I am very thankful for the beautiful poems and photos by my poetry friend 白九. He planted lotus flowers in his backyard last summer. Everyday, he visited them, took photos, and wrote a poem. I followed him for two weeks, writing echo poems with him. Here they are: twelve seven-character quatrains. I put them together and rearranged them. It reads like a love story, with a beginning and an ending, and drama. I hope you like it. With this collection, I would also like to thank those who taught me writing quatrains poems and led me to a beautiful world of Chinese metrical poems.
The original poems by 九兄 are here: https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/70844/202006/23438.html
【荷塘風月集】 （12首平水韻七絕）
文/天玉之
田田悄起一柔腸，裹緊荷芯不允香。細雨晴風郎筆墨，相思縷縷藕中藏。
情真君愛荷三夜，水月風華盡入簾。旦旦郎吟初相見：桃花從此不同天！
初心一簇玉真顏，留取清香且嫋嬛。粒粒珍珠君待啟，有絲苦芯掩中間。
紙上鴛鴦已數年，情天恨海韻千篇。祈來風靜平塘月，夢裏聞香夜裏纏。
波中蓮蕊有奇香，吐盡魚泡肺腑腸。忽瞥岸邊人影晃，嘩啦掉尾蕸間藏。
芙蓉怎比草泥香，吐泡皆因嘴角涼。俺是河東魚下惠，目不斜視捉蟲忙。
飛翅那年繞荷嗡，香盈玉芯軟凝瞳。今晨婷立塘中笑，粉袖輕舒不見蟲。
曾是塘中顏最美，蝶親風逐暖香偎。東君似遇烏雲惹，失血蓮花淺淡開。
驟來泥水攪塘清，雨打風摧十磅輕。祈得東君憐恣意，小紅不負玉環名。
東君似遇烏雲惹，失血蓮花淺淡吟。霧散霄開斜日照，深情未忘玉初心。
小塘風雨回晴轉，泥鰍青蛙水各澄，拂去花間幾滴淚，隨歌蕩槳采甜菱。
一朵新荷幾載開，翩翩玉蝶兩廂呆。何期瓶中情方寸？山水池塘煙雨偎。
2020.6.15
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