Snowlining — Yuan Changming
At the same height of
Every rocky mountain
Above all seasonal change
You are widely cut open
As if to bite a whole patch of
Sky from heaven
With rows of rows of
Whale-like teeth
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Yuan Changming, nine-time Pushcart and one-time Best of Net nominee, published monographs on translation before moving out of China. Currently, Yuan edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver; credits include Best of Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny Review and 1309 others.