Hard times

1984 Mid-Autumn Entry

Golden Orchids set a date to celebrate mid-autumn.
Tug on sleeves, open up, sing rounds together. 
Moon Goddess, where will you go tonight?
I'll follow the moonlight to Lonely Tower.

- Golden Orchids was probably the name of my grandmother's poetry group
- You can read more about Moon Goddess--a fabled lady who stole the elixir that gave eternal youth from an emperor and then fled to the moon.

2/28

Taiwan had a most unfortunate event. When it happened, I was there. At first, I didn't want to say anything about 2/28, but after I read Mr. Chen's poem, I felt compelled to respond with another poem.

No wind on the ocean, yet waves foment.
Furthermore, mountain clouds change and shift rapidly.
Breakers crash over this land next to the South Sea.
At this time, the end of spring, rain beats down.*
When the frost comes, cypress and pine drop needles later.
The setting sun, nothing save some smoke and a few evening clouds.
Forecast next year's flowers will be better.
Finished reading poem, don't take it lightly. 

*After of 2/28 there were several days of heavy rain, because of that the death toll was less than it could have been.