Poems "First Love" and "Crossing"

Dublin Core

Title

Poems "First Love" and "Crossing"

Description

This page shows two poems written by Chinese student Poon Kant Mok of the 1927 graduating class, "First Love" and "Crossing." The first poem, "First Love," is a brief romantic piece. The second poem, "Crossing," discusses homesickness, a long-distance relationship, and traveling overseas. The narrator begins the poem by "the sea of bitterness," and is traveling to the "yonder shore" that his love is on.

Source

Mok, Poon Kant. "First Love" and "Crossing." The Messenger LII, no. 3 (January 1927): 34. University Archives, RG 24 Student Publications. Virginia Baptist Historical Society.

Publisher

The Messenger, University of Richmond

Date

1927

Contributor

Gabby Kiser
Leslie Stevens

Language

English

Type

Identifier

MessengerLII.3.34-1927.jpg

Coverage

Richmond (Va.)

Files

DSCF2440.JPG

Citation

Mok, Poon Kant , “Poems "First Love" and "Crossing",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed November 7, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/131.