You see a tree my family tree
Over fifty members I shall tell thee
We trade oranges and red packets cause we Chinese
Everyday my breakfast is just chocolate and cheese
The Japanese tormented our previous generation
During the time when there were no train station
Through all the hardships that they had to endure
We were born and became the ice that will never thaw
Chinese New Year is the time to visit
Filial piety and bonding is why we need it
Every time my cousins and I try to gamble
Our parents will never forget to berate and ramble
Whenever my soul and heart corrode
My parents will always try their best to help erode
They whipped and tore my butt cheeks too raw
Ashamed to be punished from the ones I adore
Love for our family is always the priority
And romance will forever be left secondary
This is all I have on my family culture
Grateful to share with my friends and my teacher
Reflection:
I wrote this poem for the sake of getting enough sleep. Long story short, I forgot that this assignment was due the next day, so at 12am I took 10 minutes to speedrun a poem due to the time constraint I had and the fact that rhymes are not only my fortè, but also easy to create and write. That poem i wrote somehow turned out pretty well and here we are now. In my poem, i wrote about my family culture and practices and shortened each of then into at most 2 lines, then I mixed and match them into stanzas that relate to the same topic. The rhyming words at the back of each sentence were just words that popped in my mind at the moment because I was in a rush so I forgot my thought process, apologies. From this post exam activity, I learnt that for the sake of sleep, one can prove himself worthy enough to be mistaken for a god and last minute work is goat, thanks for reading.
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