Start to post my very old poems

Before I knew how to type Chinese online, I wrote English poems. I wrote a poem on Protea flowers (see picture and description below).

Lure of Susannae and Pink Ice¹

By Wee-yong 2002-12-20

Rosy glow and allied silky threads,

Proteas^1,2 hold aloft their stately heads –

Beautiful flowers to prompt the envy of us,

Only a few know much about.

To some it seems an artichoke,

While others link it to ancient God²

Or lovely Goddess.

So cool, like stone,

Like a monarch in the throne,

Buddha is untouched to the offers,

The beautiful Goddess flowers.

He was held arms about³

But irresponsive to prayers’ wishes.

Like holding the armless Venus⁴ -

Unable to give what you ask.

¹Susannae and Pink Ice are species of protea, a plant of many varieties with breathtaking diversity of shapes, sizes, hues and textures.

²Protea was named after the Greek God, Proteus, who was a minor sea God able to change shape at will.

³Friends came over to hold my Buddha for good fortune.

⁴Venus de Milo

+ Buddha and friends' pictures are not shown.

有一種叫Protea的花，用比較科學的方法來說，她是一種山龍眼科的喬木。據說，早在三億年前，她和她的家族就已經出現在地球上，可能是目前最古老的植物之一。光在南非，她就有近四百種不同的樣貌，她可以忍耐各種土壤、溫度，甚至可以同時在乾旱和雨林中，在高山和海岸邊生存。

The life story of Venus de Milo
By Wee-yong 2002-12-4

After quitting her job as a model

she tried her hand as a waitress --

balancing trays of French toast
and spaghetti in tight clothes,

then spending her tips
on the engineering classes
that she took in night school.

She landed a work in SBIRS --
fingers typing technical memos
and filing classified folders,

making charts and photocopies,
then riding crowded bus and train
back to the East Bay flat
where she took off her shoes

and admired her beautiful feet

until she got her foot in the door

of the building that Juniper bought

re-established her Baseline

and settled in a cubicle in SEIT

fashioning a system-wide integrator
of Space and Ground sectors
and embracing Payload
so tight it snapped off her arms

and left her standing in line
at employment office in the Louvre,

landed a position admired by
the people all over the world.

This poem contains some specific terms used in my work.