—Losing the green wild, one can never flee the white snow
No path to tread
It seizes the grief
I carry, still warm
Chills surge unceasing
I start
To mend my robe round the frame
Gather firewood along the way
To patch the gaps
Where the green wild fled
From the wall
2.年碑
——为你做碑
只攒了些许
清楚
流尽落款
的灰
敞开东行
的雪
站成南向
的碑
来年
椿的，杨的，榆的
陷了一堆
涨了一辈
Epitaph of the Year
—Carving a stele for you
I only gather a little
Clarity
Till the ash of the signature
Runs dry
Unfurl the snow
Wending east
Stand as a stele
Facing south
In the coming year
Of the Chinese toon, the poplar, the elm
A pile sinks
A generation rise
3.阴天
我习惯
冬的母亲
持续凌冽
里断里
有一天扭捏
难肯
凭惯性
结果她
含了许久
才送出
带着温润
的种
跑去埋下
发不了
芽
Overcast Day
I’m used to it
Winter’s mother
Keeps the bitter chill
Lingering, fraying
Once in a while, coy
Reluctant
By force of habit
Turns out she
Holds it long
Before she sends forth
The seed
Warmed and mild
I run to bury it
It won’t
Sprout
4.送叶
春天的
许应
旋我在
雪上
等到脱落
的叶
飞上高枝
却是灰黑
的雀
Sending the Leaf
The promise
of spring
Whirls me upon
the snow
Till the fallen
leaf
Rises to the high branch
Yet it’s a dull black
sparrow
5.望波
我追不上
认定的
波
母亲静立
看阔阔的
河
至夜半
外公的眼角
搁浅了
泥螺
我一并
掂起
但我行动
太缓
完成不了
对一个
人的
提纯
Gazing at the Waves
I cannot catch up
with the wave
I set my heart on
Mother stands still
watching the broad
river
Till midnight
in Grandpa’s eyes
mud snails run aground
I pick them up
all together
Yet my steps are
too slow
to finish
the purification
of a
person
Su Yun, 17 years old, is a member of the Chinese Poetry Society and a young poet. His works have been published in more than ten countries. He has published two poetry collections in China, namely Inspiration from All Things and Wisdom and Philosophy, and one in India titled WITH ECSTASY OF MUSINGS IN TRANQUILITY. He has won the Guido Gozzano Orchard Award in Italy, the Special Award for Foreign Writers in the City of Pomezia, and was praised by the organizing committee as the “Craftsman of Chinese Lyric Poetry”. He has also received the “Cuttlefish Bone” Best International Writer Award for those under 25.
I’m at a funeral of someone I barely know. He’s a third cousin of my wife or something. She hardly knows him either. The death of strangers…it’s a family thing.
We sit in the rear of the church, far away from the teary ones who actually knew the guy. We’re sad for them. It’s the best we can do.
Then it’s to the cemetery. We’re so far back of the hearse, it’s like we’re at the head of someone else’s procession.
We pray at the gravesite, pray that no one asks who we are. Then it’s back to the house for catered devils eggs and chicken salad sandwiches.
Even my wife isn’t sure if it’s the right house or not. But there’s one of her aunts. “He was only fifty-five,” she says.
Or at least, that’s what her third cousin told her nephew-in-law. An hour later, we leave, thinking to ourselves, someone died
and we’re just moderately upset. Ah death, if only you would keep your distance thus. Like a third cousin or something. And on my wife’s side.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Midnight Mind, Trampoline and Flights. Latest books, “Bittersweet”, “Subject Matters” and “Between Two Fires” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Levitate, White Wall Review and Willow Review.
Excerpted from the book Decoding Dongba Culture by Lan Xin (Lan Xin Samei)
Wan Yilong: Practicing Great Love with High-Dimensional Wisdom
Casting the Soul for the Inheritance of Dongba Culture
By Lan Xin (Lanxin Samei)
Mr. Wan Yilong is an outstanding master of traditional Chinese culture, a high-dimensional wisdom mentor, spiritual practitioner, poet, and philanthropist. He is also the founder of the Nine Dragons Realm, Dean of the High-Dimensional Wisdom Academy, Dean of the Dongba Culture Academy, and a rare Han Chinese inheritor of Dongba Culture.
