Poetry in Motion
Washington D.C.
Ceremony
Jennifer Chang![A poster features a green meadow and a blue kite flying against a light blue sky. The poem Ceremony, by Jennifer Chang is written in purple text beside it.](https://poetrysociety.org/assets/poetry-in-motion/Jennifer-Chang-Poetry-in-Motion-DC.jpg)
Ceremony
Jennifer Chang
I can't say which
cloud cut open
the hill. Or why,
walking, I can't
reach the sky. Virginia
is not east.
The hill
gives no slack, no
shade, so I rise
to light. I am quiet
and won't
squander words
to make what's
false true.
I had
a love. A blue
kite untwisting
the sky.
Presented with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Art in Transit Program.