-FOR MY GRANDFATHER-

Shuyi Mao

those candies you preserved 

a whole winter

carefully wrapped

waiting

your eyes glittered

brighter than sweet wrappers

you were more childish than I

and happier

now thinner

disease and time

like the white paper you wrote on

spotted with ink

our memories

a ground

you taught me to read and now you teach 

me how to lose 

with grace

when I have little to lose

 

to wipe your floor

every day

to look life

in the face

Shuyi Mao is a student of literature at the University of Edinburgh. She was born in Shandong, China. Her writing has previously appeared in Interpret Magasine.

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000034 / 'Nothing changed, nothing remains the same (Meadows after the first lockdown)'

000034 / 'Nothing changed, nothing remains the same (Meadows after the first lockdown)'

000023 / 'Your muddy eyes that followed me(which is a line that has been deleted from the chosen poem)'

000023 / 'Your muddy eyes that followed me(which is a line that has been deleted from the chosen poem)'

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000014 / 'A silhouette, North Berwick'

000014 / 'A silhouette, North Berwick'

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000013 / 'Dusk sneaked inside from my window and lightened the tulips'

000013 / 'Dusk sneaked inside from my window and lightened the tulips'

000002 / 'A leaking spring(It was taken just after the first lockdown)'

000002 / 'A leaking spring(It was taken just after the first lockdown)'