Shihmin Sun

 
BRING    A SINGLE RAIN
Bring     a single rain
             cling to    her soul
                                       wheat flowed
               with whitened 
bountiful
           world
 
   
 
SURVIVED    OVER THERE
                            Survived  
                                                 over there
                                       after
                                               towards
                     before me
      lit on
                                   ever-present
                   no end
                              song
 
 
   
IN ARMS OF RAIN
         In arms of rain
angle steps
                                      draw
 
       near
                 candles  night
                                           ripples
                                  we
                                                             circle on snow
                                                                                          we   sing
 
   
NEVER   I WOULD HAVE KNOWN
 
Never     I would have known
         Iron    brass
                            feathers
                                               will blossom    over and over
our faces     soul, land
                                                          hands and dreams
 
                                         people of people
 
                                                         with streaming
                                                                                      river
 
                                                                                                             silent pray
                                                                                                among      you and       you
 
   
ODE TO YOUTH AND OLD AGE
 
Keep 

    I hold & paint  through          
                             dark   

                  desert



                       in
            hummingbird



                                    you 
                               touch






                        renew 
 
                                     my  sun

 
   
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*Note for ODE TO YOUTH AND OLD AGE :
Zinnias flower also called Youth and old age.
* All poems are dedicated to current wars and countries deeply affected by the shortage of food and energy. And also to children and teenagers who have been through excessive stress during the pandemic.
 
Shih-Min, Sun lives and writes in Taipei, Taiwan. Her works have appeared in publications including, The Academy of the Heart and Mind, Dadakuku,The New Verse News,Assignment Literary Magazine,Broadkill Review, and has been selected for Atlanta Review 2022 International Poetry Competition in Merit Award. She started writing while working abroad, inspired deeply by family, teachers, and friends. She loves writing as a way to interpret still life and scenes of bond through language. Visit her on Instagram: @aura_a_u_r_a