DPF / Mcclellan

For Tennessee and yellow-coated gems, from poetryfoundation.org.

from A January Dandelion / by George Marion McClellan (1860-1934)

All Nashville is a chill. And everywhere
Like desert sand, when the winds blow,
There is each moment sifted through the air,
A powdered blast of January snow.

DPF / Dao

Happy New Year, 2016! From poetryfoundation.org.

from New Year / by Bei Dao, translated by David Hinton and Yanbing Chen

a child carrying flowers walks toward the new year
a conductor tattooing darkness
listens to the shortest pause