January 2021
Sha Huang
shuang5@kennesaw.edu
shuang5@kennesaw.edu
Bio Note: I grew up in China and now teach Chinese language and Asian culture at a university in the
U.S. My poems have been included in multiple Chinese literary journals and bilingual anthologies. I enjoy various
creative activities such as writing, painting, and translating poems.
Sketch of September
In September, trees are set on fire
Sparkles spin down
carrying their small tails
red or gold
Apples and walnuts fall to the ground
still on fire
till the flesh is burned away
till the core is revealed
A crippled old man with his old dog
A tall slim man reading a book
A woman with freckles lowering her eyes
her hair burning
Like them
I stand at the bus stop, quietly
carrying my own fire
tiny and blue
©2021 Sha Huang
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