The craft beer and the palm tree

Posted by Jieyin Feng on May 26, 2025

Wine bottles
with different labels on
pretty designs
standing up to the wall together
hollow inside

Craft beers
but only one option
crystal, pale, thin
crispy, shining, bubbling
full tap

Sunlight
Shining to the eyes
Quite bright
Leaving the shadow in the corner
unspoken, speechless

Oh, look

The palm tree grows wildly
Surging out of the big trees
Very strong
Curving up to the sky
Towards the sunlight

Background of the poem:

I wrote this poem to cheer up my friend who was anxious about his business due to the policy change. I was travelling to Seville and I saw a palm tree growing out of the other bushes. It looked very wild to me. I thought it was the same situation as my friend’s.