November 14, 2015

Tianyue Xia (age 9)

MINI POEMS

I want to make
the little white pearls of snow
into a necklace
for you.

 

 

Your eyes are like a clear lake
which reflects my life.

 

 

Now, the sky turns into
a girl
wearing a skirt made of
sunset glow.

from 2015 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Tianyue Xia: “I feel the inpiration and can’t help writing. Sometimes, mom wants me to write poems. They’re funny. And they’re very beautiful, too.”

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November 7, 2015

Tianyue Xia (age 9)

TIME

As slow as a winding stream.
As fast as a rapid waterfall.

When I play,
it flows very fast.

When I wait for dad and mum
walking around the dinner table,
it flows very, very slow.

When I sleep,
it flows neither fast nor slow.

from 2015 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Tianyue Xia: “I feel the inpiration and can’t help writing. Sometimes, mom wants me to write poems. They’re funny. And they’re very beautiful, too.”

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December 27, 2014

Tianyue Xia (age 8)

I WANT TO TELL THE FISH

I want to tell the fish,
Eat only the bait,
not the hook.
When you eat the bait,
start from its edge and
slowly gnaw 
bit by bit.
Never ever gobble it in one go.

from 2014 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Tianyue Xia: “Poems are beautiful. When I want to share a secret with a friend and don’t want others to know it, I can say it in the poem. I like Su Dongpo best among all the ancient Chinese poets. He wrote the greatest poem about the moon. And I’m the moon. I like Du Fu, too, because I can understand his poems.”

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