By Sophia Yee, painter and poet
I traveled to my hometown Hangzhou, China again in October until December last year. I wrote more poems this time about the West Lake, I took a lot of photos of the lake and did some sketches for my new paintings.
Sunset At West Lake
The sun at the chest of the lake
pulsing
West Lake as if a glass of burgundy
brightens that girl’s face
that young days
shimmering
like a Golden Holy Grail
a forgotten affair
stirring up the summer lotus
Spring Mood
perfumed breeze
a thousand wishes sacred
virgin rain overflowing
lonely she leans to the hazy light
of a full spring wave a jewel
unleashes the day like a dream
terns passing in the shivering rain
rustling in the tenderly gay
if you’ll be there
sky is calm water is still
spring is weighing down the branches
Su causeway jade green
deep shades dashing in the rain
lovers in lovers’boat and
rippling water as if silk veil
peach blossoms burning hot
willow trees wobbling tide
gazing into the distance mountain asking
if you’ll be there too this time
