Museum Shenwu (Divine Things)

Written By Carma Lynn Park

I lean over the bronze mirror,

hair falling forward,

light catching its edges, red-blond

flames around a shadow face—

is this the real me,

burning with divinity?


Art Institute of Chicago. Chinese Bronze Mirror, Han Dynasty. CCO Public Domain Designati


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