john tiong chunghoo Poems

killing two birds
with one stone
even the dead ones pull them in.
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Gombak Orang Asli Musuem
eager French asks why not all
exhibits have English translations
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Angkor Wat tour
that government official
his face trapped in time
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see a man, feel the rising sun,
setting sun rising moon of each day
over his East, his West, his ears, his eyes,
though they have appeared to have
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looking for
a fresh piece of America?
Go Vermont, Go Vermont
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the old stooping unsteady Indian woman
helped by her 40s something son
to her seat
glittering as the gold round her neck
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Star Walk Kowloon
all the stars
under my foot
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Taipei Matsu Temple
old woman relates
her full grouses
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loving mood
one rose rests
on the other
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