john tiong chunghoo Poems

presidency race
what a show of oratory skills

one candidate, you know
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dear poetry editor,
sorry if my poem
has transported you
to a monotonous desert
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(poetry in progress)

again the marooned-on-an-island composition
every secondary school teacher's favourite though
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i heard him
laugh, smile and weep
in his dream
but take no notice
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a monk sips morning tea
his other pleasure
the rustle of leaves
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tell you why i have to vote for Obama
tell you why Hillary has to play second fiddle

it is the way both speak that clearly show who
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Saint Patrick's Day
the irish brothers who never let us
have a taste of their great saint
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antarctic excursion
the new split edge of
a glacier
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they say we are
a part of nature
but i say nature
is part of us
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