john tiong chunghoo Poems

so we'll go no
more a-roving
your breath spent
concern shown
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paying -
to learn
blanking out
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we married in spring
had red hot summers
this autumn as the cool wind blows
the leaves twirl, swirl
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summer rain
a young worm wriggles
out of the soil
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i was baptised a child
few weeks old
at an old church
ten minutes from home on foot
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teaching
me poetry
the overturned
seashell
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first kiss
a snake looks
for a home
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i love italy, i love Peninsular Malaysia
I love the Scandinavian Peninsula,
i love India, Africa and South America
they are phallic symbols
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N Seoul Tower
locked onto the fences
a sea of wishes
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