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Guest Author

Ana Yin - Author and Poet


                                                                     The Robin

 

                                                                                 The birds flew in and out.
                                                                                 On a corner of my windowsill,
                                                                                 they made a tiny fine nest.
                                                                                 The next day, four little blue eggs.

                                                                                 Two weeks went by,

                                                                                 the birds guarded and brooded,
                                                                                 yet nothing cracked.

                                                                                 I began to worry

                                                                                 and paid a visit to Helen
                                                                                 who lived alone, in a petite room
                                                                                 at the hemline of our city.

                                                                                 Dressing a new coat upon her stuffed pet,
                                                                                 again, her smile was bittersweet.
                                                                                 She smoothed the wrinkles,

                                                                                 explained that she couldn’t afford the real.
                                                                                 with a sigh, she continued,

                                                                                 “God will take care.”



 

                                                        Copyright © 2012 by Anna Yin.  


                                                                           First published on the Saint Julian Press, Guest Author pages in January 2012.
 


Anna Yin is the author of the recently published poetry collection “Wings Toward Sunlight” (Mosaic press 2011). 

Anna Yin, IT Geek and poet, was born in China, and immigrated to Canada in 1999. Her passion for poetry bloomed after coming to North America. She won the 2005 Ted Plantos Memorial Award and 2010 MARTY Award for her poetry.  In 2011 her book “Wings Toward Sunlight” was published by Mosaic Press.  She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets. Her Poetry Alive events have been a new approach to help people explore and appreciate poetry. 

Visit Anna at  http://www.annapoetry.com/ 
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