Lantern Festival



Lantern Festival
By William He

Magical lasers emit teds from the mansions,
The bright reds become a glow above the crimson spheres.
The cyberdriving cipher and unburdened by aught,
Its soft hum is a disembodied in a flash.
Videos Sora generated govern our phones.
A constant thrum from space,
Illegible white lettering in the sky.
Ultraviolet looking for neon spots,
The fine angles against the bright,
A captain sails the ship away now.

The sphinx on the stilts,
Lanterns have been blinking in the darkness all night long.
Thousands of tiny light blue butterflies flitting and frolicking,
When my eyes shall be turned to meet them.
Many colourful festive drones are pasted with puzzle.
A contented feeling,
And pasting the veils of secrets new.
Glue puddings when illuminated,
with purity and grace and fly high,
As the flames will never going out.

烛影摇红 元宵
作者:何威廉

镭射缤纷,
灯花上下星门串。
无人机瑞夜娇云,
火蜃嫌宵短。
苏拉视频客串。
舞狮远、
灵珠放眼。
墨蓝深处,
万烟光中,
旱船不倦。

闪烁高跷,
色尘踩着休撩乱。
千枝兰焰若羞然,
英蕊随人绽。
巷陌风情知变。
草木滋、
春声祈盼。
汤圆迷幻,
时间交响,
鱼龙心愿。

About this poem

The poet's use of imagery, metaphor, and language creates a multi-layered and immersive experience, inviting readers to explore the richness and wonder of the lantern festival. The fusion of traditional and modern, mythical and technological elements adds depth and complexity, making the poem a rich tapestry of sensations and emotions.

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Written on February 21, 2024

Submitted by chinamcc8 on February 22, 2024

Modified by chinamcc8 on February 23, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX XXBXXXCXBX XXDXADXBCB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,261
Words 190
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 10, 10, 2, 10, 10

William He

 · 1961

William Yu He graduated from two of the most prestigious law schools in China respectively, also studied in Heidelberg, Cambridge and Harvard. He has published dozens of classical poems and lyrics in Chinese language. Three of his poems were collected in the antholog “call my name and I 'll be there" published in February, 2024. He is know for five of his poems included in the anthology in English "Dancing on Moonbeams" published in USA in September, 2024. He already published his English poetry anthology "Eyes Wide Open: Poems by William He" in USA. The Incumbent President of China quoted his classic poem in 2017. The President of Harvard University recognized his achievements in June, 2021. more…

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4 Comments
  • fafafafa
    As the flames will never going out.>go out.
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • fafafafa
    Its soft hum is a disembodied in a flash.
    Delete a or add sound after disembodied.
    A can be used as a preposition in common words like awake, asleep, ablaze, etc. But I don't think it's appropriate to insert a stilted a here. In that case, it is more like the hum is being disembodied. 
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • fafafafa
    ted
    verb
    ˈted
    tedded; tedding
    transitive verb

    : to spread or turn from the swath and scatter (new-mown grass) for drying
    from merriam-webster
    I think
    Magical lasers emit teds>emitted from the mansions,
     
    LikeReply5 months ago
  • israel_u
    "All Night Long", Lionel Riche's classic album.
    LikeReply6 months ago

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