CHINESE CHARACTERS: LESSON 1 by Yuan Changming

November 29, 2019 by RJ

思:  thought takes place 

      In the field of heart

闷:  depressed when your heart is

      Shut behind a door

忍：tolerate with a knife

      Right above your heart

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Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving his native country. Currently, Yuan edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include ten Pushcart nominations, eight chapbooks & publications in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) & BestNewPoemsOnline, among nearly 1,600 others across 43 countries.