incredible.
this show echo what MM Lee says to Teng Xiao Ping.
anyway, my favorite verse is actually 6 characters instead of the usual 5, 7 or 4 characters verse:
Forever in debt to my Chinese literature teacher for igniting my passion - Mr Zhen KeMing
Love Compassion
Why the 4th line only has 4 characters?
I would have added 晚霞 to make it a 6 character verse, without changing the rythm and mood of the verse.
cool!
A Life not Reflected is a Life not Worth Living.
wsreader, this is 词,not 诗。 天净沙 is the defined "pattern", which has 28 word, cannot change .
天净沙. 秋
孤村落日残霞,
轻烟老树寒鸦。
一点飞鸿影下。
青山绿水,
白草红叶黄花。
Jeff, thanks for your post, which prompted me to do some internet searching.
天净沙 is indeed the "pattern" or 曲牌名, for the 28 words format.
I have added legs to the snake, 惭愧, 惭愧.