Comparisons

Plum Flower by Song dynasty poet Wang Qi

Not worried by the dust, not at all, by pollutants,
Bamboo fence grass hut* self-satisfied.
Only by mistakenly befriending Ling He-jing**
Incited all these poets to talk until now.

*symbolic of the simple and poor life
**Ling He-jing (Ling Pu) also wrote a poem about the Plum Flower 


China's Little League Baseball Team

China's youth bat team--
Fifteen-year-olds: jade chimeras.
Offence, defense both without rival,
Pitching, catching as if divinely endowed.
Their reputation surpassing oceans,
Their fame rightly deserved.
Their service to our nation, commiserate to medals and awards,
There's no difference between them and government officials. 

In 1969, Taiwan won the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania. Many of my friends wrote poems to commemorate the event and I wrote this in response to Mr. Li's.