Happy Chinese New Year
Photo taken in Kowloon, Hong Kong in 2008
Poem written by me in March 2005
New Year's Day In
Kowloon
With an air of baked yams
and charcoal stir fried chestnuts
the bustling side streets
come alive this new day
the rooster crows.
Temple Street
bargains it's way through tourists.
Bamboo, china dolls, fu dog
hawked with an Eastern flair
good fortune and piety.
The lion dances
with a deafening roar
chasing evil spirits
from Kowloon Park.
Families gather along Nathan Road,
children adorned in their finest
red and gold kimono
spun silk and satin laced.
With an air of baked yams
and charcoal stir fried chestnuts
the bustling side streets
come alive this new day
the rooster crows.
Temple Street
bargains it's way through tourists.
Bamboo, china dolls, fu dog
hawked with an Eastern flair
good fortune and piety.
The lion dances
with a deafening roar
chasing evil spirits
from Kowloon Park.
Families gather along Nathan Road,
children adorned in their finest
red and gold kimono
spun silk and satin laced.
They gather the feast
dim sum, chow fan, Peking
duck
and wash away the old year with
Chinese tea, sake, Tsingtao
and wash away the old year with
Chinese tea, sake, Tsingtao
Yin
Yang.
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
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