My Life

1.Onboard 

Warming up, the weather 
In middle spring 
Grass dancing  and larks  singing
...
Lilacs white, purple and  mottle 
are walking on road 

2. Going Home

Road is really long 
Coach moves too slow 
The homing heart feels like 
either a flying goose
or a flying arrow 

3. Fly a kite 

My busy shadows chained 
Langfang ,Baoding and Beijing 
up into a triangle 
God saw  and said :
That looked  like a kite 
The rope was the 
long thinking of
Held  in Mr Sydney's hand 


Note: My home is in Sydney while I am working in three cities in northern China
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Lamoureux Avatar
August 8, 2019 at 9:23 AM
It is good to see a person’s starting point. My wife’s Chinese name is Mai Ha. I believe it means beautiful morning dew. Her dad has a poetic heart. Her family moved here when she was nine. They came from Hong Kong but her parents originally were from China.
Ashley Avatar
December 1, 2018 at 9:33 AM
Xuefeng, your imagery is vibrant and full of emotion in your beautiful and captivating first poem posted here on PS. I admire your creativity and artistry. Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan
U.D Palawon  Avatar
October 12, 2016 at 11:33 PM
ni hoa, this is so creative. Congrats for it been featured. All the best. :)
U.D Palawon  Avatar
October 14, 2016 at 6:27 AM
Thanks for enlightening me. In Mauritius we say it but I've not written it before! Glad to learn!:)
Pan Avatar
October 13, 2016 at 7:56 AM
"ni hoa" should be three Chinese words, Ni=you, ho=hao=good, should be the second word,while" a"="a", the third word,@_@)
Pan Avatar
October 13, 2016 at 7:53 AM
Ni Hao(Chinese Pinyin,means How are you!@-@) Thank you so much for your positive comments! Best wishes to you as well! Take care!
A  Avatar
October 4, 2016 at 7:44 PM
?:????,???????? Xuefeng Pan, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :) Drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs **YNR - SKAT
Pan Avatar
October 9, 2016 at 8:19 AM
Dear SKAT, Thank you so much for you friendly welcome, I Just saw your words and made me feel very good! All Best wishes to you and your beautiful poems...take very good care of yourself and each other!
A   Avatar
October 3, 2016 at 12:26 PM
???Xuefeng, Welcome to Poetry soup, I hope you enjoy the community. Here, you will find friendly poets who enjoy supporting one another. I myself, enjoy reading and commenting those who want to be read. The only time I give constructive criticism is when a poet desires it. However, if for some reason the poem is not my field I will guide you to someone who is more qualified than I. Stop by and read one of my poems if you like. My poems are not perfect, but I have a feeling you might like one. I encourage you to check out the contest page and read to receive comments. Tell me a little about your poetic skills if you like. It will be my pleasure to follow and read every poem you post from here on :) We are Lucky To Have you. Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@
Pan Avatar
October 3, 2016 at 10:46 PM
Dear Linda if possible you could suggest some of your best pomes to me to translate them into Chinese versions, in fact I have translated more than 200 English poems into their Chinese versions.
Pan Avatar
October 3, 2016 at 8:16 PM
Dear Linda, frankly I am only in the very beginning in writing English poems, I know I will learn a lot from you and many other excellent poets, I will do my best to follow your guys in loving with poems...best wishes indeed...take care!
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