john tiong chunghoo Poems

long walk at night
the breeze freezes my spirit
the moon warms it up
pulling at my poetic soul
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i wish to be the air you breathe
love that floods your every cell
revitalising you, cheering you up
every second of your life
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young women, old women
in their heart
despite the years
the yearning to be beautiful
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nature is what we dont see
for instance the essence that pushes words out
for this poem fated for posterity
the birds that without fail
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maggie was the girl
interested in tom
but it was milly
who eventually got married to
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loneliness
his childhood
warms him up
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worlds
worlds
worlds
so many worlds
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born to walk
to climb
to say i can
cannot even
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haiku one:

in criss-crossing shadows
of the mountains, we admire
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war memorial
reccuring, late dad's words
that war is a shame
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