Travel China Haiku - Yuanmingyuan Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Travel China Haiku - Yuanmingyuan



Yuanmingyuan
bits and pieces of
a disturbing past

Yuanmingyuan
bits and pieces of
humiliations

Yuanmingyuan
heavy in their flight
the giant magpies

Yuanmingyuan
waiting for butterflies, birds
and the emperor's peonies

Yuanmingyuan
still as fascinating
the giant magpies

Yuanmingyuan
bits and pieces of
colonial shame

Yuanmingyuan
waiting to be mended
sins of the west

Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: artistic work
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john tiong chunghoo

john tiong chunghoo

Sibu, Sarawak, Borneo East Malaysia
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