Bird vs Wind
The bird struggles to catchThe swirl, but it is so strong
It catches the bird instead
Towards Samadhi
You started asA focus of feel
Then becoming
A line of heed
As it grows into a
Circle of whims
Breaking into bits
Of imagination
Until it’s fulfilled
With clairvoyance
Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan. Credits include 16 chapbooks, 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 2 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline and 2109 other publications across 51 countries. Yuan began writing and publishing fiction in 2022, with his debut (hybrid) novel Detaching just released by Alien Buddha Press. Website: poetrypacific.blogspot.ca
Banner Art: “entanglements” an image by Robert Frede Kenter (c) 2025. Twitter: @frede_kenter, IG: r.f.k.vispocityshuffle, icefloe22.
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