‘The Meditating Mind’ by Changming Yuan1 min read

Illustration by Pucky

Imagine, how it bubbles
a swamp brewing
with broken bubbles

how it calms down
ripples vanishing
under the still starlight

a ocean of lotus
blooming
towards wisdom

Changming Yuan, 9-time Pushcart nominee and one-time Best of the Net nominee, started to learn English at age 19 and published monographs on translation before moving out of China. Currently, Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver, and has poetry appearing in Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Ricepaper, Threepenny Review and 1239 others.

Illustration by Pucky