Cage//Bird
Yuan Changming
I am a cage, in search of a bird. -- Kafka
Wherever my mind flies, it’s still
Confined tightly
To this world, this very cage of
Sensory & imaginative cells
In other words, I is the cage, while the whole
Universe am a bird
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Yuan Changming sojourns in Vancouver, where he edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan. Credits include ten Pushcart nominations, eight chapbooks & publications in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) & BestNewPoemsOnline, among 1659 other literay outlets across 45 countries.