Sample Poems by Ann Huang

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Shanghai

Old books tucked under
colorful flannel

faded by black and white memories--
scent of moth balls--

storm of late summer--
on the oak chair, there is

a bamboo bowl in which
a silver spoon sits, next to
a century-old snuff bottle, half-
translucent gray and gay

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Dime

For a phoenix
all fortune is
voidable. Her myth
is an embroidery
of bleak
souvenirs comprised of brown
shards that had
been shattered;
that edge
of herself
from her
home, for
her silver
has been
recovered. Our
fortune is a dime.

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Citizen Del Mundo

As dreamers
In rosebud
Fussy and fun.
To dwell on,
To wonder
Without hindrance,
To love chance,
To be presumably
In rare dreams
We barely had.

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Dust Wind

She was randomly told
A story
With strict
Codes,
Blue and yellow
Involving the number 15;
To get over her fate
From the horoscope
She saw

The car got towed,
A green beetle
Like the only
Living thing.

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In Praise of Chinese New Year


You saw the flower and
named it Jasmine
I see you in Jasmine
and the flower cup
full