Hongri Yuan’s most recent poem to appear here was “Soul an Invisible Muse” (November 2019).
Heavenly Temples and Towers
By Hongri Yuan
I rode a heavenly camel towards a desolate desert,
a jade bottle poured the sweet dew of the Kingdom of Heaven
from which emerged a lake, an eternal spring that never dries up,
and giant trees in prehistoric times grew
Their branches and leaves rustled in the garden of phoenixes and birds
The song of birds was music, it intoxicated the clouds
Colourful pebbles grew into huge gems in the dreams
That transformed into heavenly temples and towers.
Oh, so wonderful, transported me to a magic land.