Cathy Xinman’s poem, “Please Love Me in Spring”, creates a rich sensory landscape, immersing itself in nature as both setting and metaphor. Its formal innovation and surreal qualities carry a dreamlike weight, stretching natural logic to balance simplicity with layered meaning and evoke emotional intensity beyond the literal.
Through natural imagery, it expresses universal human emotions, evoking a longing for connection, renewal, and warmth. By transforming personal vulnerability into collective resonance, the poem reveals a resilient spirit that pursues love and hope amid adversity, emphasizing the profound bonds between humans, nature, and humanity as a whole.
Please Love Me in Spring
Dense waters, green winds.
Today I lie in the pure wind.
I sent glances to the white clouds.
The blue sky is just ripe,
it’s full of juvenile wonder.
I give the green its name,
the name of my kind love.
In the trees,
who knows how many lights are kissing?
To you I offer my flame.
Come on love,
burn those thorny thorns.
Let the sparks catch the cold.
Those bleak witnesses
are today’s chorus on earth.
Let me weep,
in spring, my water,
please give me love sweeter than love,
dedicating to you.
Cathy Xinman writes poetry in Chinese and English. Her English-language collection is entitled Where You Love Yourself. Find it on Amazon. Learn more about the communities that make up Canada on the Toronto Spark website. The Toronto Spark is on Bluesky @torontospark.bsky.social.
