Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2017 | Page 83

Letter to an Old Friend
Delia School of Canada, Spagnolini, Gilda - 14
Dear Shanghai,
how have you been?
are your walkways still as bumpy?
and your air still full of dirt?
are your males fighting at war, and the females working home?
do the sidewalks still shine
with all the bright commercial lights?
does the rusty water flow,
does the sky still cry in summer?
are the crowded streets still busy,
with the people from your country?
do dynasties still rule over your majestic land?
oh Shanghai, The Pearl of the Orient, The City Upon the Sea,
How I miss you!