john tiong chunghoo Poems

black diamonds
they sparkle almost
reluctantly
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winter is an aphrodisiac
it sends them reeling
for each other's warmth
usually with a piping hot coffee
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missing a life

the sky speeds away
like a jaguar without me
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they pose all around us
like old friends
yangshuo mountains
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the cock crow melts down
the dark and dormant hours
the stars are right with the twinkles
of hope; the sun starts to grow limbs
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the caged bird sings
'still i rise' and disappears into
the eternally clear blue sky
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when integration becomes
another nation's task
my assamese friend talks
with my tamil nadu friend
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when one dies, the forces
that have lifted him up
return to their original state
water of a piece of melted ice
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