New Years Day in Kowloon Hong Kong
A Poem
Published in
Jan 27, 2022
With an air of baked yams
and charcoal stir fried chestnuts
the bustling side streets come
alive this new day
the tiger roars.
Temple Street
bargains it’s way through
tourists. Bamboo, china dolls,
fu dog hawked with an Eastern
flair good fortune and piety.
The lion dances
with a deafening roar
chasing evil spirits
from Kowloon Park.
Families gather along Nathan
Road, children adorned in their
finest red and gold kimono spun
silk and satin laced.
They gather the feast
dim sum, chow fan, peking duck
and wash away the old year with
Chinese tea, sake, Tsingtao
Yin Yang
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