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Obsession
Both fish and birds can
Get lost in the blue
Of sky
Of sea
Or the other way around
So, don’t attract yourself
To the reflection of colors
Unappreciated
Every human is a book to be read
Every heart has a song to be heard
While the mind offers a view
That can never be revisited
Like a long lost dream
Biting Time
This is all life is about:
If there is no bridge, you can wait
For the river to get frozen
If there is no road, make shoes
And kick a trail out of the thorny bushes
If there is no shelter, use your thought
And dream to put up a tent against the storm
Just keep on travelling, and you will find
Just another strangely familiar path
Come and Go
Humans keep coming to this planet
So are gods and other super beings
Where both are as busy in this world
As are the story tellers in a parallel one
Gratitude
I wished for a single dew, but you
Have given me a whole morning
I wished for a little cloud, but you
Have given me a boundless sky
I wished for a petal, but you
Have given me an entire season
I wished for a small tree, but you
Have given me a range of mountains
So I have stopped making wishes
Just to feel grateful to you and all
For an Umbrella
Walking too long in this
Cold rain, how I need a shelter
Be it a small leaf
Or even an old newspaper
A Small Wish
I would rather be a leaf
Whose body may contain
The secrets of a whole forest
Or
A single dewdrop
Whose soul can see
Through an entire ocean
Smile
Is a morning glow, which costs
The sun nothing, but it creates
Indefinite add-on value
For the morning, for the world
Bio:
Yuan Changming co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan. Writing credits include 16 chapbooks, 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 3 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline and 2129 other publications across 51 countries. A poetry judge for Canada's 44th National Magazine Awards, Yuan began writing and publishing fiction in 2022. His debut novel Detaching, 'silver romance' The Tuner and short story collection Flashbacks are all available at Amazon, his duology Edening due out in 2026.
Both fish and birds can
Get lost in the blue
Of sky
Of sea
Or the other way around
So, don’t attract yourself
To the reflection of colors
Unappreciated
Every human is a book to be read
Every heart has a song to be heard
While the mind offers a view
That can never be revisited
Like a long lost dream
Biting Time
This is all life is about:
If there is no bridge, you can wait
For the river to get frozen
If there is no road, make shoes
And kick a trail out of the thorny bushes
If there is no shelter, use your thought
And dream to put up a tent against the storm
Just keep on travelling, and you will find
Just another strangely familiar path
Come and Go
Humans keep coming to this planet
So are gods and other super beings
Where both are as busy in this world
As are the story tellers in a parallel one
Gratitude
I wished for a single dew, but you
Have given me a whole morning
I wished for a little cloud, but you
Have given me a boundless sky
I wished for a petal, but you
Have given me an entire season
I wished for a small tree, but you
Have given me a range of mountains
So I have stopped making wishes
Just to feel grateful to you and all
For an Umbrella
Walking too long in this
Cold rain, how I need a shelter
Be it a small leaf
Or even an old newspaper
A Small Wish
I would rather be a leaf
Whose body may contain
The secrets of a whole forest
Or
A single dewdrop
Whose soul can see
Through an entire ocean
Smile
Is a morning glow, which costs
The sun nothing, but it creates
Indefinite add-on value
For the morning, for the world
Bio:
Yuan Changming co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan. Writing credits include 16 chapbooks, 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 3 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline and 2129 other publications across 51 countries. A poetry judge for Canada's 44th National Magazine Awards, Yuan began writing and publishing fiction in 2022. His debut novel Detaching, 'silver romance' The Tuner and short story collection Flashbacks are all available at Amazon, his duology Edening due out in 2026.
