Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2019 | Page 33

Acrostic Poem – Ming Treasure Fleet
Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary & Primary School,
Chu, Ivanka – 10
Mighty Zhang ,he sailed around the world seven times as General of the voyages.
I think Zhang He thinks of all the friends he and the voyagers have made every day.
Numbers of the voyages was vast.
Going around the world made Zhang He and his fellow voyagers experienced.
Truce had been made in countries where the voyagers went.
Ruthless pirates attacked the voyagers during the first voyage.
Eastern places have been visited,
And most of the world was sailed around by Zhang He and his brave voyagers.
Sailing around caused some negative comments,
Understanding the sea’s ways were not easy.
Round, delicate,hoops circled the fleet,
Exotic places they have visited,
Fearless courage has been shown,
Left and right, they have turned,
Even so, they have continued,
Ever courageous, ever mighty.
The Ming Treasure Fleet voyagers are brave and strong,we should remember and thank them for our glory.