Saturday, 04 February 2012
| Farewell to Sunflowers |
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By Anna Yin A million arrows are aimed at the sky, yet the sun hasn't been shot down. Glancing back, their golden faces are full of tears. Mourning grasses grow high in my eyes, burn flames in the wind. Those duckweeds and swimming fish, those floating clouds and breezes, are all behind me in warm waves and lonely songs. In turning, I lose my way and feel petals shattered in pieces. With arrows sifting through, I see sunset in crimson.  • Anna Yin was born in China, immigrated to Canada in 1999 and has more than 50 poems published internationally. In 2005, Anna received the Ted Plantos Memorial Award and her poem "Toronto, No More Weeping" was aired on CBC Radio. Anna is a member of The Ontario Poetry Society and is a Director of the Chinese Cultural Federation of North America. Anna's poems and ten translation works were selected for the textbook of Canada Study for international students by Humber College in 2007. She has three poetry chapbooks - Beyond My Knowing, Jasmine Star Light and Farewell to Sunflowers. More poems at http://anna.just.com |
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