Parker Po-Fei Huang: USNS General W.H. Gordon

After A Heavy Snow

By Parker Po-Fei Huang

A bank of whiteness

Is all I see. Have I

tossed away the world

or the world me? Or

is it just a single

moment that I stand on

a sheer precipice

with clouds passing

through me?

Some mists sweep the

sky. Some stars elicit

serenity. I feel that

I am gathering the

reflections of a flower

in the water and that of

the moon in the mirror—

no scent, no motion,

yet I sense eternity.

I stop breathing lest

I wake myself. From

where, of what world,

have I come here? I

turn my head and see

there are only footprints

that follow me.

USNS General W.H. Gordon, the ship the newlyweds came to America on.

Memorial Donations to the Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowship

Those wishing to make a memorial donation may do so by contributing to the Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowship at Yale.

Here is a description of the fellowship from Yale's International Education and Fellowship programs website: "The MacMillan Center has established travel fellowships to help support a year of study abroad. These fellowships are made possible by a generous gift from an alumnus honoring Parker Po-fei Huang, a distinguished teacher of Chinese at Yale who retired in 1985. The Parker Huang Fellowships are 'being given not because of American successes abroad, but because of our failures and because the international failures of the most powerful country on earth are costly for those who are most powerless.' The Fellowships are awarded each year to students who plan to study or work in non-English-speaking countries. First preference is given to proposals for projects in China; thereafter, elsewhere in Asia (East, Southeast, and South Asia), Africa or other regions (such as Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Russia, Latin America, or the Middle East). The awards are intended to support either advanced language study beyond the intermediate level (begun at Yale or elsewhere) or study/work (in the language of the host country) focusing on socio-cultural issues in the host country. Proposals may include either university study, independent projects, or an unpaid or low-paying work experience."

To make a gift donation, write a check to Yale University. Include a note stating that your donation is in memory of Parker Po-fei Huang and is to be designated to the Parker Huang Fellowship. Mail to:

Richard Kane, Associate Director
The MacMillan Center
Yale University
Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206

If you make a gift and would like your name posted on the website, email me when the gift is made. Otherwise, it will be assumed that you do not wish to have your name posted.

Parker Po-Fei Huang

After A Heavy Snow

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

USNS General W.H. Gordon

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