Born in Anyang, Henan, the hometown of China’s oracle bone inscriptions, he has been deeply nourished by 5,000 years of Chinese civilization since childhood. Proficient in I Ching at a young age, he devoted himself to Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, integrating ancient Eastern philosophy with spiritual wisdom. He enlightens hearts with wisdom and expresses the soul with poetry, spreading Eastern high-dimensional wisdom and great love to the world.
He is a true man of action who “does more than he speaks.” In daily life, he lives simply and frugally, with no pursuit of luxury or fame. Yet in charity and cultural inheritance, he gives his all without reservation. He has quietly helped countless strangers, never seeking recognition or reward, embodying great love through deeds and fulfilling his mission with a devout heart.
My encounter with Mr. Wan Yilong was legendary and destined. In a spiritual workshop with many fellow practitioners, I stood quietly and independently in the crowd, with a unique and serene aura. Though surrounded by many admirers for his “Third Eye” that perceives the truth of life, he noticed me at first sight among all those people.
He walked toward me gently, with firm and sincere eyes, and whispered: “We have met before.”
At the moment our eyes met, a familiar feeling across time and space arose naturally. With his high-dimensional perception, he clearly saw my form in multi-dimensional space and revealed the deepest imprints and mission of my soul. I was deeply shocked and convinced that this meeting was divinely destined. Since then, we have become closest partners, awakening the wisdom of countless lifetimes together, and guarding the inheritance of Eastern civilization hand in hand.
Over the years, Mr. Wan and I have worked together to protect and inherit Dongba Culture, a precious World Memory Heritage. We co-founded the public-welfare Dongba Culture Academy. Introduced by me, he became one of the very few Han Chinese inheritors of Dongba Culture. Together with Elder Aheng Dongta, he has devoted himself to sustaining this thousand-year-old cultural lineage. With profound cultural knowledge and high-dimensional insight, he helped me awaken the hidden wisdom of sacred mantras, rituals, and life energy, allowing the ancient civilization to shine anew in the modern era.
Deeply moved by the crisis facing Dongba Culture — few inheritors, most of them elderly and struggling to make a living — he made the rescue and inheritance of Dongba Culture his lifelong mission. Together, we restored an ancient thousand-year-old temple into the now-renowned Yulong Wenbi Dongba Culture Academy, creating a sacred home for Dongba inheritors to practice, research, and pass on their heritage.
Mr. Wan upholds the philanthropic philosophy of “teaching people to fish rather than giving them fish.” He provides not only material support but also platforms for cultural exchange, ancient scripture research, traditional ceremonies, and public education in the most dignified way for Dongba masters. This enables them to gain stable livelihoods and social respect while preserving their culture. He has traveled many times to remote mountainous areas such as Shangri-La and Muli in Sichuan to visit, comfort, and support the elder Dongba masters guarding the cultural roots, warming hearts with sincere and practical love.
As an extraordinary high-dimensional wisdom mentor and spiritual practitioner, Mr. Wan integrates the essence of wisdom from Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, and Dongba Culture. He perceives the karmic roots of life through the “Third Eye,” explores the mysteries of the multi-dimensional universe via astral travel, and chants cosmic sounds from high-dimensional realms with pure intention. This energetic frequency helps people break through physical limitations, connect with ancestral wisdom, awaken their soul guardians, resolve life confusion, and find their ultimate life purpose.
He never boasts of his extraordinary abilities or pursues personal gain, always guiding and healing all beings with compassion. For those trapped in confusion and suffering, he illuminates their path with high-dimensional wisdom and liberates them from karmic obstacles through spiritual practices. He heals both physical pain and spiritual wounds, helping countless people regain light and hope from hardship. For him, spirituality is not abstract theory, but a way of living integrated into every word, every deed, and every ordinary moment — seeing the sacred in the mundane, realizing the Tao in daily life.
At the Dongba Culture Academy, Mr. Wan is one of the core spiritual guiding forces. People from all over the world come seeking help with health, relationships, career, and spiritual struggles. With his ability to “see through karma,” he accurately identifies the root of their difficulties. Combining Eastern spiritual wisdom and ancient Dongba rituals, he has helped countless people experience life transformation: infertile couples welcoming children, critically ill patients recovering, lost souls finding direction, and suffering beings regaining peace. These real transformations are the best proof of his high-dimensional wisdom and boundless love.
