Winter Scene by Su Dongbuo

Lotus gone, no longer holding up rain covers*,
Chrysanthemum withered, still have frost-decorated branches!
A whole year's beautiful scenery, you better remember,
Especially the time when citrus are yellow and oranges are green.

*rain covers are umbrellas--think of the shape of lily pads

Spring Evening by Su Dongbuo

A few minutes of spring evening: worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Flowers give light fragrance, the moon casts shadows.
Song notes on the balcony, sound lilting waves.
Swing set in the garden, night lingering deep.

The duck knows

Hui Cong's Spring River Evening Scene by Su Dongbuo

Outside the bamboo grove, two or three branches of peach blossoms.
Spring river water warming, the duck knows first.
Basil covers the ground, reed shoots slight.
Time for blow fish to swim upstream.

Written for Hui Cong's painting entitled Spring River Evening Scene, the painting does not feature a blow fish, but the other plants and signs evoke thoughts of the blow fish for Su Dongbuo, who enjoyed eating delicacies.

Duanwu de mayo #2

Two hands by Irene Yung

Margarita
Coughing from salt down the wrong pipe
Flushed from tequila down the right pipe
These pains are like lime juice:
A tart accent to the sweetness of gathering










At the table
Markers of springtime: lilac
Signs of love: laughter
How do you know poetry is coming?
Friends, thoughtful, pause from eating

Longing for sweetness

by Patti Lozano

These eyes have gazed unspeakable beauty

These feet have tread upon sacred ground

Leaving a sweetness that lingers on my tongue

O Spirit when will you awaken again

5th 5th #2

by Dana Jill Meaux Hatch

Cantina music blast

Reheat zongzi fast

Will next year be as fun?

May duanwu de mayo through the years last!

Along Lake Washington

by Annalise Lathrop

In my past I ran on the winding dirt path that snakes along the lake

In my present I run on the winding paved bike path that weaves along the same lake

Are these the same experiences?

Same same, but different...and somehow totally reminds me of my life