Zhang Ziyi Inspired the Poet on Wife’s Romantic Travel to Write A Book

Since being on the Reality TV Show, Wife’s Romantic Travel, Mr Gordon Donaldson, the typewriter poet who wrote for five of the celebrities on the show, has been hard at work on writing a book of poetry as well as writing poetry for his fans in China.

“It all started with the TV show,” said Mr Donaldson. “Since that day when I was fortunate enough to be in this show and received such glowing endorsements from the stars for my writing, I was inspired to write this book of poetry.”

His poetry book is called “Birds of Joy” and it has 120 poems all translated into Mandarin, including five poems from the TV show. Mr Donaldson felt immediately at ease the moment all five stars walked onto the set with smiles and greetings in Chinese and English. It was Zhang Ziyi and Anita Yuen who helped to communicate with the poet in English as well as translating for the other celebrities.

“It was live TV, so to write poems under pressure in this way in front of some of the biggest celebrities in China is amazing to me,” said Gordon Donaldson. “But, if it wasn’t for Zhang Ziyi and Anita Yuen, who definitely calmed my nerves, I wouldn’t be as successful as I am today.”

On the TV show, as the stars sat around reading their poems and discussing their experience of meeting the poet in the streets of Melbourne, Mr Donaldson felt inspired to write more poems in the same style as he did on the TV show.
“When they praised my work and how it made them feel, I was inspired to write a collection of poems into a book, which is now translated into Mandarin,” said Mr Donaldson. The book is available online at Apple Books, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble, and will be soon available in other stores, including Dang Dang in China.

Mr Donaldson is also available for online and in person interviews for TV, Radio, Newspaper, and magazines. A demonstration of his unique skills on an old typewriter can also be requested. You can also request a review copy of his ebook Birds of Joy.


Mr Gordon Donaldson is a Typewriter Poet who writes poems on an old typewriter for events, parties, festivals, and on the street.

Poet Theatre
6 Bray Street, Sebastopol, 3356, Victoria, Australia
Gordon@consciouspoet.net

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