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The Last Snowflake of Last Winter
Fell as if a whole century ago
To the heart of all hardened shadows
But it has never melted there
With the least lukewarm dream
Even when summer is arriving
Is it simply because it is white as wish
Rather than red as blood
Or because its name is not writ in water?
Changming Yuan, author of Chansons of a Chinaman (2009) and co-author of Three Poets: Voices from the West Coast (2011), is a three-time Pushcart nominee who grew up in rural China and published several monographs before moving to Canada. With a PhD in English, Yuan currently teaches in Vancouver and has poetry appearing in Ascent Aspirations, Barrow Street, Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Canadian Literature, London Magazine, LRC and nearly 380 other literary journals/anthologies in 16 countries.
Email: Changming Yuan
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