Issue 7 - Changming Yuan

Steeper See-Saws: A Parallel Poem
            

The higher the income, the lower the morals

The taller the building, the shorter the attention span

The bigger the house, the smaller the family

The more wealth, the less joy

The more conveniences, the less leisure

The more knowledge, the less judgment

The more medicine, the less health

The more protection, the less security

The faster the transportation, the slower the communication

The closer the network, the looser the relationships

The cleaner the environment, the dirtier the mind

The wider the highway, the narrower the perspective

--Changming Yuan

Changming Yuan, 4-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman, grew up in rural China, holds a PhD in English, teaches independently in Vancouver and has poetry appearing in Asia Literary Review, Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Exquisite Corpse, London Magazine, SAND, Spillway and nearly 470 other journals/anthologies worldwide.

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