“Snow” and “Snow II” by Yucheng Tao
JUNE 2025
Snow
when snow fell down the Golden Pavilion
we
perhaps
touch
darkness
we
snowbound
silence
darkness
we
when snow fell down the Golden Pavilion
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Snow II
Snow on the golden shrine.
People leave the temple.
Mist reveals her face,
Sinking into the fading snow,
Like wet white flowers,
Spreading a touch of red on lips.
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5/23/2025
Yucheng Tao is a Chinese international student based in Los Angeles, where he studies songwriting. His work and has appeared in Wild Court (UK), The Lake (UK), Red Ogre Review (UK), Aloka Magazine (UK), Cathexis Northwest Press, and NonBinary Review, where he was also interviewed. He was named a semifinalist for the Winds of Asia Award by Kinsman Quarterly. His work has been featured in over twenty journals, including Apocalypse Confidential, The Arcanist, Waymark Literary Magazine, Yellow Mama, The Mixtape Review, AIien Buddha Press, Ink Nest, Piker Press, Synchronized Chaos, Spillwords and Poetry Potion and Authorspress Press.
