The Poetry Reading Program with Children | No. 126
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Starless ladybugs
○ Yan Chaohua
From the shell of the Seven Star Ladybird
Cut off a star
It will turn into a six-star ladybug
Spread and fold your wings
It's the starry sky that flies
Slowly, wait
The flowers put on a hat and close the fruit
The world continues to spin
From the shell of the six-star ladybird
Cut out another star
Touch or shake
See how it shines on your hands
Until the last one is cut
It becomes a starless ladybug
In the universe
On the wings
Those round dents
It is full of emptiness
- About the Author -
Yan Chaohua: Write children's poems and reviews, living in Baoshan and Tengchong, Yunnan.
-Ye Dad reads poems with you-
This is a poem about insects, small to see big, dreamy and wonderful.
In the poet's eyes, a seven-star ladybug is a complete universe, and the small spots on its body make up the starry sky of the universe, and when it flies, it is a "flying starry sky".
What a novel imagination! In this way, the poet smoothly takes the reader into a miniature world, allowing everyone to follow this little ladybug and enjoy the wonderful journey together.
What is even more ingenious is that the poet also did an interesting experiment for us - "cut off" the stars on the shell of the seven-star ladybird, from the seventh to the last, which also allows us to see the fantasy "shining" moments of the flowers in the world blossoming and falling, and the stars shifting.
Such a bold idea, and the new way of interpreting the world presented by the poet, I think it must have satisfied the reader's curiosity!
- About Ye Pa -
Ye Pa: Pen name Shanye, real name Ye Fengmin, Zhejiang Xianju people, currently living in Ningbo. He is the author of the poetry collection "Life is Poetry" and "Apple Tree", and the editor-in-chief of "Ten Years of Blog Literature Selection". He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association and a member of the Wild Poetry Society.