Best English Poems in China - Frontier Poetry

Best English Poems in China - Frontier Poetry

Frontier Poetry       - http://www.hwswworld.com/poetry.php

Rain (November 7, 2008)

Descend from the sky
Strike the mountain
Strike the river
Strike my mind

You are my cleaner
You are my humidifier
You are my cooler
You are my washer

You make my night poetic
You make my day dramatic
You make my past memorable
You make my future tangible

You are my oasis in the desert
You are my island in the sea
You are my ore in the land
You are my soul in the body

Born as vapor
Gone as vapor

Destiny II/Election II (november 5, 2008)

In such a grand universe
Your body will vanish
Your soul will last
In the form of gene

You have to admit
People are different
Some are smart
Some are intelligent

Do not envy
Do not complain
Do not wait
Do not stop

In good mood
In good spirit
With right direction
With right attitude

Do not attempt to change
All have been arranged

Night IV (November 2, 2008)

Cold night is rainy
Imaging the steps of winter
Warm heart is shinning
Remembering the days of Summer

In-car music is loud
Poet’s mind is silent
Street lighting is dim
Future direction is bright

Life is a one-way journey
Spanning from birth to death
Hitting each milestone called hope
Pursing satisfaction named happiness

Too many landscapes on the road
Life is so good

Gratitude (October 29, 2008)

Be grateful
When you breathe in the fresh air
Be grateful
When you drink the clean water

Be grateful
When you fly in the cloudless sky
Be grateful
When you drive on the speedless highway

Be grateful
When people cares about you
Be grateful
When people serve you

Be grateful
When you live in a peaceful world
Be grateful
When you belong to a harmonious society

All you own will be paid
All you contribute will be counted

Feeling (October 27, 2008)

When you feel weak
It is not strong
When you feel dizzy
It is not sober

When you feel distracted
It is not concentrated
When you feel ambiguous
It is not clear

When you feel bad
It is not good
When you feel touching
It is not indifferent

Fear is feeling
Uncertainty is feeling
Doubt is feeling
Dismay is feeling

Feeling is perception
Feeling is intuition
Feeling is illusion
Feeling is feeling

Night III (October 25, 2008)

When you feel dizzy
At night on the highway
Do not take the risk
Pull off your car right away

Put your brake on
Shut down your engine
Take a deep breath
Have a short break

When you proceed
Merge with the traffic
Open up windows
Turn on the music

Stay focused
Stay controlled
Stay confident
Move in full speed

Do not be timid
You have to go ahead

Barber Shop (October 24, 2008)

Same quiet street
Same quiet shop
Same quiet chair
Same quiet barber

For the same head
You may have different styles
For the same style
You may have different results

Too few time to read
Too few time to write
Too few time to think
Too few time to select

No matter how competitive you are
There is something you cannot do

Winter (October 22, 2008)

All are drunken
Only I am sober
All are sleepy
Only I am awake

All are pessimistic
Only I am optimistic
All are thinking
Only I am acting

All are leaving
Only I am staying
All are selling
Only I am buying

All are slowing down
Only I am speeding up
All are missing
Only I am hitting

If Winter is coming
Will Spring be far away

Chemistry (October 21, 2008)

Not at Lotus Pond
Not at Unnamed Lake
Not at Diamond Head
Not at Pebble Beach

Without full moon
Without shining star
Without fine wine
Without blossoming flower

You are oxygen from the heaven
I'd like to be hydrogen in the hell
To acquire you, merge with you and burn with you
Make the holly water of life

Naturally born
Naturally gone

Night II (October 18, 2008)

On the lonely highway
Underneath the dark sky
In the fast moving lane
Out of my mind

Dim lights in front of the eye
Wild wind behind the ear
Speed is illusion
Acceleration is illusion

In moving car
Body keeps still
In moving body
Soul keeps still

No one ahead
No one behind

Winning (October 13, 2008)

It is amazing
Why same team same equipment
Today you win
Yesterday you lost

Strategy, tactics and vision
The best offense is defense
Timing, team and location
The best competition is cooperation

From battlefield to battlefield
From victory to victory
From arena to arena
From glory to glory

Losers might win
Winners might lose
To lose is to win
To win is to lose

There is no magic for succeeding
There is no silver bullet for winning

History II (October 12, 2008)

