Best Cai Poems
China Spies and Lies
Concentration camps in the north
disappearing book sellers in the south
Chinese spies hunt one and all
Army of thieves , worldwide
Zhao Ziyang, where is he?
erased from Chinese history
where is the brave young man
who battled one thousand tanks?
Xu Jiatun, where is he?
erased from Chinese history
truth has no play in China today
only death and propaganda reign
Xi Jinping, crimes against humanity
Lu Shaye, propogandist to the core
Leaders of a revolution long dead
corruption their cause, their only rules
Coal plants and cigarettes
Keep your silences
even you may lose your breath
This is China, spies and lies
Jailed Activists
Ai Weiwei
Bao Tong
Bao Zunxin
Cai Lujun
Chen Pokong
Cheng Jianping
Gao Zhisheng
Guo Quan
He Depu
Hu Jia
Huang Qi
Ilham Tohti
Jiang Lijun
Jiang Rong
Jiang Yanyong
Jiang Yefei
Li Hai
Li Zhi
Liao Yiwu
Liu Di
Liu Xiaobo
Qin Yongmin
Shi Tao
Tan Zuoren
Tang Baiqiao
Wang Bingzhang
Wang Dan
Wang Quanzhang
Wang Xiaoning
Wang Youcai
Wei Jingsheng
Wu Gan
Xu Zhiyong
Yang Jianli
Yuan Hongbing
Yue Xin
Zeng Jinyan
Zhao Changqing
Zhao Lianhai
“My Mother’s Love”
My mother, like a mother bear
Protects me with abundant care
In things she says I should not dare
Like whining that my life’s not fair
A kid I am who does not know
The outside dangers that life throw
My mom is always there to grow
Me so I face life’s highs and lows
My mother, friend, my guide in life
An ever-present cup of light
The ever-shining star at night
Who never ceases to burn so bright!
Jeslyn Cai
Only way I could figure out how to print out my Vestry
email letter. Jim Horn
Dear Friends,
Just a reminder of our upcoming meeting this coming Tuesday (Jan. 12th), 5:30 pm in Bliss Hall.
An agenda is shown below.
Also, note that the Sr. Warden has asked each vestry member to provide a 'brief' intro of yourself along with a short comment on why you felt called to serve on the Vestry and what your expectations are. This will be done during the Liaison remarks portion.
Peace,
Fr. Dave+
ST. JAMES THE FISHERMAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
VESTRY MEETING, January 12, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Opening Prayer
2. Approval of December Meeting minutes
3. Approval of December Financial report.
4. Old Business.
a. Cleanup of parish grounds (Jim Horn & Wayne Campbell).
b. Exterior painting estimates (Wayne Campbell).
5. New Business.
a. Fundraising Campaign for Exterior painting costs (Fr. Dave & Cai Raber).
b. Diocesan Convention: Delegates, & Pre-Convention Mtg. (Fr. Dave).
c. Services of Reception - Feb. 14th/15th (Fr. Dave).
d. Security Light (Fr. Dave).
6.Liaison Remarks.
7.Closing Prayer and Adjournment.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, Feb.9th, 5:30 pm, Bliss Hall.
Beauty now flings
Blessings of spring.
Beauty makes room
For spring time blooms.
Beauty now sings
As joy greets spring.
Beauty and peace
Happy times please.
Beauty knows best
How to live fest
Beauty knows soul
As joy sculpts whole.
Beauty lives well
Just where love dwells.
Beauty in time
Words sacred rhymes.
Beauty and wit
Allow fond fit.
Beauty styles smiles
In touch worthwhile.
Leon Enriquez
06 February 2016
Singapore
(Note: To everyone who celebrates
the Chinese Lunar New Year festival --
I wish you Gong Xi Fa Cai.)
Sea of faces in a long queue
The final rush right here on cue
Chinese lunar new year's eve styles
Grab and procure goodies worthwhile
So many things to attend to
Auspicious feelings spring now woos
Share a reunion dinner meal
Smiles abound as cheer fills and heals.
