Amy Niu

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October 31, 2017

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Source: Shanghai Daily | 00:05 UTC+8 October 31, 2017 |

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POEM 1:
A girl who loves to sleep, to give her brain a break,

Memories are unforgettable, making me a happy girl,

You can find me reading my favorite book.

Never will I be alone, I have my parents to look after me,

In darkness they will give me help,

Until the day I can sleep alone.

Poem 2:
December

Swish, Swish goes the snow,

Hands are cold but heart is warm,

White light blinding you.

Black

Protects me from sun,

Makes you feel cool and slender.

Dark like the night sky.

Poem 3:
Swish, swish goes the water, under her feet,

In a magic field she stands, who will she meet?

A hot but soft feather in her hand and a bow in the other,

She will shoot the man she loves, cause he can love another.

In the sky the phoenix flies, crying so very loud,

Under a spell she is trapped, her heart is in a cloud,

Fire following her so close, in the night it glows.

Without her heart, she will be burned by cupid’s swift arrows.

Under the spell he lays asleep, in the field of flowers,

Who can rescue him from sleep? No one but the cupid’s powers,

In the magic land, he lays asleep for years,

When at last he awakes, he sees the girl he fears.

Though cupid saves him, he hates her to the moon and back,

Cause she stole his love’s heart and put it in a cave of black.

To win the man phoenix struggles, to master her powers,

When cupid saw fire in phoenix’s eyes, she begins to cower.

(These three poems are written by Amy Niu, a Grade 3 student at StarRiver Bilingual School. The paintings on the left are also created by Amy Niu.)

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