Birthday poem · June 4Grain Buds, the 8th solar term: wheat and barley begin to fill.
Birth character
波 bō · wave
波 combines 水 "water" with 皮 as a sound element; it means a wave.
水是眼波橫
“The water is the sideways glance of her eyes” — Wang Guan, ‘Bu Suan Zi: Farewell’
Other dates with this poem: November 15
The poem
“Ode to the Goose” 詠鵝
- 鵝鵝鵝Goose, goose, goose —
- 曲項向天歌neck curved, singing to the sky.
- 白毛浮綠水White feathers float on green water;
- 紅掌撥清波red feet paddle the clear ripples.
Why this poem
Written by Luo Binwang at seven: white geese swimming.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain Buds.