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...

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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...

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

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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...

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Ribbon Dance


Ribbons fly in graceful loops
flung by hands of maidens fair,
as they dance with turns and twists,
rainbow ribbons fill the air.

Curves of wonder, colors bright
like...

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Colorful ribbons 
follow the woman’s movements. 
I can almost see
floating rainbows.

Pale beauties unfurl 
ivory hued fans.
I imagine
swan wings fluttering.


I chose both the ribbon dance and...

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Joy Breeds Hope

As my eyes look up to bright sunny skies
And I view soft shape shifting clouds float by
I feel hope instilled through my joyful...

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The candle dance is fascinating with  lighted candles on dishes
held in hands with bodies moving and curving to the musical wishes
Silat is another dance with martial art movements...

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Lunar New Year brings blessings bright:
Affluence now cheers our spirits right.


Goodies galore with sure good health:
So much and more with ample wealth.


Time moves most brisk...

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banners rise in street
each painted silk masterpiece
a celebration
of rich colors bleeding life
ancient spirits soar tonight 

gentle goat once gray
brushed bold in crimson through time
draws fresh...

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Here is a new beginning,
at the red mouth of the river,
overlooking the ripple of dark waters
that floats the recent past
beneath the mottled stone bridge 
and...

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Lion Dancing To A New Year

It is that time of the year, you'll know it by the din reaching your ears...
Thunderous gong beats, clashing cymbals...

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MANGLISH CAROL *
(Christmas in Malaysia)

Now got season to be jolly
Fa la la la la la la la la
Where got snow and where got holly
Fa la...

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