Samples of Song lyrics and Poems

Song lyrics 

Some Trees Come to Me (Lyrics by Anna Yin, Inspired by Breaking into Blossom by Anna Yin and The Great Silent Ballad by Al Moritz) Video on Youtube. Audio on World Poetry Cafe Radio on July 10

Father is a Mountain (Lyrics by Anna Yin )

Midnight’s Mystery (Lyrics by Anna Yin, Inspired by Katherine L. Gordon’s After Midnight, Music by Mark Harry) Played on HOWL – CIUT 89.5FM June Open Mic, on World Poetry Cafe Radio on July 10

Walking with the Star ( A few versions, rap -spoken word style)


Poems with music (to polish or make new…)

The Seeking Heart (Poem by Anna Yin, Morin Khurr by Ming Li)

Chinese Nightingale (Poem by Anna Yin, Music by Mark Harry)

There Must Be Something (Poem by Anna Yin, Music by Wendy Zhu)

Beautiful Hope (Lyrics by Anna Yin, Music by Li Jing)

Honeysuckles and Ladders (Poem by Anna Yin, Music by Gao Yuan)

My Accent (poem by Anna Yin, previous readings and new music by Wendy Zhu)

平安夜/再回故乡 (Lyrics by Anna Yin, Music by Suno)

Still on the list

Breathing in the Planet Earth (Lyrics by Anna Yin, Inspired by DC Reid’s What We Do Not Know

Come to Celebrate (For Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary – Song Version)

Because of the Wind