Mandarina duck was bragging a teensy bit
Blue jay heard of it, and threw a giant fit
She was speaking of her crest as if it was unique
I have a crest also, Bart the blue jay did speak
Mandarina duck preened, showing off her black and white trim.
I have that too, Bart pointed out to a cardinal named Jim.
Jim flew off, not wanting to get into this turmoil
Mandarina duck made fun of the jay; his anger now on boil
I am the most colorful with my browns, rusts, and copper colors.
Bart the blue jay was told of this bragging by his mischievous brothers.
Mandarina duck has the ugliest beak, it is such a dull blah red.
These enemies held on to this grudge until both were dead.
They might have been friends, if they had tried even a bit.
But she was such an opinionated duck, and he was a bit of a chit.
Categories:
mandarin, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Always hot plates.
Always refilling clean slates.
Always lots of food.
Always yummiest dishes.
Always the best of buffets
Categories:
mandarin, food, social, society, travel,
Form: Tanka
When questioned about chinese,
I affirmed my expertise.
And so I sought to learn more,
Having known nothing before.
Categories:
mandarin, international, jobs, language,
Form: Jueju
Kids today can't focus
Most have ADD
Forget about 'comprehension'
'Cat' and 'Dog' they can't read
Instead of essays, they write jigsaw puzzles
That's why on 'writing tests'
Just have 'em fill in bubbles
Grading them is much less trouble
As for mathematics, it's a foreign language
Teach 'em Mandarin instead
That way they won't get confused
when counting sheep in bed
Yet there's one tried-and-true solution
every teacher ought to use
Tell 'em it's not mandatory ~
but you'd like to tell 'em a story
Categories:
mandarin, confusion, education, student, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
It always makes me pain.
My mother’s scissors.
It’s an either-or situation
She cuts my old photos up into small pieces,
Or stir you into the mixture.
Whether or not it’s true
How could it interpret
These actions as love
Or the other kind of concession
Categories:
mandarin, childhood, family,
Form: Free verse
Two mandarin oranges
were both very much in love,
and the rolled together down a hill,
to the ocean,
and the sun was swallowed by great waves,
and these little oranges( who came from a tree-)
Danced together on a sandy beach,
(somewhere-)
and they were in love,
till a little girl, named "Death"
came along and took one of the mandarin oranges,
and Death stole away with someone else's love
and piled her away and eat that orange up in one bite,
and the other orange lay there
Summer, fall, winter and spring came over and over,
till the one orange rotted away in a distant land (somewhere-)
.2.15.2014.
Categories:
mandarin, dark, death, deep, loneliness,
Form: Prose Poetry
What do I know of that young woman...
She never dared..and I was not allowed.
Hellion drained at last courageous
Holding on to remnants of electric beauty
Dying of neglect
Perhaps..in spite of duty.
And I suppose (to some sublime extent)
All that is known of her
Would make good kindling
Around suburban campfires glowing tastefully,
Where discontented matrons, still and all
Practice that much maligned art
Of fundamental
Character assasination
Behind a well dressed back - or two.
And here I am in a large bed waiting
Listening to the heartbeat of a ticking clock:
Lonely - lonely - lonely
Waiting for my nails to dry...
A pretty vanity left unsaid;
My favorite color,
Mandarin Red....
Categories:
mandarin, life,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The edges of an eclipsed
sun give birth in broken
shocks of light
to day love and life
We lift ourselves
to yawning
blades of grass near
an ocherous tree
raised by the mountains
beside us
Into an infinity
of yes as our
wings fall away
in the ultimate flight
immersed in the
syrup of our
mandarin universe
.
Categories:
mandarin, food, happiness, inspirational, nature,
Form: Free verse