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Poetic Jargon of Life
A line here And a verse there Unbecoming is my life (somewhere) Among words scrambled (The effort of living is what I strive to pass/...
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Castle catacomb
I'm building a castle Fields are the names I was given at birth Baileys spacious of relations I was to be Turrets I have raised of...
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The importance of being nice/ nic/ nick
To the many Nicks, Marks and Rams of the world Who for no favours or fanfare Keep doing their work Simple or complex, mundane or...
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The Lake enroute Canberra
Mountains stretching between the rims of horizon Guarding the lake still asleep on this autumn morning Clouds not in a hurry to ascend to...
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Man's best friend
The envy of the pack the beasts that still roam about the thicket Fearing being hunted for food or pleasures plain by the beast most...
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The art of emptying
All the overworked muses and the inspirations overused Will come to find at once their long-delayed demise Leaving one unceremonious...
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Many years in the making
Many years in the making The knee that knelt on the neck of George Floyd may have belonged to the name of some Chauvin But the burden of...
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Misprision
From an infant orphaned too soon to a consort and cousin ever distanced Even the matters of heart and faith went misprisioned in the life...
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Sacred matrimony
Giving in to the bodily needs yet again A tinge of lost longing colouring the lust unsullied, (with) desires waylaid. Unawares I heave...
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Gerda's revenge
For too long, much too long has love been ensnared, enslaved, marauded and murdered by boundless and binding desire and zeal to conquer...
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Human coin
Born of soil walking barefoot to be understood The roots that grew skyward trotting about confused Alone in breath, lonely in death...
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Bird-brained
Scaling the skies Coying (with) the clouds Fly as high as you may Oh, living kite, the dream of my kind Roost you'd have to though back...
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Uniquely Ordinary
Neither your past nor your morrow Neither your joy nor your sorrow None of your experiences beautiful or bleak Are out of the ordinary...
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Singapore Diaries
Merlion Half lion, half fish Undecided as if whether to cherish the joy of being thronged, being always in limelight Or lament the void...
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Singapore Diaries
Marina Bay Sands Three pillars parting the horizons A boat perched atop precarious No emblem of vanity But a declaration of man's...
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