Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2019 | Page 7

On a Ship
St Margarets Co-Educational English Secondary and Primary School, Kwok, Alex - 7
The wind is blowing the waves high.
The weather is very bad.
There are thunderstorms the whole day.
We sail for days and days.
The ship sails boldly and loudly
There are thousands of people aboard.
We have a lot of gold and silk – to exchange for medicine.
The food is so yucky
That I don’t want to eat.
We dressed up fully white
And wear white hats.
I want to find out the secret of the sea.
We sometimes fight with pirates.
We go around the world,
From the east to the west.
A Genie in the Ming Dynasty
St Stephens College Preparatory School, Law, Sin Ming Kate - 8
A genie in a bottle I was floating in the sea,
Landed on Zheng He commander ship unexpected-ly.
Seven feet tall he was called the Three-Jewel mariner,
The mighty Yongle emperor was his big admirer.
Over two hundred ships travelled in a group,
Explorers, sailors, doctors and soldiers were in the troop,
The fleet covered thousands of miles of giant ocean,
Voyages with the mission of the Ming dynasty promotion.
The ships spread their sails, cruised day and night,
Along the way they met plenty of waves of great height,
Sometimes facing pouring rain and violent wind,
That caused all the ships to rock and spin.
In great danger, why Zheng never called me out to save the day,
It was because he had Mazu the heavenly princess to pray,
Her holy answer always turned fear into calm,
Got the fleet safely to places including Kenya and Vietnam.
On his seventh voyage in 1433, Zheng died at his beloved sea.
His mission was a huge success everyone would agree,
It was as exciting, adventurous and rewarding as it could be.
Now I hope there will be another Zheng waiting for me.