Mr. Wan Yilong lights the path of cultural inheritance with high-dimensional wisdom, walks the way with selfless love, and guards the roots of civilization with poetic spirit and devotion.
He is a practitioner of Eastern high-dimensional wisdom, a distinguished Chinese poet on the international stage, a humble and profound philanthropist, a soul-builder for Dongba cultural inheritance, and a guide who transforms lives through life.
He shows the world the vision and dignity of a true Chinese spiritual practitioner. With perseverance, he revives the thousand-year-old culture; with compassion, he shines like starlight, illuminating countless lost souls.
He lives by this truth:
True high-dimensional wisdom begins with awakening and belongs to great love.
True spirituality and charity lie not in words, but in devoted action.
sheltered during the electrical storm
by my grandmother's freckled arm
*
ignoring the elaborate directions
my brother the technopath
*
zooming-in on the shoe in the street
*
the stalled industry of clover crowns
*
sea voyage atop the Crimson King maple
*
the green undertow of my dysfunctional family
*
you're a white cloud when nobody waits for your return
*
she told the store detective the sweater wasn't even her style
*
please continue, as long as you're not counting on being understood
*
she knows all the birthdays of the dead
*
the opulent life of the former bedwetter's
full underwear drawer
“Kamilah the Miracle Filly,” by Angela Alioto, wins the Courage for Freedom Film Award
San Francisco. The “Courage for Freedom Film Award” has been awarded to Angela Alioto’s film “Kamilah the Miracle Filly” narrated excellently by Joe Mantegna, winner of a Tony Award, multiple Emmy nominations, and honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The coveted award was presented to Angela Alioto last week by Count Federico di Wardal.
The citation is: “for creating a work of high cinematic value based on saving a life through courage and faith, with unparalleled determination “
Angela Alioto, politician, president of the Knights of St. Francis, and one of the most esteemed lawyers in the United States, has taken actions considered of historic importance for human and civil rights and for peace, upholding the creed of St. Francis of Assisi of universal love, which is the goal of SF founded by the Franciscan missions.
Alioto gave also a strong contribution to San Francisco concerning cinema.
The SF Film Commission is attributed specifically to her legislative initiative as its creator.
But let’s get back to the film “Kamilah, the Miracle Filly”.
It is the true story of the filly Kamilah that doctors had decided to put down, refusing to operate on her legs.
The story captivated California, spread throughout the USA, landing in Europe, where Angela Alioto is known too, and in the rest of the world, via social media.
Through UC Davis, Alioto operated on Kamilah, saving her life, during months of tribulation.
At that point she committed to making the film “Kamilah the miracle filly” selected in 2025 at the LA Tribune IFF, chaired by Moe Rock and Emily Letran and winner at the SF New Concept IFF chaired by Joanna Zhang and at the Vesuvius FF, in Pompeii (Italy) chaired by Giovanna D’Amodio.
Alioto, as well as the Count Federico Wardal, was friend of the film legend Federico Fellini and she always was involving in an international film entourage.
At the same time, Francesco Garibaldi Hibbert, a descendant of the hero of two worlds Giuseppe Garibaldi, and his friend Count Federico di Wardal met in LA last summer and decided to found the “Courage for Freedom Film Award” and “Courage for Freedom” and to create the film “Anita,” with music by Andrea Ceccomori, centered on a touching poem of the highest artistic value by the hero Garibaldi on the agony and death of his young Brazilian wife Anita.
For this, an unusual aspect emerges for a hero: being also a poet and poetry is close to the border with cinema.
Here’s what the coveted award is: The “Courage for Freedom Film Award” is issued by the “National Giuseppe Garibaldi Association” to honor excellence in films that exalt the universal values that inspired the revolutionary Hero of Two Worlds, Giuseppe Garibaldi, in his quest for freedom, equality, and justice for oppressed peoples.
The award immediately became one of the most coveted internationally, supported by institutions for peace, the protection of human rights, the environment, and film festivals with these missions.
Congratulations again to Angela Alioto and a call to everyone to cultivate a profound awareness of inner peace.
