September 15th, 2025
Axil Poetry Contest #3 – First Place
by Su Yun
Perhaps I define your renewed emerald
Through the lens of our chance meeting
Perhaps I saw you beneath last year's bridge
Caressing waves with grace greeting
Never have you ceased stroking stone steps
Never has wind escaped its rest
Never have I stopped seeking you with gentle breeze
I know I can only gaze up at you from below
Reaching toward you with lofty thoughts
I can only measure height with grass so low
I long to venture deeper still
Where stems and stalks amass until
I find the fortress where my heart's thoughts spill
I carry unnamed treasures deep
Bury my impractical dreams where roots sleep
Some may bloom as flowers next year
When memories appear
Falling away in night's sphere
Some will fruit in time
I wish them ripe with truth sublime
About the Poet
Su Yun resides in Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, China.
Read the poet's biography and Wax Poetry and Art publications
on Su Yun's Artist Page.
This poem is also featured in Wax Poetry and Art Magazine #8,
published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.
Previously published in Axil Poetry and Art:
I Have Seen Too Many Things Killed This Year
by Brynn Mattsen
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