Ode to Dark

As the background color of light rather 

Than the spotlight of night, dark is

The infinite container of all matter in

The cosmos, where its invisibility offers

Warmth, tranquility and ultimate home

To every wondering soul, thicker than

Either, inclusive as the universe itself

Or the human mind, where no one

Has to worry about being disturbed

Denounced, or deprived of, where

Each body can rest in comfort, dream

About light, hope for the better, where

The seed is biding its time until it can 

Bloom in the right season, where

Solitude accumulates power in silences

Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include 12 Pushcart nominations & 15 chapbooks, most recently Sinosaure (Redhawk Publications)Besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline, Poetry Daily and nearly 2,000 other literary outlets worldwide, Yuan served on the poetry jury for Canada's 2021 National Magazine Awards and began writing and publishing fiction in 2022.  


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