Best Singapore Poems

You become Raffles and its Long Bar.
Better, I'd imagine, than it needs,
or probably deserves.
Happy, fair,
tanned loveliness with a dash of sauce
and a hint, I think,...

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(Dedication: For Dave Wood)


Do follow feel, do simple write;
Align your flow, align your say;
Voice lines that heal, voice verse that cite;
Echo fond glow, echo fond...

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JUST FOR YOU
(For Jan Allison)



Time moves so fast
Things do not last


Just for a while
We style a smile


Write a verse here
Claim joy and cheer


And yet we...

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He’s never heard one lesson of this class,
but has to get a grade in history.
So he’s shown up at last, sure he will pass
the test...

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The way of life is full of toil,
Bear well the strife to earn fine spoils.


Each day you live your vibrant quest,
Discern and give your very...

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This garden city
Concrete skyscrapers loom;
Greenery punctuate


Tree-lined avenues
Bourgainvillea clusters;
Traffic jam companions


Waltzing slowly
Overhead bridge;
Ant-people below


Old neighbourhood
Heartland community;
Ageing populace


Feeble old lady
Speeds on wheels;
Electric commotion


Playground
For small kids and big;
Noisy...

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Ask and wish bold, ask for clear sight;
Dare to seek out, dare to be brave;
Reach and unfold, reach your true light;
Explore grand bout, explore your...

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Heavy heart hears,
Ink invokes ire;
Dance deeply dear,
Expose empire.
Hurl hurry's horse,
Expose empty;
Ask apt applause,
Voice vanity;
Yield yonder yes.
Hide hopeless husk,
End each express;
Air aligns ask,
Rust reaps refill;
Thrust troubles...

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I remember the good old days
When I was young and wild
With surging passion free;
Now I surrender the old ways,
Retreat to something mild
Stride with sure breath...

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See that familiar form:
Happy joy strikes a norm,
Warm refuge from life's storms.


Sense a fond smile now squeeze:
Heart flutters in the breeze,
Kind comfort in harsh sneeze.


Delight...

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Quatrain #55:
CHOICE


Voice sacred trust in words that flow,
Poise knows you must bring truth to show;
Noise is but rust that corrupts good,
Choice now sculpts bust where...

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(Dedication: For Regina Riddle)
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Tree caterpillar crawling
Strong windy debris;
Blown over the bough

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Violet blossoms
Vine decorations dancing;
Sun and breeze move

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Joy wears a face:
Your smiles highlight;
Dazzle of morning

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Hasty scribblings
Poetry...

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Old guava tree
Still bearing fruits;
Sixty years old now

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Old aunt's house 
Porch with fruit trees;
Custard apple delights

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Grandmother calls
Two pungent durians;
Holiday treat

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Waiting time here
School bus arrives;
Goodbye waves

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Memorial...

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 early nightfall fondling skin
on glowing shafts from a world
so blind my body enters
cramps of memory

...dodoitsu...


~ As early nightfall tousles my hair prism light,
the alchemy...

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One by one
They come and go;
Bus-stop blues


On the way out,
Smile as you go;
Embrace forgetfulness


Surge of passion
No need to feel;
Go with the flow


Bedtime stories
We swop tales;
Laugh...

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