1. Multiple Alarms from Heaven
Arctic icebergs are breaking up,
Melting Antarctica airport-runways need new sub,
Strong gales have torn apart buildings, Oops:
Flooding also moved houses like floating cups.
2. The earth responds
The green leaves don’t say goodbye,
The remaining yellow resists snowflakes from the sky,
The brown and red spread out in formation,
This defensive camp has nothing to hide!
3. Human self-determination
We have seen more natural disasters,
Plants are adjusting their lifestyle set by regulators.
Everyone should do their duty,
so why do we still find it hard to be adjusters?
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Recite in Chinese
1. Tiān shí yùjǐng 天時預警 (Multiple Alarms from Heaven)
běijí bīngshān liè,
nánduān jī jiàng nán
kuángfēng sī jiànzhú,
shuǐ yān yuè pínfán.
2. Dìqiú de huíyīng大地回應 (The earth responds)
lǜyè bùcí xíng,
cán huáng jù xuěhuā.
Hè hóng fēnbù zhèn,
hélì jié fáng yíng.
3. Rénlèi zìjué 人類自決 Human self-determination
tiānzāi yú shù fān,
zhíwù luàn xìng cán.
Rén rén yí jìnzé,
héyǐ wǒ réng nán.
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2023 天地人 鍾倫納
1. 天時預警
北極冰山裂, 南端跑道融, 狂風撕建築, 水淹越洪鋒.
2. 大地回應
綠葉不辭行, 殘黃拒雪征. 褐紅分佈陣, 合力結防營.
3. 人類自決
天災逐漸繁, 植物亂興殘. 個個宜擔責, 為何我尚難 .
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Tom Chung, Ph.D., M.Phil., B.S.Sc., is a professor in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.
Tom has also maintained a life-long passion in the study of Chinese history, culture, and poetry. He is one of a few writers who has published in five Chinese societies and diasporas, despite their political differences.