john tiong chunghoo Poems

my physical body - when
it lacks water talks to me
through a thirst in the tongue
when it is not well, wraps me
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i hate crafty politician
they turn nice young men
and women into animals
fabricating one reason for them
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the most beautiful experience
in writing poetry is when an
over enthusiastic subconscious
takes over the fingers to write
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San Francisco Golden Gate
to the Japanese garden
and the zoo
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is your mind turning
the pages of my mind?
i heard the shuffling
of pages in the casual
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autumn dance
in a grand finale
the leaves taking to the wind
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Sweet Auburn -
the walk down Luther King Jr's
childhood memory lane
black freedom, it now swims
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god is busy computing
in you to make sure each
your cell works, your heart
pumps, and your ears hear
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he sulks and he says he is leaving his country
because he does not want to lose the natural
propensity to love, to appreciate another people,
their uniqueness, strengths and weaknesses without
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