Foreword
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- Prof. Evelyn ChanHong Kong: a dot on the world map,
- Prof. Evelyn Chana grain of sand on the margin between a giant continent and a fathomless sea.
- Prof. Evelyn ChanThis grain of sand is a world of its own, just as a world,
- Prof. Evelyn Chanseemingly sufficient to itself,
- Prof. Evelyn Chanis but a grain of sand,
- Prof. Evelyn Chanjostling with other sand worlds in the wide expanse of the universe,
- Prof. Evelyn Chaninterconnected with all, and mutually dependent.
- Prof. Evelyn ChanSo the Buddhist sutras say.
- Prof. Evelyn ChanAnd, coming from the same land that once colonised this tiny speck,
- Prof. Evelyn ChanWilliam Blake wrote, with a vision that pierces through the veil of power:
- Prof. Evelyn Chan“To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower.”
- Prof. Evelyn ChanHence the title of this collection, A Grain of Sand: Poems from Hong Kong.
- Prof. Evelyn ChanThis tiny dot on a map is a world.
- Prof. Evelyn ChanIt has its own history, language, and culture, and hope.
- Prof. Evelyn ChanThis grain of sand sings. As we listen, we relate.
