Poetry from Chinese Students, collected by Su Yun

Young East Asian man with short dark hair, a blue jacket, standing behind a glass window looking at his reflection in low light. Mandarin characters in white in the top right corner.

1. 《沙滩》- 车梓纯(7岁)

沙滩好黄好黄

像一朵朵金色的小花

在阳光下格外鲜艳

好好看的花

2. 《大船》- 刘梦菡(7岁)

大船大大的

我的大船是黄黄的

也有红色的

我的大船上面有红旗

3. 《稗子》- 刘锦怡(7岁)

小小的叶片

长梅花

我在叶片里坐

4. 《我心跳得这么快》- 刘芷涵(7岁)

我心跳得这么快

只要一天黑

我的心跳得快

妈妈一来

我心跳就不快

5. 《长大》- 潘熙瑶(7岁)

长大了真好

我可以自己穿衣服

自己系鞋带

自己扎头发

自己叠被子

长大了真好

长大了真快乐

6. 《军事》- 黄睦皓(7岁)

坦克是一种军用武器

下面有一个逃生门

军人是保护国家的

他们有正义感

1. 《Beach》- Che Zichun (7 years old)

The beach is so yellow, so yellow

Like little golden flowers

Extraordinarily bright in the sun

Such lovely flowers

2. 《Big Ship》- Liu Menghan (7 years old)

The big ship is huge

My big ship is yellow

There are also red ones

There’s a red flag on my big ship

3. 《Barnyard Grass》- Liu Jinyi (7 years old)

Tiny leaves

Growing plum blossoms

I sit inside the leaves

4. 《My Heart Beats So Fast》- Liu Zhihan (7 years old)

My heart beats so fast

As long as it gets dark

My heart beats fast

When Mom comes

My heart stops beating fast

5. 《Growing Up》- Pan Xiyao (7 years old)

It’s great to grow up

I can dress myself

Tie my shoelaces by myself

Tie my hair by myself

Fold my quilt by myself

It’s great to grow up

Growing up is so happy

6. 《Military》- Huang Muhao (7 years old)

A tank is a military weapon

There’s an escape hatch underneath

Soldiers protect the country

They have a sense of justice

 These poets are from the Xiaohe Poetry Society, and the instructor is Liu Xingli. 

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