Investments

Planting Lizhi by Bai Juyi

Red husked pearl, truly desirable,
White-bearded mayor: are you so foolish?
Ten years to bear fruit, who will be here then?
Heedless of others, planting lychee in the center of the garden.

When he wrote this poem, he was already forty. 


Bird's-eye view of Canada

No. 1

Cold, desolate, a developing nation for a hundred years:
End to end, east west coasts touch two oceans.
A protective curtain fortified North Pole, 
Next door neighbor, friendly peaceful, on the southern border. 

We flew from Vancouver to Montreal, crossing nearly the entire country. I wrote two poems to describe the trip.