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Old Chinese Sayings
There are no guarantees in life
save one…and none of us
certainly not me and possibly not you
no one can outrun the call of their destiny
once upon a time is a saying
created only by the lawyers
Don’t rely on fortune cookies
as the reason to quit your job
Eat spicy Chinese food
out of a carton ……with chopsticks...more often
sitting on a park bench talking with a stranger
say these words daily
thank you……..please….and I love you
as if they actually mattered to you
Draw your own lines carefully in the sand
and defend them with all that you are
Drink hot coffee from a bowl
hold onto the one you love with both hands
whatever you do in life do it with intense passion
never do what your enemy
expects you to do...ever
live well …love better
Dance and sing your heart out every single day
Live….just live as large as you can
Remember the Alamo
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OLD CHINESE SAYINGS
There are no guarantees in life
save one…and none of us
certainly not me and possibly not you
no one can outrun the call of their own destiny
once upon a time is a saying
created only by the lawyers
Don’t rely on fortune cookies
as the reason to quit your job
Eat spicy Chinese food
out of a carton …with chopsticks…at least once
sit on a park bench and talk with a lonely stranger
say these words daily
as if they actually mattered to you
thank you……..please….and I love you
Draw your own lines carefully in the sand
then defend them with all that you are
Drink hot coffee from a bowl
hold onto the one you love with both hands
whatever you do in life do it with intense passion
never do what your enemy
expects you to do…ever
live well …love better
When you feel you are in the least danger
be truly aware for it is at that second danger draws near to you
dance and sing your heart out every single day
live….just live as large as you can
remember the Alamo
Irish
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A Chinese Story
I have no idea whether this is a true or fabricated story.
Never the less, it was a story that if true still astounds me.
I don't recall where exactly, but in a specific China area
there was a major epidemic going on with an outbreak of malaria.
The Chinese government issued a statement to its citizens.
"If you all consider yourselves honorable true Chinese citizens,
you will all abide everyday the following instructions.
You are to kill at least 10 mosquitos everyday.
If you wish to kill more, fire away,
but you must kill everyday at least 10
if you consider yourself to be a true, honorable Chinese citizen."
China's massive population
then wiped out an entire mosquito generation
and the major plaque of malaria came to an end.
Anyone Chinese out there who may know if this is a true story?
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A Chinese Limerick
A gambler from Hong Kong named Louie.
He was dumb and quite a bit screwy.
In a gambling pad,
he lost all he had.
Today, he can’t afford chop suey.
Who says a limerick has to be Irish?
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2012 Chinese New Year
Once a year this day comes,
Lights flash with the sounds of the drums,
It's the New Year,
Use happiness to reach for the cure.
Bring joy 2012 today,
As the dragon brings the year to stay.
Care to those making poems,
Living life in each and every homes.
January 23rd makes history,
Be joyful in the way you see.
Traditions lay on the date,
Making the zodiac be fate,
Big dragons, big smiles, it's New Years day,
Happy New Year as they say.
Red brings fortunes,
With hope assuring everyone as wins.
Bright dancers to celebrate,
Stay up for New Years starts late.
Bringing forward for the memories to come,
New ways and new things to humm.
Bright flowers bloom to thee,
To the streets all people flow to see,
The show of time in lifes all over,
Luck be brought like a four leaf clover,
Spirits living fee in time,
Making sense of the poem; the rhyme.
The gragon year has finally made it,
The clock ticks, we wait; we sit.
Lighting up the symbols with fire,
Walking with elements of dire.
So it's the New Year today,
I send great wishes towards your way.
Connecting dots as stars so near; yet so far,
Seeing the brightest of all; the North star.
Happy days for our 2012 time,
Saving the words for the beat of the rhyme.
This card is for what the New Year has on its way,
Each of us putting our cards into play.
Happy New Year for it's the dragons time to steer,
Watching close to each person; each peer.
This day comes once, so play,
Lets celebrate for it leaves fast; please stay,
Happy New Year-hope all stays well,
As one keeps wisdom the cover of our life; the shell.
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LIKE A CHINESE LANTERN
At the end of the thought
was sadness.
When temple lies broken
a little white lotus comes up
on the tranquil lake.
A cute word enters the lone voice,
stands down, collapses, retreats into silence.
A chaste tree becomes a sage
and tenderness of the ash turns into an elegy.
The moon-face has frost on the eyes.
Tears blaze the lips.
Unbounded grief holds the space between
sobs, a bodiless spark.
Moons ago when sleep was a fragrant
gift, the song never touched the earth.
That dream sways like a Chinese lantern
without enthusiasm.
SATISH VERMA
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The Ten Million Dollar Chinese Bowl
The Ten Million Dollar Chinese Bowl
By Elton Camp
Asian art collectors were extraordinary excited
A rare Chinese imperial ceramic bowl ignited
Asia's fine art market has exploded last decade
It was expected for the bowl millions to be paid
From the Northern Song Dynasty it's pale green
And is the only one of its type that's ever seen
Museums & individuals are thrilled over the piece
So astronomically the price is likely to increase
Buyer will be one who about money doesn't care
Perhaps a mainland Chinese or western billionaire
The auctioneer held the bowl up and asked for cash
Out of his hand it plunged with a sickening crash
Tiny fragments were scattered all over the floor
And it was worth ten million bucks no more
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A quart of scotch with chinese food
somehow having a child
in a city kept you desperate,
made you accept drinking
as a way of life.
the chain smoking
the waitress job
that gin mill
the office job.
belonging is another
form of punishment.
beaten by men
by odds,
you never loved yourself enough.
the rest was hot coffee
on a cold night,with the kind of love
that puts muzzles on dogs.
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Gold Chinese Coins
Small Gold Chinese Coins
Place them in auspicious place
Bring Money to me.
(January 9, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)
(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved,
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MY CHINESE DAUGHTER
To Hugo Shen Fei
MY CHINESE DAUGHTER
There is no face
Reflection of a thousand years
That can take her place
A face that cried a thousand tears
There is no heart
Reflection of the West Lake dew
That can so impart
Devotion rediscovered
and
Replenished each day anew
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