Yukwor Lee 

San Francisco, California 

 
 
 

Amateur naturalist, writer and photographer.
Likes travels, especially to places of natural historical interest;
Takes pictures of places of interest and flowers;
Produced a documentary film on the flora of the four seasons
in Hong Kong - "Hong Kong in Blossom" (1 hour with wild species)
Writes poems and translates Chinese classic poems into English,
including a great selection of poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-906)
Other writings: "In the Land of the Midnight Sun - Iceland,
"Safari in Africa", 
"The Birth of the Universe and our Planet Earth",
"Lives on the Land, in the Air and Under Water",

Dedicated to my wife for her love and support.

 

Hong Kong - The Pearl Of The Orient 
For Ever Prospers

From a little fishing village on a small island
at the mouth of the Pearl River,
up sprang a little trading post,
now developed into an international port.
proudly and prestigiously known as The Pearl Of The Orient,
the Gateway to the Cathay mainland.
While this prestigious port glitters at night
in her illuminating lights, so spectacular and bright,
her Fragrant Harbour* prospers
and shines like a star twinkling in a dark night, so clear and bright.
But this land of glamour and pride has now caught under political lime light.
The "Crown Pearl," so precious though,
will soon be returned to her mother shell,
as soon as the hour, merrily and clearly, strikes past mid-night,
the final hour in '97 mid-year.
for the whole world to hear!
Nevertheless, "The Pearl Of The Orient" continues to glitter and shine
with even greater pride
and the "Fragrant Harbour" continues to prosper for ever
together with her mother land and the world far and wide!

* Hong Kong literally means "Fragrant Harbour" in Chinese.

All poems Copyright © 1996 Yukwor Lee. All rights reserved.