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[anna]

Yesterday joined Kate Marshall Flaherty’s sponemous writing workshop, this morning I practiced...here are three short poems for three friends:

River of Life
For 巴山夜雨

The old memories grow in you；
you carry them day after day-
a sad long river mourning her losses.
Let me to be here to listen.
Let me walk with you along the long bank.
They say-
One cannot enter the same river twice.
I hear you weep-
They are wrong, wrong again.

Book Lover
For Frank Wang

Your love for books is the light
sometimes comforting you
most times consoling us
Each day a few lines
yet they might take us our whole life

See the snow falls and melts
Each moment we resolve things
in accepting then letting go


Living Your Dream
For Iris He

In our interview, I see a mirrored self
We are not alone, not the dying one
In your hometown, wintersweets bloom
in the coldest time
you carry them in your heart

The further you travel,
the more bittersweet they blossom,
Each with a dream to rise,
each with wings to fly...
_________________
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

Yesterday joined Kate Marshall Flaherty’s sponemous writing workshop, this morning I practiced...here are three short poems for three friends:

River of Life
For 巴山夜雨

The old memories grow in you；
you carry them day after day-
a sad long river mourning her losses.
Let me to be here to listen.
Let me walk with you along the long bank.
They say-
One cannot enter the same river twice.
I hear you weep-
They are wrong, wrong again.

Book Lover
For Frank Wang

Your love for books is the light
sometimes comforting you
most times consoling us
Each day a few lines
yet they might take us our whole life

See the snow falls and melts
Each moment we resolve things
in accepting then letting go


Living Your Dream
For Iris He

In our interview, I see a mirrored self
We are not alone, not the dying one
In your hometown, wintersweets bloom
in the coldest time
you carry them in your heart

The further you travel,
the more bittersweet they blossom,
Each with a dream to rise,
each with wings to fly...
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[anna]

I Witness Your Keen Mind
for Linca

I met you three years ago
you carried a white cane, two kids beside you-
virtually blind but not your heart,
you said you enjoyed my poetry and workshop.

It was true, it was, it is…because soon after
I received your forwarded messages that
you sent to schools to recommend Poetry Alive.

It didn’t matter they ignored your kindness
and good wishes,
you invited me out of your own pocket instead-
A homage I must remember.

Time flies and we move on.
Last year, on WeChat I happened to find
the East West Learning club and you again,
well, a series of Poetry in Translation events
in no time we shaped and fashioned them.
What a success and what a joy.

But what most touched me was the stories
I found later-
how you became blind but not blind.
There were role models we have searched in our life,
but sometimes, we model ourselves.

So this poem is special for you,
for your eyes are always keen,
yet, the keenest is of heart and mind.
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

I Witness Your Keen Mind
for Linca

I met you three years ago
you carried a white cane, two kids beside you-
virtually blind but not your heart,
you said you enjoyed my poetry and workshop.

It was true, it was, it is…because soon after
I received your forwarded messages that
you sent to schools to recommend Poetry Alive.

It didn’t matter they ignored your kindness
and good wishes,
you invited me out of your own pocket instead-
A homage I must remember.

Time flies and we move on.
Last year, on WeChat I happened to find
the East West Learning club and you again,
well, a series of Poetry in Translation events
in no time we shaped and fashioned them.
What a success and what a joy.

But what most touched me was the stories
I found later-
how you became blind but not blind.
There were role models we have searched in our life,
but sometimes, we model ourselves.

So this poem is special for you,
for your eyes are always keen,
yet, the keenest is of heart and mind.
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[anna]

what do names tell?
For xxx

You told me
They blocked you
Now you could not see WeChat messages

We don’t know the reason as always
The moon’s dark side is never revealed
The attentive watcher is alerted
by pointed names in your posts
as if to fear the truth being shown

I once did mistake you for a male
I too took your name for granted
But what I made was such a tiny mistake
So tiny, almost forgettable
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

what do names tell?
For xxx

You told me
They blocked you
Now you could not see WeChat messages

We don’t know the reason as always
The moon’s dark side is never revealed
The attentive watcher is alerted
by pointed names in your posts
as if to fear the truth being shown

I once did mistake you for a male
I too took your name for granted
But what I made was such a tiny mistake
So tiny, almost forgettable
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[anna]

What a beautiful life
for Charles

I know you through photos, music and poems
you have shared with me-
So kind and quiet,
you see, sometimes like snowflakes.

If I fail to notice
or say thank you
I hope you know
that I do see
what a beautiful life
you want to bring
and share with others
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

What a beautiful life
for Charles

I know you through photos, music and poems
you have shared with me-
So kind and quiet,
you see, sometimes like snowflakes.

If I fail to notice
or say thank you
I hope you know
that I do see
what a beautiful life
you want to bring
and share with others
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[anna]

Black and White Swan
for 七七

It is true,
you are a princess,
the one in the swan form.

What color do you choose for yourself-
white or black?
it does not matter,
they are all beautiful and elegant
with your hands.

In your poems and paintings,
I see all colors and all forms.
I envy your long legs
and curving neck -
From East to West
on the starry lake,
I fear to spin a wane and ask:
mirror, mirror,
who is the fairest?
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

Black and White Swan
for 七七

It is true,
you are a princess,
the one in the swan form.

What color do you choose for yourself-
white or black?
it does not matter,
they are all beautiful and elegant
with your hands.

In your poems and paintings,
I see all colors and all forms.
I envy your long legs
and curving neck -
From East to West
on the starry lake,
I fear to spin a wane and ask:
mirror, mirror,
who is the fairest?
_________________
---------------------

Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com