On Memorial Day weekend, I attended to (read: bridesmaid) my dear old friend Shannon for her wedding in Virginia. It was lovely and funny and not too unlike the sentiments these two poems express: fondness so abiding you can poke fun.
[Nainai's 4 lines of 7 words
- bamboo stem is homophone for celebrate
- after a standard form bamboo poem
- possibly associated with the previous poem about her nephew]
Regarding bamboo stems
Bamboo stem poem is well wishing bade
Thinking back that year we two played
Turn eyes same also changed white hair
Laughing talk nice things so perfectly met
[Gonggong's 4 lines of 7 words
- a face like a peach blossom is usually something said of a woman]
Teasing Gong Li Yi
My friend Gong who worked in Fuzhou, Fujian province, was very handsome and proud of his good looks. "My face is like a peach blossom," he would say. I wrote this poem because one day he had a bad sore on his cheek and he went to the doctor. The procedure done left a scar on his face. I wrote this poem to tease him. We were old friends from Nancang, along with two others, the four of us were very close. The other two were scattered and only Mr. Gong was near.
I might half hide good looking face
Broken cheek feels like a broken melon
Remains of wound scar one red mark
On profile always wear small peach blossom
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