Zhou Poems - Poems about Zhou

...Cowpoke by Michael R. Burch, circa age 16 Sleep, old man... your day has long since passed. The endless plains, cool midnight rains and changeless ragged cows alone remain of what once was.......

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...A Butterfly Dream Once I dreamt I was a butterfly fluttering aloft in the air or was the butterfly me metamorphosed in a dream. *** Note: "Once I, Zhuang......

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...It all began in a laboratory in Wuhan; Shan Chi sneezed next to Li Huan, And they both gave it to Sue Han, Who spread it all over Fenghuang. Shie Ming went to Taiwan, And she wasn't the only o......

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...Chinese Translations III Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai aka Li Po translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Moonlight illuminates my bed as frost brightens the ground. Lifting my eyes,......

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... Revelations from Poet Atop A Mountain After an arduous climb to the top of the mountain, I looked back to see them looking at me; Waiting for an answer, they queried, “What do you s......

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...Poet Atop A Mountain The poet unfraught after an arduous climb to the mountain top attempts to describe the view with limited use of words. *** Poet On A M......

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...Where will you live if we allow you to go to the U.K.? Mulan hesitated. The only witch her family knew was Xianniang. I will be well taken care of, she assured them. They did not understand her ......

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...This poem is the story of the Da Ji a Chinese maiden who was believed to be posessed by a fairy fox unwillingly in a time of despair, or to be a fox herself either way She later become the consort ......

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...The guards patrolled the Chinese wall As they did every day They did not pay much attention Seems to be the usual way A clink disturbs ones peaceful stroll A three armed hook appears Catches ......

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...Tell you an approach to rid of your doubts without Practicing divination by tortoise’s shell and yarrow. It takes three days of fire to single a jade stone out, And a ridgepole tree it takes seve......

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...(Dedication: For Zhou Junchen, Joseph -- Our Chinese tour guide in Yunnan, who took us on an amazing journey, with kindness and great patience.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yield to memories in pi......

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...come 2016 or 2015 or 2017 whenever china’s economy exceeds that of the united states (the year disputed circa. 2016) and there is no longer any dispute over who will be calling the shots in the......

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