Strolling Among Wild Geese

Strolling Among Wild Geese

 

Strolling among wild geese,

I asked them: “Where're you from?

Where're you going?”

They looked at me as if I were

a guard at some entrance

or a philosopher.

 

Instead of answering my questions

directly, they said:

“We have flown through thick fog

in thousands of mountains,

and we've ridden ten thousand

leagues of cold wind.

Just beneath the white clouds is

where our hearts want to be.

We want to sing in

the music hall of the universe.”

 

“But will this often wind-tossed

flight ever end?” I asked.

 

“We don't want no end of it.

Although hard at times,

journeying makes us happy.

We always know know know,

We will go go go.

Joy of journey outweighs its toil.

It brings our blood to a boil.”

 

(© November 7, 2023, godog)

 

【五律】漫步雁群里

 

漫步雁群里，殷勤问始终。

千山穿郁雾，万里驭悲风。

心系白云下，声传寰宇中。

飘飘何日尽？苦旅意无穷。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• Your English and Chinese poems are both -疏影笑寒- ♀ (55 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 08:59:36

• Thanks for your encouraging words! -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:42:28

• 赞双语诗！ -天玉之- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 09:16:39

• Thank you! -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:43:05

• Great poems! Thanks for sharing -方外居士- ♂ (66 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 09:17:31

• Thanks! 真是加拿大雁，白的并不常见，也可能叫snow goose -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:45:22

• They are fighters, literally. One gander floored me 8yrs ago -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 09:47:14

• on a levee in the SF Bay. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 10:04:53

• Haha. These wild geese are actually very mild tempered. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:47:02

• Domestic geese are more aggressive. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:48:39

• I remember I was chased by domestic geese in childhood. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:50:15

• They liked you. On me, they turned kamikaze! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 15:10:28

• 五律佳作，中间两联尤佳！ -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 10:41:42

• 谢谢鼓励！ -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:55:47

• 谢谢分享佳作，占位点赞，回头细看～～ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:20:44

• Be sure to take care your business first -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 12:00:53

• 谢谢理解，很温馨。今天确实有些忙。：）） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 17:31:14

• 飘飘何日尽？苦旅意无穷。人生旅程也是如此。Wonderful poem! -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 11:43:49

• Thanks! Yes it uses a rhetoric called 以物喻人 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 12:04:45

• 金句Joy of journey outweighs its toil. It brings our blood..! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 13:16:30

• 我在北大荒看到了村民家养的大白鹅，那叫真大呀，躲着走。 -古树羽音- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2023 postreply 19:10:55

• 漫步雁群里，殷勤问始终。 千山穿郁雾，万里驭悲风。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/08/2023 postreply 05:26:37