
Cathy Xinman: I Try to Become a Morning
Xinman’s poem, “I Try to Become a Morning”, explores the exquisite tension between a desire for purity and the burden of earthly existence.

Xinman’s poem, “I Try to Become a Morning”, explores the exquisite tension between a desire for purity and the burden of earthly existence.










Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.