<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366035" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Where Are the Birds of Wenzhou, Bei Bei</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘The skies are empty and grey at dawn, <br>They’re empty and brown at noon, <br>Where are the birds of Wenzhou, Bei Bei<br>Deep in the afternoon? <br>Even at dusk when the air is still<br>Or the cool breath heaves from the sea, <br>I wait for the beat of wings then, Bei Bei<br>Rushing to comfort me.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘The birds were once when the paddy fields<br>Ran down by the river tides, <br>When the sky was blue and the air was clean<br>And the trees reached up to the stars.<br>The birds were here when the skies were clear<br>No buildings blocked the view...’<br>‘But where are the birds of Wenzhou, Bei Bei<br>Why have they gone from you? ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘They left when the smog came rolling in<br>And the insects died on the ground, <br>When the grass turned white and the acid rain<br>Caused all the trees to drown.<br>They left when the river turned yellow mud<br>And the fields died under the road, <br>When men built towers of thirty floors, <br>They left the town in droves.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The skies are empty and grey at dawn, <br>They’re empty and brown at noon.<br>‘The birds of Wenzhou took their nests<br>And travelled to old Hangzhou.<br>They went to live by a wondrous lake<br>That tales will tell, is blue...’<br>‘Where are the birds of Wenzhou, Bei Bei...<br>Have they forsaken you? ’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">8 November 2005</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366035" data-title="Where Are the Birds of Wenzhou, Bei Bei de David Lewis Paget" data-description="‘The skies are empty and grey at dawn, They’re empty and brown at noon, Where are the birds of Wenzhou, Bei Bei Deep in the afternoon? Even at dusk when the air is still Or the cool breath heaves from the sea, I wait for the beat of wings ..."></div> </div> </div>

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