Haiku - Ann Dunham Batik Exhibition Poem by john tiong chunghoo

i too swing around
the sarongs of
obama's childhood

the blossoms of
obama's jakarta
dunham batik exhibition

ann dunham batik exhibition
i hear a president's
childhood footsteps

round and round
i walk the colourful
life of ann dunham

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
between each piece
a colourful slice of her life

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
holding on a piece i say
thanks for Obama

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
sharing - the colourful
Indonesian years

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
unfurled, pinned, hung -
the indonesian years

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
on the wall, pieces of
her indonesian years

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
so full of colours
those Indonesian years

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
whispering to us - the years
of coloured ecstasy

Ann Dunham batik exhibition
tipping under the fan
those colourful years