8.01 / January 2013

Skyline

Golden teeth glistening
In the mouth of the city
Silver clouds colliding
At the tongue tip of the day

Bite off all the darkness
They whispered;
And chew the light well.


Changming Yuan, 4-time Pushcart nominee and author of Allen Qing Yuan and Chansons of a Chinaman, grew up in rural China, holds a PhD in English, and currently tutors in Vancouver; his poetry appears in nearly 600 literary publications worldwide, including Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Exquisite Corpse and London Magazine.
8.01 / January 2013

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