This is a poem, for the wind
Not for you to read, dear reader.
Be gone - and allow only the breeze in.
Go on, hop it - I welcome the draft.
You are eccentric; I like that
Back door gales and wrecked heel tabs
Slammed hatches; a gateway to gusts
Yo-Yo Ma on the ocean; in shorts.
Trying out - Haydn and seeking
We are energy and so are you
You are old enough now dear wind
To host your own podcast.
I'll set up a mic and table for you
If I can be your first and only guest.
Five year olds in the sandbox,
Scaffolding into the next century.
Babble, taradiddle. Bunkum.
He rose from the East.
Torch in hand.
Not by conquest,
but by sweat.
A kingdom built
on labor,
on patience,
on memory.
Once a servant of empires.
Now a master of time.
I saw Britain
with a begging bowl.
France bent low,
asking for bread.
Madam Canada watched,
silent and uneasy.
Kings of the West,
learn this truth:
no throne is eternal.
What rises first
may fall last.
America will arrive here too.
Power is never owned.
It only changes hands.
Beijing stands
not as a conqueror,
but as a mirror.
Showing the cost
of arrogance.
Europe,
your wisdom begins
with humility.
Harmony is stronger
than pride.
To the King of Beijing,
rule with restraint.
Victory without mercy
rots the crown.
Forgive the past,
not to forget,
but to govern the future.
For humanity
is the first law of wisdom.
The Great Hall of the People.
After the performance
she appears above us,
stepping out from
a Chinese painting of heaven.
She descends into the foyer,
camera’s whir.
Once more
we are stunned
by the power of beauty
to command our devotion.
This is her moment,
surely no moment could out-match
this one.
Later, a reading,
tea leaves in a small cup,
dragons circle the rim.
A vision.
There are rumors, suspicions,
political purges,
Her path leads now
to blood
to Tiananmen Square.
To a final act
unseen.
Spring in Beijing
Alexander Bugh
The once was a man who walked in Beijing
He walked and he walked admiring the spring
The flowers started to bloom and trees to green
The lake was defrosting, a wonderful sight to be seen
But the poor blind man saw not a thing.
Anida Mann & Baron Ready
April Showers & Wade Rivers
Bertha Saylor & Abel Crews
Bunny Bunns & Wilt Dailey
Burl E Pecker & Phyllis Upman
Candy Cane & Hedon Succor
Chastity B. Lowe & Noah Hoare
Crystal Clear & Robin Blind
Demi Tasse & Felix Ottic
Emery Board & Harry Burns
Fanny B Hind & Gopher Broke
Gaye B Hind & Ben Dover
Helen Highwater & Goliath Yonder
Iona Studd & Frank Lee Smutt
Ivy Nurse & Levi Tate
Judy Light & Christian Dark
Kitty Purring & Lyon Bastard
Libby Doe & Ida Wannamaker
Lily White & Cole Black
Lucy Furr & Gene Splicer
Master Bader & Linda Hand
Minnie Crumbs & Graham Krakurs
Mona Lott & Val A Parker
Nona Fleet & Barret Awl
Ophelia Balls & Les de Witt
Penny Pincher & August Spender
Peter Fountain & Neva Swallow
Querida Quaker & Axel Greece
Randy Longfellow & May B. Knott
Sandy Beech & Rip Tyde
Tim Burr & Betty Falls
Uma Sermon & Caesar Bush
Venus de Flower & Jerry Attric
Wanda Liquor & Hugo Furst
Willow Whisper & Neil Down
Winona Bett & Willfred Harden
Xina Rating & Tanner Hyde
Yvonne Adam & Rock N Eden
Zinnia Flowers & Owen Breeders
Paige Turner & Justin Thyme
We missed the Lugou Bridge moon of the morning
Seeing only the engraved emperor's brush writing
This site where China and Japan exchanged fire
How many times have we visited there?
Rain falls and makes me playful to play with the rain
The day comes and reminds me to remember it again
How I wish to pay another visit to the hallowed ground
And there, my current city forgotten, I will not turn around.
1978,7,7
July the 7th is the anniversary of the conflict between China and Japan in 1937, which marked the beginning of Resisting-Japanese War
They made a pile of yellow leaves and burnt them...
They thought they were dead...
But
why did you do this to hearts?....
Beijing is becoming smoggy
You may taste blood in the air...
Autumn leaves fallen
all over the Tsinghua Campus...
Yellow, Orange, Red and Brown...
Each has a story to tell...
Story of Resistance...
How long did it stand
against wild air...
The young girlie that served me at Burger King
Possessed the sweetest smile this side of Beijing
I told this sweetie so
She started to glow
We both felt good as she gave me my onion rings
synchronicity
one at motion, one at peace
subversivism
Temples and hutongs
dragons and people abound.
Tea an oasis.
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