Watching Children in Winter

--for Po Chu-i

What glorious gumdrops are these?
They move in the white snow--
red, yellow, blue, green--
shining brightly. Wondrous Christmas!

Single file, proceeding inside,
they curve around the sidewalk,
decorating the cake of newly
fallen snow.

Oh! How I read you, Po Chu-i, now!
Was this what you wanted me to see? To know?

Author's Note

Po Chu-i - old Chinese poet.