The customary red gift pacts
Lucky money brings fortune's tact
Soon we celebrate a grand start
Spring hurls new year to charm each heart
These special times where joy meets cheer
A festive soul greets happy here
Time for tribe and kin to gather
To welcome a brand new treasure
New clothes and auspicious symbols
Town painted red and clash of cymbals
Lion dancing and fire crackers noise
Drum beats and swaying to rejoice
Watch fond goodwill design a feast
Cheer and attract the dragon beast
Under the moonlit pavilion
We sip tea and feel devotion
The modern times have come to terms
With ancient traditions that firm.
All our rush to prepare and dwell
Now turns up good feelings that tell
Here's to the Goat year auspicious
Spring time galore most delicious
May all your dreams flood far and wide
"Gong-Xi-Fa-Cai" right by your side!
Leon Enriquez
17 February 2015
Singapore
GONG-XI-FA-CAI 2021
Heart feels deep fest
Apt joy frames quest
Prize spring time zest
Pique precious poise
Yield to fond voice
Charm clusters choice
Here share fine smiles
Ink words that style
Note cheer worthwhile
Etch sensuous feel
Sense how time heals
End and start seal
Light up your mood
Urge moves fond good
Nice festive food
Ask for health here
Rich wealth funds cheer
Niche profound spheres
Exult with gifts
Watch wonder lift
Yes grand thrills sift
Enjoy good feel
Art mellows thrill
Reap warm goodwill
Now and here see
Emerge and be
Wise heart feels free
Niche warm greetings
Old ways meeting
Rites of grand spring
Make feelings skip
Apt ample trip
Love in warm grip
Notice the way
Instincts lift stay
Moments of play
Blessings of peace
Love in full lease
Exact fine ease
Live festive flair
Invoke fond airs
Voice greets affair
Indulge warm art
Now sparkling start
Glimpse of deep art
Gong-Xi-Fa-Cai
Greetings now style
Share sacred smiles
Leon Enriquez
12 February 2021
Singapore, CNY Day #1
(Note: Gong-Xi-Fa-Cai is
the traditional greeting for
Chinese New Year — CNY)
Lunar new year
Rooster resides;
Feisty jazz
~~~~~~~~~
Reunion banquet
Happy faces;
Cheer works magic
~~~~~~~~~
Touch prospers
Wine and dine well;
Fireworks display
~~~~~~~~~
Fond gathering
Visits reveal;
Happy passage
~~~~~~~~~
Journey once more
Feast after feast;
Easy laughter
~~~~~~~~~
Faces light up
Fancy feels good;
Reunion fest
~~~~~~~~~
Liquid buffet
Spills and thrills;
Alcohol swirls
~~~~~~~~~
Auspicious greetings
Spring time magic;
"Gong Xi Fa Cai"
~~~~~~~~~
Jazzy upbeat
Delights prompt;
Celebrate spring
~~~~~~~~~
Brand new start
Verge, merge and urge;
Happenings sum
~~~~~~~~~
Lots or little
Cheery sparkle;
Dazzle and drizzle
~~~~~~~~~
Red packets move
Auspicious grooves;
Frolic feels good
~~~~~~~~~
Happy lives cheer
Lunar new year;
Spring time endears
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
29 January 2017
Singapore
Journey Journal Page
CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR, DAY #1
By Leon Enriquez
Chinese Lunar New Year
The Dragon brings good cheer
Auspicious words ply:
Gong-Xi-Fa-Cai
May you live good health
Your way to fond wealth
~~~~~~~~~
May good fortune sum
Your happy outcomes
May fine blessings show
Poise and joy you know
May you walk with grace
With light on your face
~~~~~~~~~
May your kin and kind
Bring you fond peace of mind
May each day you live
Bloom good cheer you give
May you be happy
With calm flair cheery
~~~~~~~~~
May the road you take
Bring you joyful stakes
May lavish moments sum
Your abundant outcomes
May your path be bright
Through each day and night
~~~~~~~~~
To all we hold dear
Here’s to a great year
You and I now ply
A lovely rainbow sky
Love warms our hearts here
With lovely good cheer
~~~~~~~~~
As love draws fond joy
Fine peace we enjoy
May all of our days
Work well on the way
May faith and hope bring
Love that ever springs
~~~~~~~~~
This auspicious day
Love works the best way
May the year bring peace
With lovely increase
May we start each day
With kind words we pray
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
Saturday, 10 February 2024
CNY 2024, Day #1
Singapore
His chubby arms
Holds you tight
Eye to eye contact
Shiny and bright
Mouth is open
Ready for the kiss
Smile on your face
Mouth ready for his
His darling face
So near you can see
A slight runny nose
A heart full of glee
Cai is a darling
Of this, there’s no doubt
Just 2 years old, loves sharing
butterfly kisses with his aunt
Chinese New Year
Brings happy cheer;
Noisy loud ease,
All with sure peace.
