john tiong chunghoo Poems

Moonlight Bungalow
an emptiness trails
the sweeping view
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internet cafe
i knock out a poem
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Spring breeze
boy talks to mom about
new friends and teachers
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so many want
to be poets

they let words
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Baja Mexico
the whales are appetisers
for the eyes
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hope is the
thing with feathers

to be with onself
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some homes breed love
some homes breed hatred

some homes breed moderation
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white father on the big white screen
exactly forty years ago asked the black
man who wished to wed his daughter:
'Do you know what your children will go through? '
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you are young, your skin is taut
my heart reels like a guitar tight
and plucked for the first time
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