Short Shanghai Poems

Then she tell m-E
somebo-Dy took
her P-ink wallet....

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Story she h-Ad
was a b-Ag like
purse A-nd not hers...

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I dropped her O-ff
someplace d-Owntown
I kn-Ow about
...

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I had to lo-Ok,
saw, I kn-Ow her,
We're fr-Om Shanghai....

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A rare good sou-L
at Mote-L Six 
who smel-Led different...

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IV)Next I had s-Ort
self-ctr-Olled and
my O-h fresh bills...

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Lady beh-Ind
said out s-Ide Where'd,
you f-Ind it! Well?d....

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Gave same addres-S
like the la-St cab
ride S-aid. Same spot....

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When we avrr-Ived
I'm surpr-Ised, that's
her, sm-Iling there....

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A Shanghai building
Reflecting on the water
Soothing strings music...

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shaken
shanghai
shimmer
shimmy
shiver
showdown



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on March 10, 2019...

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Two silk worms from east Shanghai
Had a fight; can’t tell you why
To settle the clash,
A hundred yard dash,
They both ended up in a tie!...

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There was a carpenter in Shanghai
Who hanging from a roof beam so high
When he grabbed a nail,
He let out a yell
Everyone thought he would surely die....

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A TALL SHANGHAI ROOSTER
perches on top of a barn
on the farm


It watches the sky
as the sun rises
and wakes up everyone
by letting out a "Cock-a-doodle doo!"


6/26/19 The Rooster Edward Ibeh...

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I was living in shang-hai, for all you ever knew.
I stood by paper windows, for which the wind blew.
Glitter came past my ears, like a sing-song in my veins.
Tell me every secret, so I can feel the same....

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Spring came late that year
As I looked for love
I searched in England
And in Mexico
Even in old France

Maybe Holland
Or Germany
Shanghai perhaps
Or in Russia

Then it came
Why so far
Look nearby

Next door
I found

Her



3-26-19
Contest:Diminished Hexaverse About Spring
Sponsor:Caren Krutsinger...

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Stillness of Mind and Mouth

Josh in Little Rock, talking. 
Micah in Oklahoma City, talking. 
James in Lake Charles, talking. 
Ailcia in Atlanta, talking. 
Jennifer in NYC, talking. 
Bonnie in Los Angeles, talking. 
Li Wei in Shanghai, talking. 
Christiane in Brussels, talking.
Owe ve, in quiet and stillness 
answers are often found....

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I am
in the middle
of meditation
in lotus position
I am
the reason
for you to leave me
Solitude
the big opera of God
a poets reward
You are
the unspoken complicated words
dancing far away
only dust and smoke
(Evolution pollution)
is on the way
and remembers
Big destiny waves
no one here
to see now
what I feel
I am a
Shanghai monk
in orange pajamas
standing in the air...

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                                             Floral umbrella,
                                            yellow mozzarella.
                                          Helicopter dragonfly.
                                          Bee-friendly flowers,
                                             - nectar shower.
                                    Unforgettable time in Shanghai....

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A black powder 1868 colt revolver.
Dad’s rusty Buck knife.
A few old Zippo lighters.
Ivory figurines haggled over 
with an illicit trader in Shanghai,
same for a two hundred year old
silk rug never trod upon.
A tin box with a broken clasp
containing some things 
I cannot now speak of.
A few other keepsakes
that when I look at them
remind me of how I got here,
and how I sometimes
lost my place....

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Bring me dawn, soft
like the first
breath of Spring.
Bring me dusk, brisk
like the Morning’s
fresh cry,
like the Ocean’s
spray caressing my
skin.
Bring me voice,
shaped into a
lullaby,
dampened with cars
and carts from Old
Shanghai.
Bring me time, so we
can be older,
right here, right
now, watching the
seconds fly.
Bring me love, when
my heart grows
colder.

And she wept oh so
gently upon my
shoulder....

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Wonderland of wanderers,
Ornament of our world,
Ministers of love 'n lovers,
Embodiment of a gold world,
Nonacceptance to m' folks,

You dare love, you forever lovers!
Only God can hold you folks back,
Ubiquitous ferocious lovers.

Rise Venus, rise Urania, rise Aphrodite!
Ointment for the heart's bruise.
Come Venus, come Urania, come Aphrodite!
Kill this hate, let love live, let women live.


Denis DNT
Shanghai, 2009....

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I am the Dragon, Long in Chinese
The eternal dragon
China is so complicated
The life of eternity
The power of Confucius
The power of Shanghai
The power of Beijing 
The power of the Chinese kingdom
Chinese Kingdom
Bow before the United States envy
Chinese eternity
The power of Shanghai
The power of its brother Korea
China will rise again
Time will tell
Chinese supremacy
With Korean Technology
The life is on
For China to rise again...

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As a girl in my teen I did stray
to the circus I did run away
I wanted to fly
high in the sky
But, Mother wanted me to dance ballet!

Yes Debbie-Do flew upon a trapeze
in sequined tights with a rod 'tween her knees
her hair in a tail
her cleavage unveiled
I was the toast of the town if you please!

As I preened on the platform up high
and powdered my two hands and my thighs
one fine reporter
said I really aughta
Try out for the circus in Shanghai....

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People love at first sight
Friends love me for my first dish
With my shrimp spring onion roll 
This consists of medium-sized shrimps
Bacon, beans, ham, egg, cilantro, basil 
And lastly it must be onion
Mix and wrap in a Shanghai roll
Deep fry till look brown and taken easy
Serve a bowl right away freely on the table
People are heartless when it's favorite
The dish is taken easy with a smile
Only gone swiftly not more than just few minutes....

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