Tuner: for Qi Hong
While
still in Mayuhe on the other
Side
of this world, you somehow gave me
An
air-tuner, supposedly to help me
Learn
erhu, the violin with only two strings
As
a re-educated youth during the Cultural
Revolution,
which you somehow asked me
To
return to you before I took my long journey
Towards
the West
(Like the monkey
king?)
Now almost half a century
Later,
I forget how to play the instrument
But
I can still sing my youthful song of
Love
in perfect tune with your chuckles
Like
a kite whose string remains in
Your
hand however far or high
I have been flying
Reach out in
Yearning: for Qi Hong
From the heart
of night I look high up &
Spot two
particular stars twinkling at me
As lovingly as your eyes beyond the
horizon
On a beach rock,
I howl aloud
Towards the
whole pacific, & hear an echo
From your call like a lost whale
Amid summer
raindrops, I shoot my thought of you
Down through the
earth, & feel a deep tremor
Vibrating on the other side of this
world
All Day Long: for
Li Lan
More adaptable
than a summer stream
No less wild
than a wild west wind
My
missing for you can flow & blow
Without
leaving a single trace behind
Like the water
or the whirl, like all that
Has no shape has no shadow
Unrequited Love
You are the tall
mountain across the valley
That ever
remains as silent as the sky
Except the echo
of my own calls & songs
Man’s Last Position
Against all the
hardships of life is held
In the very
depth of his heart, where
Hides a vivid
portrayal of some woman
Yuan Changming hails with Allen Yuan from poetrypacific.blogspot.ca. Credits include Pushcart nominations besides appearances
in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) & BestNewPoemsOnline, among
others. Recently, Yuan published his eleventh chapbook Limerence, and
served on the jury for Canada's 44th National Magazine Awards (poetry
category).
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