john tiong chunghoo Poems

St Thomas
Blue Water Sailing School
we learn to sail as well as party
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Dad bought three carps
So bright so graceful
So colourful
Their debut dance in the pool
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sunflowers
eleven siblings
of different shine
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a monk sips morning tea
his other pleasure
the rustle of leaves
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hard luck madam first lady
the way the polls go

it is easier to be first lady
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White Mountain hike
our breathing expansive
as the mountains
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so much more interesting
but never exhibited - how
the ancient master crafted
from ivory the size of half your thumb
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tea pickers' dark
green houses
suicides that haunt
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Vieques nirvana
the waves sweeps back the peace
into my heart
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these deserted lanes
and their cart away files
new year eve Tokyo
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