The Scribbles of a Lonely Traveller

[tailor STATELY]

YOu've been so kind to my lousy poetry.

... I find your poetry refreshing in its honesty. You paint words with a brush of life and light that I rarely see and find endearing. For instance this last offering, in your inimitable minimalistic style, tells the story of high hopes and expectations, and subsequent disappointment of perceived failure at attaining your high goals in a world full of vanity; scarred yet hopeful in reunion with your love in a most humble way. Keep writing in the knowledge that your poetry is greatly appreciated.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[angliholic]

... I find your poetry refreshing in its honesty. You paint words with a brush of life and light that I rarely see and find endearing. For instance this last offering, in your inimitable minimalistic style, tells the story of high hopes and expectations, and subsequent disappointment of perceived failure at attaining your high goals in a world full of vanity; scarred yet hopeful in reunion with your love in a most humble way. Keep writing in the knowledge that your poetry is greatly appreciated.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

Thanks, Tailor, again for your fabulous feedback which is a great writing in itself, so I keep reading it again and again to learn how to use advanced English.

[angliholic]

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[angliholic]

I can hear the rain outside,
from noon till night,
pattering down on my canopy,
and the air is getting colder around me.
I remember
I used to loathe those frigid wet winter days,
but now they don't seem to bother me at all.
Is it because Christmas is near
or because my vegetable garden
needs rainwater badly?
I don't know, and I couldn't care less.
All I care is whether
you're still happy and smiling
even when
the sun won't rise or shine tomorrow.

[Buh4Bee]

What a lovely poem!

[tonywalt]

Love this one!

[angliholic]

What a lovely poem!

Thanks, Buh4Bee, for dropping in and leaving most uplifting words.

Love this one!

Thanks, Tonywalt, for your kind feedback which gives me reasons to pen more.

[angliholic]

In the wake of a cold air mass
along with a spell of winter rain,
a fine yet cloudy day finally follows
on this subtropical Formosa.
Thus,
accompanied by a chilly breeze
I jubilantly go for a ramble around the park.
In all honesty,
I'm old as the frigid season itself,
yet I experience a feeling of great beatitude
not because the trees still remain green
in the Christmas holidays
but because I'm firmly convinced that
like a tender blade of grass,
I'll be refreshing
and rejuvenescent in next life.

[angliholic]

細雨紛飛屋上瓦，
萬里馳騁半步難，
閉目養神元氣增，
半卷書開知識增


Light rain keeps drizzling, flying
and dancing on the roof tiles.
Thus, it's daunting
to step outside for just half a foot,
let alone
to gallop like a wild horse
in the field for thousands of miles.
So the next best thing
is to close my eyes
and meditate for a while.
Later,
I might just as well half-open a scroll
to enhance my knowledge.

A friend of mine wrote the Chinese poem in the above and I translated it for him into the English version.

[angliholic]

In between biting cold winds,
I barely survive the icy night.
Luckily,
I have cotton quilts to warm my body
along with my soul.
When I wake up to the fact
that this picturesque earth
we temporarily call home
is nothing more than a capricious world,
my life has been fleeting away
like a dream.

[angliholic]

Last year,
I know,
I was a silkworm~
to protect myself from predators
and frigid temperatures,
I spun a cocoon
and trapped myself in the tapering prison.
Though I felt safe and cozy inside,
I didn't have the slightest idea of the truth
about the world outside.
This year,
I've made up my mind
to become a summer breeze,
to squeeze through the cell bars,
to warm up whomever I run across,
and to bring a smile
to their frozen faces
during the severe inclement weather.

[angliholic]

On this freezing cold morning,
it suddenly stopped raining for a while,
and I gave you my promise
to go plucking some vegetables in the garden.
To my great delight,
the marigolds were in full bloom,
and they were so dazzling
that I was enamored and picked countless home.
Sorry, no green foods for the abdomen,
but the fragrant flowers are certain
to put a smile on your lips for days to come.

[tonywalt]

Love this exquisite pieces!

[angliholic]

Love this exquisite pieces!

Thanks, Tonywalt, for reading and your exquisite feedback. I really love it.

[angliholic]

When I came across Humpty Dumpty,
the one who sat on the wall
and had a great fall,
I was twenty,
and couldn't but wonder what moral
it tried hard to convey to me.
Now all the king's horses and all the king's men
can't put me together again
since I've had many a great fall on the journey.
Life is so cruel
that I've learned my lesson well.
That said,
if there weren't cracks in a tea egg,
how could it be fragrant and flavorful?