Fire and Earth

(to Anqing)

by Wei Santang / October 6th, 2024

Yingjiang Si, Anqing

Image Faye Sarras

Crackling and hissing,
twigs brittle, parched grass,
crawl through the forest.
In these flickering lights
diurnal disappointments glaringly discharge. Shaking and swinging,
vibration unanticipated,
porcelain pageantry
crashed to the floor.
Where in soil maternal
earthen sorrows once seeped,
leaves green and eternal
in love can be steeped.

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, October 6th, 2024 at 8:01am and is filed under Poetry.