Skip to content

This Verse

  • Blog
  • Home

Tag: China

wai guo ren

I am an object of curiosity

your eyes brighten
at the sight of my
pale hair and eyes
strange accent
odd mannerisms

I smile and say
women dou shi Meiguo ren
we are both Americans
Posted on March 5, 2022February 28, 2022Tags China, expatriate, free-verse, poetryLeave a comment on wai guo ren

Laojialess

I want to go home
now
can you tell me where that is?
Posted on March 3, 2022February 28, 2022Tags China, expatriate, free-verse, poetryLeave a comment on Laojialess

Middle Kingdom

Which way home?
At once everywhere and nowhere
I have become a stranger to myself
mute to sigh, sing, grieve

I long to know the truest thing
but have lost both west and east
now only a citizen of
this middle kingdom
Posted on January 14, 2022January 4, 2022Tags China, free-verse, poetryLeave a comment on Middle Kingdom
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • This Verse
    • Join 42 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • This Verse
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar