Thank you for sharing this lovely rhyming Christmas poem and your wonderful recitation video with me so much! I love them! Sure, I think it is just rhymes of poem that fascinates us. And in Chinese quatrains "paring/antithesis" is another fantastic thing which I've mentioned before, such as 白日bright/white sun vs. 黄河 yellow river(adj. and noun). In fact, the poem "on the stork tower " is the first poem which my mom taught me and I often recited loudly during my childhood just like your love of poetry starting with "the night before Christmas from your grandmother"! Such a sweet childhood memory, ok？Oh, I'm so happy that you can enjoy my sharing!

No doubt I love reading all your poems very much. Especially when I read your sentence "I know this sounds pretentious, but it is exactly how writing that poem felt", only God knows how I was moved. I know it is absolutely true, instead of being pretentious! You must be a very kind hearted and compassionate person!

However, I don't know what HAM MONTGOMERY means. A capital city name of south US？Could you please tell me about it？I'm ignorant about such kind of slavery history. I don't know that most of slaves in south US plantations couldn't be allowed to learn to read or write, and even making it a crime for others to teach them. Oh, I guess maybe you've never heard of "the Great Firewall" in China either, which should be one of the reasons why you would probably not easily discover the ancient Chinese poems. Chinese must use VPN for going to see the world outside online! Please read this passage below written by a great English Youtube teacher who once lived and taught English in China for 1 more year.

"Cultural differences can make life in China hard. But hands down the most frustrating part of life in China is the Internet. The government has blocked Google! How is anyone supposed to function FOR CRYING OUT LOUD?! Not just Google search. We’re talking Youtube, Gmail, Hangouts, Drive, and everything else Google related. Bing, on the other hand, works great! Yes, I know…but before you consider suicide, there’s hope…sort of. The only way you can get around the Great Firewall is by using a VPN. Those three letters will become more important to you than oxygen. The problem though, is that even the best VPNs offer dismal results..."

You not only write the beautiful haiku, but also care about the hard side of real life! These 2 poems on slavery are really outstanding! At the same time, in your new Haiku, you're talking about the difference between monotheistic religions and pantheistic religions. It is a very interesting and meaningful topic. God, why？what you wrote is what I always want to express, but failing to do. I guess I prefer pantheism to monotheism. It is the reason why I am always near to ancient Chinese poems(and Haiku, both about the nature). Pitifully, in this modern world paying more attention to the science and technology, it seems to be a little out of date.

Oh, It seems that I have a lot to want to share with you, but now I should quit! Thank you for your interest in my sharing ancient Chinese poems again!