Song of a Tone-deaf: for Allen and George Yuan
There is often such a time when you, a no-songster
Would want to sing aloud to yourself, a song
That everyone else might also love to sing; the song
Whose lines you never remember, nor can you
Control your pitch as it rises and falls randomly
On its own, nor will you keep the tune on the
Right track; the song whose rhythm you do not
Care to follow, while lost in your little privacy
The song that has an evasive buy generic propecia online melody
Deeply encoded in your heart
Although you sound like a duck or donkey
Your voice is full of euphonies
Yuan Changming, 8-time Pushcart nominee and author of 4 chapbooks (including Mindscaping [2014]), grew up in a remote village, began to learn English at 19, and published several monographs before leaving China. Currently, Yuan tutors and co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan in Vancouver. His poetry appears in Asahi Shimbun, Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Ginyu, London Magazine, Threepenny Review and 959 others across 31 countries. http://yuanspoetry.blogspot.ca/