Bundling

by Wei Santang / June 16th, 2024

Adventure maiden (Photo: Faye Sarras)

How a thousand petals hold
dripping dreams, grace in gold
aqueous where feelings float
solid treasures held remote.
By the roots, seized in season
cut, cleaned and fried in reason
Picked the sprouts in vessels laden
Collecting seeds, adventure maiden.

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, June 16th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.