China PoemsHangzhou is a nice city to leave with a smilecranes made it homepeople building more citylike they areantsthey kind of look like ants tooAnother year without roses, another year-on the runShangri-la, I laughsilly tourist photographHan Chinese in masksYunnan BluesTan khakis and-a Shangri-la of every town,in this landWade from Song of the Open Road
Hangzhou is a nice city to leave with a smile
cranes made it home
people building more city
like they are
ants
they kind of look like ants too
Another year without
roses, another year-
on the run
Shangri-la, I laugh
silly tourist photograph
Han Chinese in masks
Yunnan Blues
Tan khakis and-
a Shangri-la of every town,
in this land
Wade from Song of the Open Road
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I am the founder and editor of Vagabond Journey. I’ve been traveling the world since 1999, through 90 countries. I am the author of the book, Ghost Cities of China and have written for The Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Diplomat, the South China Morning Post, and other publications. VBJ has written 3687 posts on Vagabond Journey. Contact the author.
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