of the Silk Road / Adel Chahmir (UAE)

215 The Silk Road Is the Longest Poetry Road in the World / Chen Donglin (China)

## IX. Listening to the Golden Voice

219 Pastoral Poetry / Ulugbek Yesdaulet (Kazakhstan)

221 One Thousand and One Lamps of Jack Hershrman / Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Egypt)

223 From Chang’an to Almaty / Wang Fangwen (China)

225 Li Bai Gazing Like Iron at Suyab City / Cao Shui (China)

## X. Appreciation of Calligraphy & Paintings

227 Appreciation of Calligraphy and Paintings of the Silk Road International Poetry and Art Festival

## XI. Highlights of the Silk Road International Poetry Festival

235 Chinese Imprints on the Desert / Kang Tao (China)

241 “Chinese Poets Walk into the Road of Tang Poetry” Event Successfully Held in Xi’an

245 Organizing Committee of the Silk Road International Poetry and Art Festival

247 Dedicated to Wang Fangwen, the Queen of Silk Road Poetry / Ulugbek Yesdaulet (Kazakhstan)