Waking Grains

by Wei Santang / May 26th, 2024

Now awake (Photo: Faye Sarras)

Soils holding bold ideas
Winter winds wafted past
Fantasy in footsteps tread
Loosened thoughts slowly read
Quickened by the heat
After raindrops multiplied
Errors and blessings last
Grains sleeping, now awake.

 

Wei Santang is a scholar born and educated in the Far West in the second half of the 20th century. Faye Sarras teaches English and records the activities of plants from the mountains to the garden to the kitchen. Faye and Santang are the authors of In Solar Terms. The forthcoming books are: Temples of the Heart in Anqing and Porto (with He Ying); On Mushrooms and Mountains (with Faye Sarras). Read other articles by Wei.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 26th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.