Ka Yan

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“Mandarins in China Town” by Ka Yan

Submitted to Contest #65

I tugged at my mother’s hand. “I'm not feeling well, mummy."“Honey, we just got here.” She squeezed my fingers gently.I look down at my Mulan costume and shrugged. “I know.”It was October 31st and my mother had agreed to take me Trick or Treating in London's China Town. But until now, with the moon pale, I never noticed the numerous Guanyins sitting outside each door. Guardian spirits, but who knew whether it was entry or exit that was forbidden?Painted faces stared out of the mini altars, back-lit by red lights. The female buddha, Guanyin, ...

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Published author and poet at Tinkelei, Ka-Yan entered the world of writing because of The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, when she sailed away on their pea-green boat for less than a fiver and was forever entranced by the world of words and rhyme. A cultural nomad, she loves painting worlds in a language that wasn't supposed to be hers at all. Yet, here she is, the Rising Bamboo, with the shoot of another language in her mouth that finds its existence in all the ideas and turns of phrase she dreams up. Where is she from, you ask? Why, she couldn't say, and that may tell you more about her than all the labels in the world.