Odes
“Between the study of poetics and daily chores… between failures and rejections, I have also searched for the things I respect and tried to write odes. Maybe this could be taken as the attempt of a modern man, in face of an era when odes have become impossible, to affirm the positive values of life.”
——‘On Odes’, 1995
| Leung Ping Kwan’s writing | Artwork |
|---|---|
| —— | Anwen Leung: The Bittermelon Understands ![]() |
| Thunderbolts and Cicada Chirps | Chihoi: Wind ![]() |
| Mirror Lake | Anwen Leung: Lake Encompassing ![]() |
| Ode to Roof Repair | Erfeng: Frank O’Hara ![]() |
| Thinking of a Poet: for Wu Xinghua | Erfeng: Wu Xinghua ![]() |
| Ode to a Daoist in Del Mar | Donna Lok: Ode to a Daoist in Del Mar ![]() |
| Ode to the Sun Rising | Leslie Thompson: My Local ![]() |
Donna Lok: Ode to the Sun Rising ![]() | |
| Bittermelon | Leung Ping Kwan: Bittermelon ![]() |
| Traveling with a Bitter Melon | Lee Ka Sing: Traveling with a Bitter Melon ![]() |
| Matisse – Vence Chapel | Xiya: Matisse – Vence Chapel ![]() |
Odes
“Between the study of poetics and daily chores… between failures and rejections, I have also searched for the things I respect and tried to write odes. Maybe this could be taken as the attempt of a modern man, in face of an era when odes have become impossible, to affirm the positive values of life.”
——‘On Odes’, 1995
| Leung Ping Kwan’s writing | Artwork |
|---|---|
| —— | Anwen Leung: The Bittermelon Understands ![]() |
| Thunderbolts and Cicada Chirps | Chihoi: Wind ![]() |
| Mirror Lake | Anwen Leung: Lake Encompassing ![]() |
| Ode to Roof Repair | Erfeng: Frank O’Hara ![]() |
| Thinking of a Poet: for Wu Xinghua | Erfeng: Wu Xinghua ![]() |
| Ode to a Daoist in Del Mar | Donna Lok: Ode to a Daoist in Del Mar ![]() |
| Ode to the Sun Rising | Leslie Thompson: My Local ![]() |
Donna Lok: Ode to the Sun Rising ![]() | |
| Bittermelon | Leung Ping Kwan: Bittermelon ![]() |
| Traveling with a Bitter Melon | Lee Ka Sing: Traveling with a Bitter Melon ![]() |
| Matisse – Vence Chapel | Xiya: Matisse – Vence Chapel ![]() |










