My Haiku Collection Feb 1,2012 Poem by john tiong chunghoo

january arrival at the tropics
the japanese girl's
rosy apple cheeks

green apples
the boy paints them
red, yellow and blue

the chicken flaps
and claws fending off
death

US presidential bid
a newt eyes
the moon

resting on
tonight's stillness
a vicissitudue


the two parter curtain
tonight dances
our heart

the wind
now it is a vagabond
sweeping the road

sickle at the door
so many moons more
to havest

fuming in the sky
two gods
on a kite

the bunch of bananas
god makes himself
feel so real

the black cat
tiptoes across like
a traffic red sign

first day of new year
i sprinkle my house
with ganges water

mount fuji
a dropped pearl brooch
tops the memory

as it lays its eggs,
the leatherback's tears
melt our heart


snowflakes
cry
on my face

start of day
the beggar throws coin
into his own bowl

whiteout
the snow blanks out
my mind

as the hairstylist cuts
she keeps telling the octogenarian
she is young and beautiful

scenting my delight
the morning cup
of fresh hot coffee

my delight rises with
the strong coffee scent
and steam

falling star
when will we meet again
like this

coming through the air
a multi-limb puppet
on a string - spider

tears shake me
to the realisation so long
i have never cried


chip by chip
new chick cracks open
the world


tea house
next table's jasmine
steals our scents