Delighted that @smallwondersmag.com accepted my poem, Grandma's Album, with Goggles. Second time they're publishing a poem of mine!
I wrote this for a six-week poetry challenge. Look forward to seeing this out in the world! Thanks, Small Wonders
Keyan Bowes
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![A Venn diagram with three intersecting circles titled and inscribed at its center "Chinese Fantasy Genres."
(In the first circle, without overlap, is titled "Wuxia" (or 武俠) and has two bullet points: *human world, often in an ancient Chinese setting, *Low magic: martial arts skills just beyond what's humanly possible.) [Image description: Besides Wuxia and towards Xianxia, The Legend of Condor Heroes cover is depicted with two figures in historic Chinese garments, one in flowy white and one in blue, and a figure behind a red sun. All three hold weapons.]
[Image description: Besides Wuxia and towards Xuanhuan, the cover of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is depicted with four main characters]
(The second circle, without overlap, is titled "Xianxia" ( or 仙俠 (here, written in simplified Chinese as 仙侠) and has 3 bullet points: *Centered on humans who have become "Xian" (仙) (Daoist immortals); *Qi cultivation, flying swords, reincarnation; *interlinked human & Xian worlds). [Image description: Besides Xianxia, the cover of The Untamed is depicted with a ponytailed pale-skinned figure in Chinese historic clothes in white and a similar figure in black.]
(The third circle, without overlap, is titled Xuanhuan (or 玄幻) and has three bullet points: *Lots of fantastical gods, deities, and supernatural beings; *Very high fantasy; *Multiple realms)
[Image description: Besides Xuanhuan, there is the cover of Cang Lan Jue (or 苍兰诀), two figures with long black hair kiss wearing historic garments)]
Between Wuxia and Xianxia there is the following overlap: "Xia" (or 俠, here, written in simplified Chinese as 侠) vigilante heroes/warriors. [Image description: Besides this overlap, there is the cover image of Jade Dynasty (诛仙) with four floating Xia in the clouds.]
Between Xianxia and Xuanhuan there is the following overlap: inspired by Chinese mythology and spiritual beliefs
[Image description: Besides this overlap, there is the cover of Eternal Love]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ucrfqertxwhfgbzbj66uomdj/bafkreibtry6mlevzbcg6wtkawgnxkyxyuxf23rvqgxrecfhmpbb44togfy)
