Sunday, December 27, 2015

Not snow nor white jade

Plum Flower by Song Dynasty poet Wang Anshi (1021-1086)

By the corner of the fence, several branches of plum,
So cold, by itself abloom.
From far away, know it isn't snow.
Because a subtle fragrance comes.

New York Harbor Entrance Statue of Liberty

We arrived in New York, toured the whole city and saw lots of things, but didn't have time to record them all. Only wrote this one about the Statue of Liberty.

Dressed in white jade, the body of a woman,
Standing tall beside the famous city's great port.
Torch lifted high, shadows disperse.
Crown orderly and erect, eyebrows poised, noble,
Sails and masts swing, dreams of prosperity.
Waves and crests roll, sea of spring.
Iron posts and stone pedestal, cannot move,
Let people call her Goddess of Freedom.


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