Chen & Friends

      

By Chen Ruizhe aka Su Yun

Creeping Bridge Flowers Do you know you face ink-black iron bars Do you know your bed's not natural clay and stars Heedless that birdsong fades beneath urban calls Caring only that mud prints out bloom petals' falls You've kissed earthen boards and ashen walls goodbye Released their sheltering hold with a sigh You've embraced ancient beams dusted with time Yet still unfold branches in their prime Nearby skies hold sunset's fading grace Less fair than last month's rosy face Nearby voices whisper sorrow's trace Less sweet than former joy's embrace Watch wheel tracks crush velvet blooms below Watch red lights and whistles stir dust's flow See you not how dark words, crowds, and cars oppress Waiting to fade away Waiting for your white flowers to cleanse time's clay   Su Yun ,his works have been published in more than ten countries, he won the 2024 Guido Gozzano Apple Orchard Award in Italy.     These Years   Through the haze, the sky slants   —this nameless ache—   A decade dissolved in mist   This muted world, this silence   A decade too vast to judge     Breath caught between sigh and marvel   This tangle of shadows, this night   Stacked like paper—all these layered years     Disorder dressed as longing   No reason justifies forgetting   The moon pours its silver   luminous enough to bear our wandering     Author's Introduction： **Qiyue** (pen name), formerly known as **Yaoye**   Born post-2000 | Member of Chongqing Fengdu County Writers Association   Graduate:   - Intermediate Poetry Class (7th term), Wangyue The Water Mountain By Ding Yuze (7 years old)   The water mountain is just like a volcano, Tall and huge. And it can also erupt. Flowers By Bai Ziwei (10 years old)   There are many kinds of flowers. I love peach blossoms the most. They are in my hometown. Peach blossoms can help me keep an eye on my hometown. Just a Piece of Candy By Luo Yuxing (9 years old)   What is the meaning of a piece of candy? It is a pure heart, gazing at the fluttering red flag. What is the meaning of a piece of candy? It is the life that a doctor loses while rescuing a patient. The World By Xiao Shiqi (10 years old)   The whole world is beautiful, Peaceful, And equal. I love this world. Sacrifice By Li Lvtao (10 years old)   The greatest honor for a soldier is to make the ultimate sacrifice. They are not afraid of sacrificing their lives. What they are afraid of is only —— Letting down the people.   Xiaohe Poetry Society in Hunan Province is composed of a group of rural primary school students, and the instructor is Liu Xingli.