BIRD VS WIND
The bird strives to catch
The swirl, but it is so strong
It catches the bird instead

SUPERCALFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
(for Helena Qi Hong)

Your inner being is so full of sunlight
Every flower that catches sight of you
Begins to bloom against the season
Just as each face that turns towards you
Bursts into a smile when you pass by

PAPERWORKING

Our entire adulthood is expended to fill
In the blanks left in our teenager dreams

RAIN, IT’S THE RAIN
That’s been wetting my total selfhood
Inside out

Reminding me
Amidst all shapes to be moisturized
The water-drops are
The dews from a paradise long lost

Here is another soul fallen from above

Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 2 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), Best New Poems Online and 2109 other literary outlets worldwide. A poetry judge for Canada’s 44th National Magazine Awards, Yuan began writing and publishing fiction in 2022.