Reading Contemporary Poetry about the New Year

Shuting's oak tree

If I love you-/I will never learn to climb the Campbell flower,/I will show off myself on your high branch;

/If I love you-/Never learn from spoony birds,/Repeat monotonous songs for the shade;

/It's not just like a fountain/It brings cool comfort all year round; /Not just like a dangerous mountain peak,

/increase your height,/set off your dignity. /even sunshine/even spring rain

No, these are not enough. I must be a kapok beside you.

/Stand with you as the image of a tree. /root, clenched in the ground;

/Leaves, lingering in the clouds. Every time a gust of wind blows, we greet each other.

But no one understands us. You have your copper branches and iron stems.

/Like a knife, like a sword, like a halberd; /I have my red flowers,/like a heavy sigh,

/Like a heroic torch/We share the cold wave and lightning;

/We * * * enjoy the misty rainbow; /seemingly separated forever, but they are dependent for life.

/This is great love,/Loyalty is here/Love/Not only your stalwart body,

/I also love your stand,/the land under your feet.