Saturday, 1 April 2023

Five Poems by Wai Mei Wong

 



bread day

the missing polish

on her fingernails 

 

 

 

passing rain

now on the lotus leaves

many moons

 

 

 

another spring

reviewing my forage guidebook

from page one

 

 

 

home alone

all the Barbie dolls

facing to the wall

 

 

 

forgotten seeds

in the garden 

yet keeping their promise

under fall leaves and snow

with plump red beets

 


 

Wai Mei Wong is a former early childhood educator living in Toronto, Canada. Her picture book Hello, Dark was shortlisted for the 2022 IODE Jean Throop Book Award, and chosen for the 2022 CCBC Spring Best Book for Kids & Teens Selection. She enjoys poetry, nature walks and funny movies.


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