john tiong chunghoo Poems

the Queen's diamond jubilee
a bouquet of sunflowers -
the royal faces
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i choose the mountain
because it is there
it drums up my spirit
i choose the sea
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again the bush warbler
perhaps another stroke
of good luck coming
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new school year
fresh faces everywhere
the same old bell chimes
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no way to live in the water
dont worry nature will make room for it
gills, fins, swim bladder, sacs
that help you float and go into the waters
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the shadow follows my body
the body follows me
the tangible and intangible
that make up this world
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andaman sea
the emerald expanse of the sea beckons
the thick rainforest breathes mystery
the weight of five hundred million years
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limbs grow in the dark to obstruct
the chariot that ferries the heart,
which now runs in a maddening speed
so that it loses its noble direction
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happy independence day to all
my american friends

fourth of july
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