Blue hits me when everyone asks Are you leaving.
Blue sings loud and loses itself in earphones.
Blue hits me in the face forcing me to look straight at it.
Blue lets go of me after I acknowledge it with a kiss.

憂鬱襲來，問我「你會走嗎」。
憂鬱戴上耳筒，忘我地大唱特唱。
憂鬱掌摑，逼我對視。
報之以吻，它把我放開。

──from the poem ‘Twelve Ways of Looking at Blue’ 摘自詩作〈觀看藍的12種態度〉

從上一本詩集《維多利亞港的野豬》到這第二本出版之間的五年，是道別的地質層──與移民的親朋道別，與熟悉的城市道別，與自己以為不能割捨的道別……成長就是學會和悲傷共存卻好好活下去。詩集《觀看藍的12種態度》繼續以英文和中文兩種語言，記錄悲傷和快樂共存的日子。

A lot has happened since the publication of Wild Boar in Victoria Harbour. It has been a season of parting and turmoil. The bilingual poetry book Twelve Ways of Looking at Blue explores what it is like to stay happy while experiencing grief at the same time.