Changming Yuan

Since the Big Bang

Yes, we used to be so close, actually

We shared the same heart in the first place

Then, the powerful yeast of time has

Expanded our world, distancing us

Further and farther away

Like the flaxseeds in a huge loaf

Of bread in the oven of imagination

Until we can now no longer reach, not even

See each other from a telescope

Indeed, we are stars, all equally

Bright, though we might pour into different black holes

Sooner or later, in this ever-expanding cosmos

Changming Yuan, 8-time Pushcart nominee and probably the worlds' most widely published poetry author who speaks Mandarin but writes English, grew up in a village, began to learn English at 19, and published several monographs before leaving China. With a PhD in English, Yuan tutors and co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in Vancouver. Changming's poetry appears in 909 literary publications across 30 countries, including Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline and Threepenny Review.