Haiku by Changming Yuan

Seascape:  Four Haiku

f2 may 8, 10

a daring spirit
trying to stir the whole sea
with its tiny beak

p16 may 8, 10

in grace and leisure
you dance with a raging storm
to the blue descent

f18 may 2, 10

however winds blow
all waves keep pushing forward
to the shore only

p19 may 2, 10

light rays at sunset
retreat to the ocean's heart
together with gulls



Changming Yuan, 8-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman (2009) and Landscaping (2013) grew up in rural China, holds a PhD in English, and currently tutors in Vancouver, where he co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan and operates PP Press.  Since mid-2005, Yuan has published poetry in Asia Literary Review Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, London Magazine, Threepenny Review and 889 other literary journals/anthologies across 30 countries.

Haiku by Changming Yuan

Chinese Gentility:  Four Confucian Haiku

Orchid:     Deep in the valley
                 Alone on an obscure spot
                 You bloom none the less

Lotus:       From foul decayed silt
                 You shoot clean against the sun
                 Never pollutable

Mum:       Hanging on and on
                Even when wishes wither
                You keep flowering

Plum:       Your brave bold blood dropped
                 As though to melt all world's snow
                 Before spring gathers



Changming Yuan, 8-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman (2009) and Landscaping (2013) grew up in rural China, holds a PhD in English, and currently tutors in Vancouver, where he co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan and operates PP Press.  Since mid-2005, Yuan has published poetry in Asia Literary Review Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, London Magazine, Threepenny Review and 889 other literary journals/anthologies across 30 countries.

Haiku by Changming Yuan

Two Domestic Haiku


The Dog

Although newly grown
Your teeth are strong enough to chew
All the hardest days


The Cat

Dyed with the dark night
Your black pupils can see through
The sunlight's secrets

Changming Yuan, 8-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman (2009) and Landscaping (2013) grew up in rural China, holds a PhD in English, and currently tutors in Vancouver, where he co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan and operates PP Press.  Since mid-2005, Yuan has published poetry in Asia Literary Review Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, London Magazine, Threepenny Review and 889 other literary journals/anthologies across 30 countries.