Moon work

Flower Shadow by Song dynasty poet Su Dongbuo (Shu Si) 1036-1102

Layers upon layers up the climbing steps,
Several times call the servant, cannot sweep away,
Merely by the setting sun, it is tidied up,
But then the moon light sends more.

Some people think Shu Dongbuo was talking about the nuisance people at court, just when they go away, more come. When he was 22, he went to test for national highest scholar. Legend has it that the proctor who read his anonymous essay thought it was so good and must have been written by his own student. He feared that people would think he was biased so he marked it second highest and not top marks. When he opened up the essay, he discovered Shu Dongbuo had written it instead.


American astronaut landing on the moon

No. 1

Spectral soul, lone bird doesn't care about passing time,
Today, an American ascended to the heavenly skies.
In the crowded country, hard to live;
By the tranquil sea, suited for rest.

In 1969, July 21, an American astronaut landed on the moon and stirred up the whole world. One of my friends wrote a poem about this event and I've used his form to write these two poems.