Visit Malaysia Year Haiku - Labuan 2016 Poem by john tiong chunghoo

tee off with nature
she swirls and turns
to catch the golf ball
(at Labuan International Golf Club)

in the silence of the field
a line of poppy flowers
labuan war cemetery

all the unknown soldiers
she has prayed for
labuan war cemetery

she found a peace
beyond peace
labuan war cemetery

fresh fishes jump
into our lap
Labuan Central Market


Labuan Peace Park
walking round and round
a stray kitten with swollen eyes

Labuan Peace Park
from the crossover mound
a white Angel emerges


now something light
from the sky of labuan
a husband and wife


patau patau water village
cementing our friendship
their smiles and their ambuyat


Labuan ferries me
back to the
roots of nature


Labuan Chimney Museum
between corroded tools and wine bottles
the cold coal years

Labuan Chimney Museum
pigtails are my guide to
the era of coal mining here