1. By: Chloe Talmers

2. 寻胡隐君 渡水复渡水 看花还看花 春风江上路 不觉到君家

3. Xun Hu Yin Jun Du shui fu du shui Kan hua hai kan hua Chun feng jiang shang lu Bu jue dao jun jia

4.  Cross water again cross water See flower again see flower Spring wind river on go Not aware arrive your home I pass over water, and pass over water again, I look at the flowers, and look at the flowers again. Travelling the river, there's a spring breeze, Before I am aware, I reach your home.

5. 寻 xun- to seek for 不 bu- don’t 胡 Hu- to see 觉 jue- sleep 隐 yin- hidden 春 chun- spring 君 Jun- june 风 feng- wind 渡 Du- cross 江 jiang- river 水 shui- water 上 shang- attend 复 fu- complex 路 lu- road 看 kan- to watch 到 dao- arrive 花 Hua- flowers 君 jun- a person 还 hai- also 家 jia- family or house

6. This poem means to me that life is beautiful and we need to sit back and take a look at things! There are many things you will miss in a matter of one second! Before you realize it, you will be at your destination.

7. Gao Qi is a Ming dynasty poet. He is given much credit for the creations of great poetry in the Ming Dynasty. He used “Confucian thought” to guide him. Gao qi had lived when the Yuan dynasty was falling and when the Ming dynasty was rising. The emperor accused him of a “rebellion conspiracy” and executed him.

8.  One time I wanted to go to my friends house. But I had to cross the river. I don’t like crossing the river because it is long ride and is boring. So I went and got my boat and left. What I realized on this trip was that I never took a good look around me. There were very beautiful flowers all over and some fish swimming by my boat. While looking and observing all of the flowers and fish I got to my friends house in no time! So I learned from this day that if I take a good look around me time will fly! Before you realize it, you will be at your destination.

9.  http://www.chinese-poems.com/gq1.html http://www.chinese-poems.com/gq1.html  http://www.google.com/search?q=flowers&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF- 8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF- 8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=sxCzUoyDK-GqyAGxxoHABQ http://www.google.com/search?q=flowers&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF- 8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=&um=1&ie=UTF- 8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=sxCzUoyDK-GqyAGxxoHABQ  http://www.google.com/imgres?q=river+fish&um=1&sa=G&rls=com.microsoft:en- us&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=852&tbm=isch&tbnid=4f1B0lHSrnxegM:&imgrefurl=http://folar.org/education/rainf all/&docid=kPX08B3pSc0xIM&imgurl=http://folar.org/wp- content/uploads/2009/06/carpdetailcynthiaperry.JPG&w=1352&h=491&ei=- BCzUpK0BIKCyAHQ14DACw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=266&page=1&tbnh=107&tbnw=267&start=0&ndsp=30&ve d=1t:429,r:23,s:0,i:164&tx=86&ty=45  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Qi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Qi