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

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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

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3. 《稗子》- 刘锦怡(7岁)

小小的叶片

长梅花

我在叶片里坐

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Tiny leaves

Growing plum blossoms

I sit inside the leaves

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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

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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

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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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