Unable to endure constant burning
The suffering souls finally find their ways
Out of the topsoil, trying
To rise together
With the summer sun
Yet they are dispersed
By its very first rays
Into the darkest moment of last night
Where the ghosts of the newly dead, the invisible
Linger on, staring at one another
No one knows how many of them
Were still holding their authentic
Human shapes, how many of them
Became deformed, agonizing
Between pools of stinking blood
And piles of rotten flesh
Changming Yuan, 4-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman, grew up in rural China and authored several monographs before moving to Canada. With a PhD in English, Yuan currently tutors in Vancouver. His poetry appears in nearly 600 literary journals/anthologies across 23 countries, which include Asia literary Review, Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Exquisite Corpse, London Magazine, Paris/Atlantic, Poetry Kanto, Poetry Salzburg Review, SAND and Taj Mahal Review.
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