Best Chinese New Year Poems

The second day of the Chinese New Year
Tradition has it say
That the son in law visits 
His mother in law
Guest of honour on this day

She treats him like a king
When time to go back home
Gives him two lotus lanterns
One red and one white alone

Time of...

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Red envelope
Bursting with luck
Dragons dancing in the street...

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Dragon was hatched in the year of the Dragon, on the Chinese Zodiac.
But, then so was I. Yep folks, that makes me so very, amazingly wise.
Because I was born in the year of the Dragon, a Dragon egg I did get!
Now, for the Chinese New...

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The Lunar Cycle

Holiday of fifteen days

Red lanterns shed light...

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Spring festival
Auspicious colours
Painting town red


Reunion dinner
Grand celebration
Hearts aligned


Homeward bound
To gather again
Good times come around


Joy sings
Spring chorus;
Familiar red packets


Laughing faces
Jolly feasting:
Memory subscribes...

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Are you ready for a brand new year
The spring festival coming
So let’s all cheer
The lunar calendar starts again
It’s time to clean the cobwebs my friend




Gifts of red envelope’s everywhere
This is the Chinese New Year
The year of the sheep
The ram, the goat
Bring your fire crackers to...

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A festive feel in red and gold:
Chinatown deals Goat year most grand.


A splash of will as joy unfolds:
A Chinese fill as cheer attends.

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This lunar year arrives with truth:
Our kindred ties forge a fine fest.


Those who are dear gather fond proof:
Our fortunes high in lovely quest.

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Paint...

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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...

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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...

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Chinese New Year 2022 *

Oh no! again they've cancelled the Lion Dance
And the Dragons are also put on hold
How I longed to see them gyrate and prance
But the covid virus is still uncontrolled.

The sound of the drums, the cymbals and gongs
So intense and loud we...

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Chinese New Year
Ushering in a brand new year
In the name of equality and democracy
Chinese worldwide are celebrating
globally
We invite you to join the happiness and the prosperity ahead
We pray for the world to become 
peaceful and prosperous
Hopefully
We don't live alone
And we don't celebrate alone
And we don't...

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All around the world in every nation,
it is the start of a fifteen day celebration.
There are red envelopes and gifts exchanged.
Numerous traditional events have been arranged.
Reunion dinners are held, and firecrackers are ablaze.
Plenty of activities take the stage during nights and days.
Many are conducted to...

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(Note: This is an acrostic sonnet.)
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Ask love to grace this lunar year:
Live bounty wise with peace of mind,
Urge health to trace grand fond good cheer;
Now springs surprise with wealth that binds,
Apt blossoms bloom in touch of spring;
Reap what you sow with soul put right.
Endow heart's...

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Every beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar 
We ashering in Chinese New Year
Which carries a special meaning nowadays
Frankly to say
Just for us 
To relax
After a long session of strenuous work
For a complete rehabilitation,
To drop in
After a long absence of contacts
For a hearty reunion once a...

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Wonderful attributes are associated with the Chinese New Year
The Wood snake brings wisdom, creativity, intuition and growth
She symbolizes renewal, transformation, patience and understanding
The snake’s major element is Yang fire
Yang fire is associated with the sun
Thus, bringing these attributes into Year 2025
Aboveboard, selfless, cordial, ambitious, righteous,...

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