yuan changming
Better not to end a sentence with a prep like ‘of’
I don’t remember when this rule I learned of
But since then I have become keenly aware of
The need to pay close attention to the grammar of
Every sentence I write in English, a language of
Choice over birth, which I did not begin until at age of
Nineteen to learn among heavily accented versions of
Mandarin practised on a Shanghai campus, a city of
Romantic or rhapsodic adventures. Yes, by definition of
Preposition, it is a function word expressing a relationship of
A name with another in most cases, & as the most common of
All preps, of denotes origin or cause with the shape of
O like a vagina to f— into, the two letters as the theme of
This poem, with many other political concerns or lack thereof
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Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include Pushcart nominations, chapbooks, & publications in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry & BestNewPoemsOnline, among others.