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Chinese Poetry - Poems about Chinese Poetry


The mother
Sleep tight, my child dear. Mother is here, nothing to fear. If the child snatcher, comes at our steps. I will stab him with my own hands. ...

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Categories: chinese poetry, 8th grade, caregiving, devotion,
Form: Free verse
The coupe
Biting back at dragon's scale, I run through the weapons crossing like chaotic clouds flying past. The mighty sword rise in air, Only to drown in sin so deep. My hands stained with blood so red, Root betrayed. Blood of kin, A price I have paid. Heaven's cry, in torrent rage. ...

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Categories: chinese poetry, 10th grade, betrayal, dark,
Form: Jueju



The chang'an's street
" I stand on the chang'an's street with tattered clothes and tattered hands". I follow deep the fireflies, running barefoot among the sea of faces, "I get out in the pitch of darkness". Oh! My beloved now I can "only drink the northwest winds". ...

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Categories: chinese poetry, 10th grade, emotions, longing,
Form: Couplet
The silk merchant
Silk merchant 's gaze, a practical sweep, Fine thread he seeks, where shadows sleep. A finger points, with eager grace, "This crimson hue, a rare embrace!" Young maiden stands,with eyes so deep, My mother's hand, it secret keep. The silkworm spun a crimson stain, Where pain and love, did interwine. "Her wounded hands, the thread did hold" A sacrifice, a story to told. The silk,...

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Categories: chinese poetry, 11th grade, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad
Lady Tua
Lady Tua, frequently look in the pond, but who may tell her ladyship? That turbulent water shows no reflection. ...

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Categories: chinese poetry, 10th grade, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Tanka



Songs By the Hearth
I left home in dreams of battlefield glory, When Pea flower dot the golden brown cole In the delicate bloom of late spring. I cycled to the frontlines, Wheels whispering of broken prophecies. The great willow seemed to know me in roundabout, So sent forth a shower of riverside catkin. I return home as snowflakes whirl in a winter night, Ice blurring my...

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Categories: chinese poetry, culture, farewell, grief, growth,
Form: Free verse
Bridging East and West: Ancient Chinese Poetry Translation
Note: This is a liberal English translation of an ancient poem found in the Classical Chinese Infinite Life Sutra (which dates back to the Cao Wei Dynasty of the three kingdoms era). I made some compromises in favor of meter and rhyme scheme, so it is not wholly accurate. But here it goes: Assured Success in...

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Categories: chinese poetry, art, blessing, faith, philosophy,
Form: Quatrain
After Reading Some Chinese Poetry
Wandering freely, Cheerfully pacing the void, Coming and going -- Even candles in the wind Briefly shed light on the path....

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Categories: chinese poetry, life
Form: Tanka

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