Yuan Changming's writing has appeared in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17) and Best New Poems Online, among other journals across forty-six countries.
"in the military, they screwed up and took my X-ray twice, back to back, had me leave the room and then sent me right back in and when I came out, they said, 'You didn’t just take his X-ray again, did you?'..."
"...look out your / window at that rock shaped like horses’ teeth and the clouds that slowly pass by / Remind me of dirty tiles, that they really should—really should—clean..."
"The world wants our marrow / then to spew us into Gehenna. / That is all. / The world’s to-do list? / A nose ring in the snout of a pig being led to slaughter..."
"a limbless thing, / a flushed pink tube / that bristles & grows / symmetrical, / that wiggles rings / around your heart / & drums around, / but dim. & in the rain / joy arrives—"