Yuan Changming // The Echoes // Poetry

 

Yuan Changming

 

 

The Echoes

 

The wind has blown away my voice

Yet I am sure
despite all noises in the valley

Those echoes
are my words returning home

 

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 Sound of Fury

 

In this vast

Valley full

Of red dust

Each sound

Is an echo

Of a protest

Or warning 

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Yuan Changming grew up in a remote village, started to learn the English alphabet in Shanghai at 19 and published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently lives in Vancouver, where he co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan. Writing credits include 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 3 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) and 2149 other publications worldwide. A poetry juror for Canada's 44th National Magazine Awards, Yuan began to write prose in 2022, his hybrid novel DETACHING, 'silver romance' THE TUNER and short story collection FLASHBACKS available at Amazon.