Three Poems by Yuan Changming

Turing Test
There is-- no solution -- to this
--Problem of --the other mind
Harbored-- in my bedmate’s --body:
After --35 years --of marriage
Or communication --inside out--
Are --you a cyborg human, --or
Am I a --human cyborg? --Perhaps
We --are both dreaming in a --virtual world
--Like a lost digital --artifact?

Drafting the Dragon
- According to a recent survey conducted in ten English speaking countries,
the top 10 most familiar Chinese words are …
In the Shaolin (少林) Temple
Rebuilt between yin and yang (阴阳)
With billions of yuan (元)
Collected from gugong (故宫the Imperial Palace)
After each greeting nihao (你好)
The wushu (武术Chinese martial arts) is
Gaining more and more momentum from qi (气)
Or the energy of qigong (气功)
Bloated with tons of renminbi (人民币)
While every Chinese is playing mahjiong (麻将)

The Meaning of Evolution
More advanced in evolution
Than     their human masters are     chickens
As they     outnumber the     stars in the whole
Universe, and     occupy     every corner of
The entire planet,                    but as in-dividuals
 
No chicken can fly higher than a low
 
Fence, make love within                     its confinement
Or live together     with its children. The     only
Thing     they do besides     laying eggs and growing
Meat is standing     there, day and night,     as if
 
Meditating about the meaning of evollution 

Author

Yuan Changming edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan and hosts Happy Yangsheng in Vancouver; credits include ten Pushcart nominations,  Best of the Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny Review and many others worldwide.