Chinese Secret Lovers

CHINESE SECRET LOVERS Bold frogs croak Garden pond danger watch Carp smile deep Lovers halt Frog-beckoned silkworms weave Worlds vanish Victoria Anderson-Throop ©1/3/13

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/6/2013 3:42:00 PM

this is very mysterious about those chinese secret lovers with Lots of interesting references to the pond animals!

Victoria Anderson-Throop
Date: 1/6/2013 5:19:00 PM

chinese poetry is deeply intertwined with setting--and the chinese garden is full of small creatures--including crickets, frogs, grasshoppers, dragonflies....the koi (or carp) are very large--about 12-18 inches...i have lived and worked in china and have a lot of experience in this cultural phenomena.

Jermaine Kirimi

Date: 1/4/2013 3:53:00 AM

nice write..just hope ill be able to write in haiku just the way you have...

Seren Roberts

Date: 1/3/2013 9:06:00 AM

Nice Haiku Victoria....Seren

Kathryn Collins

Date: 1/3/2013 7:26:00 AM

This is a knockout Victoria - "carp smile deep" indeed. What a curiosity. love, Kathy