Moments of joy:
Festive fond ploys;
Meet kin and kind,
Share cheery finds.
Now each to each:
Fine greetings reach;
Love is our wealth,
Hope brings good health.
We gather round
Abundant grounds;
Celebrate grand,
Family and friends.
New attire styles
Beauty and smiles;
Colours of spring,
Bright well- being.
Share festive feast:
Prosper fond bliss;
Humour funds wit,
Everything fits.
Bright blessings fill:
Peace and goodwill;
In truth and light,
Each day moves right.
Spring greetings cheer:
Lunar New Year;
Fire Rooster crows,
Fortune now flows.
Here's to the best
In festive fest;
Spring fills our hearts,
Abundance starts.
Leon Enriquez
28 January 2017
Singapore
Gong-Xi-Fa-Cai
GREETINGS AT SPRING:
GONG XI FA CAI
Sense happy cheer with spring time blooms,
Pleasant good times bring peace of mind;
Rich fortune steers as fine health grooms,
Indulge fond rhymes that prospers kind;
Note smiles right here as joy fills rooms,
Glimpse wealthy chimes in charming finds.
Feel fine greetings that spread good cheer,
Live each day well as fortune sums;
Ask fond blessings to live right here,
Voice strokes to tell of grand outcomes;
Opt to receive blessings of health,
Umpteen the gifts in spring galore;
Rise to achieve tokens of wealth,
See good cheer lift each face once more.
Leon Enriquez
06 February 2016
Singapore
Pieces of light
Scattered in the night,
Skyline of dark
Where sparkling stars spark.
Stardust move mimes
In swirling fast chimes,
Know then my friend
How distant the span.
Embrace new spheres:
The lunar new year,
Blessings come round
To prosper these grounds.
Our festive spring time
Ushers fond rhymes,
Watch fine feelings ply:
"Gong-Xi-Fa-Cai."
Leon Enriquez
02 February 2019
Singapore
Noite de Carnaval
Quando a noite
cai,
o carnaval
sobe,
as cores
vibrantes,
iluminam
cada rosto,
com um
toque de
glamour e glitter,
o carnaval
da beleza
e da maquiagem,
onde os rostos
ganham vida,
e a beleza
é a conexão
para com pouco
fazer sempre,
mais e mais.
Hoje, Diariamente,
Imagino diariamente que
Atiro um limão n’água
e me inspiro a ficar vendo,
os peixinhos responderem:
A fé dá coragem.
E aí atiro um limão n’água
e ele cai enviesado.
Aí ouço um peixe dizer:
Sonhe, Ouse enriquecer vidas,
Com Imaginação e Inspiração.
Assim, com limões e imaginação,
Inspira-se toda a gente,
a chegar onde quer que deseje!
E assim, escrever o futuro das próprias vidas!
Shakespeare
Em Shakespeare
os pássaros cantam,
as pessoas empreendem,
os corações amam,
as almas são livres
cai à noite, vem o dia
o vasto sonho eterno
paira sobre todos.
Até agora desde sempre
são quatro as fontes de progresso
o saber para o empreender,
reconhecer a mulher livre,
projetar luz na escuridão
e fazer cada dia de tudo
mais e mais.