I don't like poetry

I don't like poetry

I don’t like poetry
‘cause I don’t know much about it
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause I have lots of things I want to say

I don’t like poetry
‘cause I can’t understand many of them
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause I have similar shits of my own to void

I don’t like poetry
‘cause I am not good at writing anything at all
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause it’s the only way I can express myself in words

I don’t like poetry
‘cause I am not good at expressing myself
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause I can claim myself to be a misty poet

I don’t like poetry
‘cause I don’t like the rules in poetry
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause I can say I’m writing in free verse

I don’t like poetry
‘cause no-one can appreciate my works
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause I don’t need anyone else to read them

I don’t like poetry
‘cause those who read mine say they are bad
I’m still interested in poetry
‘cause I can say they ain't the right elite

What is a great man

何謂偉人What is a great man

I want to be a great man
I can't be a great man
I hope to be a great man
I failed to be a great man
I can only hope my daughters to do that

What is a great man
One who is good to others
One who has knowledge and is respected by others
One who has done something to make the world better
I can only hope my daughters to do that

What is a perfect man
One who has all the virtues
One who has no sin
I'm sure I'm not a perfect man
I can only hope my daughters to do that

Good to yourself

Good to yourself

No one can be perfect,
No one can have all the good virtues,
No one can have no sins,
May be only Saints can !

But still you have to know,
What is good and what is bad,
What is right and what is wrong,
You can still be a good man !

One has to be good to others,
Others will then be good to you,
So it's good to yourself to be good to others,
You'll be a great man if you are good to others who are not good to you !

All the virtues concerns being good to others,
It may be hard for you to have them all,
You may have to sacrifice somethings of yourself,
But the ultimate result is only good to yourself !

不是歪詩

少壮不努力,
老大徒伤悲!
Not working hard when you are young,
Will feel sad when you are old!

业精于勤，荒于嬉。
Diligence good, sloth bad.
—— 韩 愈《进学解》

勤有功，戲無益
Working hard good, playing on computer bad.

一寸光阴一寸金，
寸金难买寸光阴。
An inch of time is an inch of gold,
An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

光景不待人，
须叟发成丝。(你老斗?)
Time waits for no man,
The hairs will turn to silk in a short moment ( your daddy?)
——李白

盛年不重来，
一日难再晨，
及时当勉励，
岁月不待人。
The prime of life comes not again,
The morning of a day will pass away,
Have to be vigilant in time,
Time waits for no man.
——陶渊明

人生天地之间，
若白驹过隙，
忽然而已。
Of life between heaven and earth,
Like a white horse fleeting over a gap,
Suddenly it is all over.
--（庄子）

天可补，海可填，南山可移。
日月既往，不可复追。
The sky can be changed
The sea can be reclaimed
The mountain can be moved
The time that has passed
Can never be regained
（曾国藩）

明日复明日，
明日何其多，
我生待明日，
万事成蹉跎。
世人若被明日累，
春去秋来老将至。
朝看水东流，
暮看日西坠。
百年明日能几何，
请君听我明日歌。

Tomorrow and again tomorrow
How come so many tomorrows
Waiting for tomorrow all my life,
Everything will be squandered.
People if burdened by tomorrows
Spring gone Autumn comes and getting old
To see the river flowing to the east in the dawn
To see the sun setting to the west in the dusk
Not too many tomorrows in a hundred years
Mister Sir, please listen to my tomorrow song.
（文嘉《明日歌》）

今日复今日，
今日何其少！
今日又不为，
此事何时了！
人生百年几今日，
今日不为真可惜！
若言姑待明朝至，
明朝又有明朝事。
为君聊赋今日诗，
努力请从今日始。

Today, today, and again today
Today, today, how few today
Not doing the work today
Means not to know when is the day
A hundred years has not too many todays
It is a pity not to do the work today
If want to wait for another day
Tomorrow will have other things for the day
For you I wrote this poem of today
To work hard please start as today.
（文嘉《今日诗》）