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Yuan Changming
A ram cairned me
In a crammed era [where]
Cameramen raid
A dire cameraman [or]
Arid cameramen
[Becoming]
A creamed airman [or]
A carmine dream
A minced ram ear
[a] maniac rearmed
As freedom turns into a dorm fee
Democracy to a car comedy, and
Human rights to harming huts
Yuan Changming, multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, published monographs on translation before moving out of China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Yuan's work can be found in Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Cincinnati Review, Threepenny Review and many other publications.
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