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wound of last war
lacerates
in shanghai, beijing...

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Night, me alone.

Night
so night
dark
dark

Everything
so dark
here night
dark

Shanghai?
wuah
so dark
so love cover us dear?

poem by Penyair Aja
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Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights.

quote by Hu Shih
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Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.

quote by John Hickenlooper
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Lucky Charms

the green jade
laughing buddha
from beijing

is teasing me
how can sadness be full of
justifications?

the dragon phoenix
from shanghai
hints that love
is always sweeter
the next day when
you will have all the
necessary
money

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Shanghai Wrap

he spreads himself
like a sheet in bed till
the morning hours

no one is there to
share his heat, no
one, no one

no one, and so at night
he comes
folded
as tight as shanghai
wrapping
fried in the heat of
his
unrequited love
forever

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Shanghai Street

I fell in love
With your black hair, Ping,
But have no real concept
What it would mean
To kiss your milk-white shoulders
And perfect neck.

Mysterious life
Of deities and benevolent ancestors
Will guide me to a Shanghai street
To gaze at women
In pursuit of you.

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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In wartime Shanghai I saw so many horrors … Civilised life is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is, we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.

quote by J.G. Ballard
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The Candy Inside My Mouth

i have this
round and sweet Chinese
delicacy from
shanghai
i remove it from
its cellophane wrapping
and as i write this
poem
it is wet inside
my mouth

i want it slow and sure
savory
and without any
intention for biting
and quickly
breaking it

to my bitter tongue
i must submit

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Off To Bangkok

off to bangkok
then to kuala lumpur
back to shanghai
on to Ho Chi Minh
proceed to Jakarta
and stop over
in Kota Kinabalu
we end up in Cebu
then have a
week of white sands
and blue sea and
clear white skies
in the island of Boracay

summer has come
i leave all sadness behind
and with you my love
how can i be so alone?

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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