Zhou Poems - Poems about Zhou

Cowpoke

...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....

Categories: zhou, evil, heart, home, poems,
Form: Rhyme

A Butterfly Dream

...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, Zhuan...

Categories: zhou, butterfly, identity, perspective,
Form: Tanka

How It Began

...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...

Categories: zhou, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Chinese Translations Iii

...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,...

Categories: zhou, animal, loneliness, lonely, mountains,
Form: Free verse

Revelations From Poet Atop a Mountain

... 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...

Categories: zhou, art, imagery, inspiration, nature,
Form: Verse

Poet Atop a Mountain

...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...

Categories: zhou, art, imagery, inspiration, nature,
Form: Tanka

Mulan At Gryffindour

...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 ...

Categories: zhou, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Narrative

Daji the Posessed

...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 ...

Categories: zhou, myth, mythology,
Form: Free verse

The Defeat of Shan Yu

...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 ...

Categories: zhou, fantasy,
Form: Ballad

Time Is Truth

...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...

Categories: zhou, philosophy, time, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Yunnan Stopover

...(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...

Categories: zhou, earth, journey,
Form: Sonnet

Come 2016

...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...

Categories: zhou, lifecity,
Form: Free verse