Emotions of Tai Chi
Pwu Jean Lee
In the Atlas of Tai Chi,
no straight road
between the polar extremes.
The agony of losing a horse,
The joy of its return
With a wild mate.
Then the pain over the son’s
Broken leg from the new gain.
The loudest laughter
echoes like howling,
The triumphant smile
rinsed with acid tears.
No emotion stays still
On Tai Chi’s winding way.
Yin in recess,
Yan in expansion,
Emotion rolls
In the Passage of Change.
Pwu Jean Lee is the author of the book of poems, East Wind, West Rain. Proficient in both English and Chinese, she has won various writing competitions in both languages. Since 2002, her verses ‘A Female Son' excerpted from this book were etched on the marble wall of the PENN STATION in Manhattan, New York City. The exhibition along with poems by Walt Whitman and eleven other American Poets is for permanent display.