Rhymed with Kate, On Her First Anniversary
Come on, Kate; come on, Kate, Our little cute curious Kate, Let us play with high born fate, As though it were our only mate. Come on, Kate; come on, Kate, Our little cute curious Kate, Grow and learn at the best rate, Soon you will reach that light gate. Innocent Choice Enshrined tightly Within a car seat This little Buddha Agitates furiously: I would rather crawl On the dirt ground Than be driven around Like a caged frog Childish Secrets When I was three or four, I buried Several hard-gained marbles Near our rented room, hoping one day They would grow into magic trees Half a century later, I dug them all out On a dull afternoon. The moment I put the first one on my table, a flock Of crows flew up; when I thought of The second, it burned like a forest fire Now I hesitate to write the word ‘immortality’ Lest my last marble should melt with diamonds Allen and His Fir Tree While in grade nine, Allen planted A baby fir tree in our backyard, which we have Relocated several times as we moved From one rented house to another Now Allen has grown to a full adult But the tree is still a small child Growing quietly in our garden We all know some day it will grow tall Towering against the sky when his grandson Needs some shade back at home Entering Adulthood: To George and Allen The most important tip for you, Sons Is to forget all the tips any father Any book, any computer can give you About this world, but just remember This: the moment you step Out of the boundary of our little home You will have to remain On high alert, even while dreaming What you will cross is a snakeland, where There is as much sunshine, fresh air As many blue skies, green leaves Fragrant flowers, handsome Human figures, as cobras, mambas Taipans, adders, kraits and vipers Yuan Changming, 9-time Pushcart nominee and author of 7 chapbooks (including [Dark Phantasms], 2017), grew up in a remote village and published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently hosts Happy Yangsheng at www.facebook.com/happyyangsheng while editing Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver; credits include Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny Review and 1,359 others across 40 countries. poetrypacific.blogspot.ca Image & License: Depositphotos_32738103_s-2015 (1)(1).jpg |
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