Such a bright mirror
So dramatic
So poetic
So historic

In the mirror, do you see
Masters and servants
Landlords and tenants
Generals and soldiers

In the mirror, do you see
Dividing and conquering
Rising and falling
Separating and Reunioning

It is mirror of memorization
What you see is just reflection

History I (October 8, 2008)

It is a grand library
Every book is a country
Every chapter is a dynasty
Every chapter has its own glory

Some books are missing
Some books are still expanding
Some chapters are fascinating
Some chapters are boring

You may choose your own books
But you cannot choose your own chapters
There are many readers
But only very few writers

Be grateful to the library owner
Be humble as a library user

Door (September 30, 2008)

In deep space
There is no air
To walk in space
You have to open the door

There are so many doors
There are so many ways
Have many doors have you opened?
Have many ways have you found?

Some doors are small
Some doors are big
Some doors are hidden
Some doors are visible

Some doors are open
Some doors are closed
Some doors are broken
Some doors are perfect

Some doors are firm
Some doors are fragile
Some doors are sophisticated
Some doors are simple

If you plan to get in through doors
Why waste time on windows?
If your favorite is orange
Why waste time on apple?

If your source is open
Why make your destination closed?
If your reality is virtual
Why make your dream real?

If you cannot open front door
Why not try back door?
If you cannot open the door once
Why not try it twice?

There is a door
There is a way
There is a way
There is a light

Do not be timid
Just go ahead

Idea (September 27, 2008)

Oh my God
What a world
Ideas can be priced
Ideas can be sold

Oh my God
What a world
Ideas can be copied
Ideas can be traded

Ideas are cheap
When my ideas suddenly become your ideas
Ideas are expensive
When you have to solely rely on my ideas

Do not attempt to change to the world
Since the distance between reality and imagination is far
Do not attempt to acquire the world
No matter how deep your pockets are

You can control your mind
You cannot control the mind
You can win your world
You cannot win the world

In my mind in this world
There is something money cannot buy

Feast (September 24, 2008)

In such a fascinating evening
Waiters are waiting
Singers are singing
Dinners are dinning

So many tables
So many gourmets
Too many flavors
Too many choices

Some people are toasting
Some people are tasting
Some people are arriving
Some people are departing

No night without daybreak
No feast lasts forever

Moment II (September 19, 2008)

Heavy moon in clear sky
Light music in fresh air
At the crossroad
Near the sidewalk

Have seat you decline to sit
Have stories you insist to shield
Have wine you hesitate to taste
Have tears you put on hold

Hit what you should miss
Miss what you should hit
Gain what you should lose
Lose what you should gain

All doors opened for you
All roads ahead of you
All options available to you
All dreams waiting for you

You left your smile in fall night
I carved your soul on my heart

The Day after Tomorrow (September 19, 2008)

Fall night west suburb parking lots
Shallow blue sky messy clouds
Shining lights busy tennis courses
At car side lots of random thoughts

When fall looks like summer
When earthquake happens more frequent
When cyclone hardly can predict
When venture capital becomes vapor catalyst

How come investment bank cannot invest on itself?
How come insurance company cannot insure itself?
How come commodities are sold as luxuries?
How come market economy has to be saved by government?

If you are a driver
Do not panic
Think about winter
Save gas, food and water in your trunk

What is success?
Enjoy the process

Search (September 12, 2008)

In thick ice covered deep blue ocean fishing
In heavy white snow wrapped steep green hill hunting
In hot dead vast inner desert roaming
In cold silent deep outer space exploring

Process of determination
Problem and solution
Desire and satisfaction
Reality and expectation

The larger accumulation
The higher precision
The more preparation
The less execution

Life follows the law of conservation
There is problem without solution
There is desire without satisfaction
There is reality cannot meet expectation

When you hit it
Do not be too pleased
When you miss it
Do not be too sad

Enjoy the process, ignore the results
It is the essence of happiness

Luxury I - Hot Summer Road (September 8, 2008)

It is not hot summer any more
Yet still feel the heat at the floor

Tonight at Hot Summer Road
Stop and park at the roadside
Hold watermelons in one hand
Carry grapes in the other hand

Do you get fed up with routine jobs?
Working out at gyms
Shopping around at grocery stores
Filling gas at gas stations

Without change
No drama is dramatic
No novel is novel
No satisfaction is satisfied

Your life is your poetry
Your freedom is your luxury