Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain

By Raymond Douglas Chong

Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain is made up of romantic gems in eclectic poetry by Raymond Douglas Chong (aka Zhang Weiming). His lyrical verses sensitively bridge America and China, a fusion of two dynamic worlds. His moody poetry covers themes about China, ancestors, and love, in the context of plum blossom, a traditional Chinese symbol of winter. The poems are passionate yearnings with vibrant and vivid lyrical imagery of love. They will uniquely connect the heart of the poet with the heart of the reader. Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain is richly illustrated with watercolors, calligraphy, photos, and graphics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465375056

Raymond Douglas Chong

Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain is made up of romantic gems in eclectic poetry by Raymond Douglas Chong (aka Zhang Weiming). His lyrical verses sensitively bridge America and China, a fusion of two dynamic worlds. His moody poetry covers themes about China, ancestors, and love, in the context of plum blossom, a traditional Chinese symbol of winter. The poems are passionate yearnings with vibrant and vivid lyrical imagery of love. They will uniquely connect the heart of the poet with the heart of the reader. Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain is richly illustrated with watercolors, calligraphy, photos, and graphics.

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Copyright © 2011 by Raymond Douglas Chong.

ISBN:   Ebook   978-1-4653-7505-6

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CREDITS

Copyright © Raymond Douglas Chong

Watercolor art images by Lilibeth André © 2011,

used with artist permission exclusively for this project.

Photographic images by Patrick Shevlin © 2011,

used with photographer permission exclusively for this project.

All rights reserved.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

I – CHINA

PLUM BLOSSOM OF LOVE

MY LADY IN CHINA

PRINCESS OF KUNMING

MY LADY OF HONG KONG

PRINCESS OF QUANZHOU

MAJESTIC BEAUTY OF TAISHAN

CRIMSON SPRING FESTIVAL

BUTTERFLIES IN LOVE

CICADAS IN SUMMER

A DRAGON AND A PHOENIX

RED ORCHID

PINK ORCHID

MEMORIES OF LIYUAN GARDEN

SHEN’S GARDEN OF SHAOXING

II – ANCESTORS

GUM SAAN DREAM

MY SPRING IN KAIPING

MOONLESS NIGHT

MY KAIPING MAN

WALK IN THE RAIN

MY FRIEND AND MY LOVER

LONG SOJOURN

A LONG-LOST LOVE

A SONG TO MY ETERNAL LOVER

THE JOURNEY

THE NEW CHINATOWN OF MY YOUTH

MY FATHER

A MAN OF QUIET DIGNITY

FATHER

III – LOVE

DEEPLY IN MY HEART

IF

QUIET

NOW AND FOREVER

ALL MY LOVE

FIREWORKS

STROLL AT LAKE

WHERE IS MY LOVER?

MEMORIES OF OUR LOVE

I CAN LOVE AGAIN

COME TO ME!

OUR LOVE AFFAIR

YOUR ENDLESS LOVE

WHEN

YOUR LOVE

OUR MOON

I HAVE YOU IN MY HEART

MY LOVE FRANTICALLY HUNGERS

YOU ARE MY GIFT IN LOVE

YOU BRING ME LOVE

WITH YOUR HEARTY LOVE

YOUR LOVE WILL RETURN

MY KEEN HEART CANNOT LOVE YOU

ENDLESS

A CROSSROAD IN MY LIFE

THE WORLD

STARK QUIET ANGST

FABULOUS DREAM

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE PAINTER

ABOUT THE POET

INTRODUCTION

Plum Blossom Love Poetry: Between Dragon Village and Gold Mountain is my eclectic poetry collection. It is my poetic story that bridges Dragon Village, in Kaiping City in China, my ancestral village, and Gold Mountain, America, my native land. It is meant to reflect a poignant journey to discover my true ancestral roots in life since January 30, 2003.

My intimate poems cover themes about China, ancestors, and love. I proudly cherish China, my homeland. I humbly honor my intrepid sojourners in Gold Mountain. I yearn for the pure beauty of authentic love. All are in context of plum blossom, the