Friday, March 20, 2015

All Children Speak Chinese

I haven't been posting, but I have been doing a bit of writing....and a fair amount of publishing.
Here's one poem I'm working on.


All Children Speak Chinese

In the toddlers’ tonal tongue,
ga or da may mean
cup or car or  carry me,
depending on inflection

Later, when we add more
words, we still do much
the same with yes and no
and love; it just escapes
detection.