The Greensilk Journal

MAY 2012

The Spring Issue is coming soon!

So here it is!

I want to welcome the growing list of GSJ writers, all the fantastic, new authors that have blessed us with submissions! Plus, a very special shout-out to the very talented locals from Winchester Downtown Poets.

I promise the Spring issue will be a treat! Poetry that explodes with beautiful seasonal images that intoxicate, and touch the very heart of spirituality. Stories with such soulful imagination and tenderness, featuring a dog, a young schoolgirl, and a hotel comedy act, to name a few.

And another lush and rich bittersweet jewel from Tom Sheehan.

Pour some lemonade, please! Could you add a slice of lime on mine? Sit back and relax and relish the lastest Greensilk Journal!

Sprout

by Changming Yuan

From under

A bulky boulder

Sitting still, meditating

Like a Buddha

A tiny bamboo sprout

Has just broken the earth

Ready to shoot up

Against the entire sky

Bio: Changming Yuan, 4-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman, grew up in rural China and published several monographs before moving to Canada. With a PhD in English, Yuan teaches in Vancouver and has poetry appear in nearly 480 literary publications across 19 countries, including Asia Literary Review, Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Exquisite Corpse, London Magazine, Poetry Kanto, Salzburg Review, SAND and Taj Mahal Review.