perhaps I am willing to be with you every day raising ducks. my heart, for the rest of my life is a window pane cleaned till it shines... I Live Alone is part of a new bilingual Chinese poetry series. This collection of poems, in Chinese and English, explores Ye's fascination with the natural world, displacement, loneliness, loss and her own self-discovery, in a lyrical and reflective voice, that shines with originality and passion. Lu Ye is one of China's foremost female contemporary poets.