A ram cairned me
In a crammed era [where]
Cameramen raid
A dire cameraman [or]
Arid cameramen
[Becoming]
A creamed airman [or]
A carmine dream
A minced ram ear
[a] maniac rearmed
As freedom turns into a dorm fee
Democracy to a car comedy, and
Human rights to harming huts
Yuan Changming, nine-time Pushcart and one-time Best of Net nominee, started to learn English at 19 and published monographs on translation before moving out of China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits
Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include
BestNewPoemsOnline,
Best Canadian Poetry,
Threepenny Review, and 1269 others across 38 countries.