The Rise In Prices
...The rise in prices
Price increase becomes
Price adjustment
But the rise is something different
Unlike the tide
It only rises
And never falls
It's seasonal
Just like the durian
Every year at...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, life, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Durians In Flight
...To gormandize upon the fungal billowing
of its noisome mustiness,
beguiles many to munch upon its earthy reek.
A creamy white meatiness enchants taste buds
to pillage pale fetid delights,
whi...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Durians In Flight
...This was before they were banned
From overhead storage.
Amazing how one Durian can clog
So many confined bobbing heads.
A stomach turning air turbulence
Is yet more desirable than
That chokin...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Durians
...This is seasons
for
Durians
the king of fruits
some hate
for the smell for noses
Some eat
for the past that tastes
Spiking
in spite...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, fruit,
Form: Free verse
Fruit
...personalities are like fruits
some work together
some clash
varying and unpredictable
pineapples
are hard on the outside
sweet nice refreshing on the inside
too much and it can be too acidic...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, 8th grade, fruit, people,
Form: Free verse
Durian Fest
...Durian Fest
This being the month of September....
It is the season made just for tropical fruits lovers...
Given a favorable season of good sunny weather..
Coupled with intermittent rainfall al...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, food, fruit, happy, longing,
Form: Free verse
King of Fruits
...Durians As king Of Fruits
When it is fruits season locally, everywhere there is an abundant display of all kinds of fruits…
In any given location, you’ll be spoilt for choices given the wide sele...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, addiction, appreciation, community, food,
Form: Light Verse
Just Watch
...Far far away
Solitary existence;
Lakeside pagoda
~~~~~~~~~
August going away
Bumper harvest;
Mangosteens and durians
~~~~~~~~~
Because she loves me
Moving commentary;
Grumbles a...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, change,
Form: Haiku
Portraits
...Dawn hurls
Magic aura;
Song birds sing
~~~~~~~~~
Cheery sunrise
Poetry of light;
Ceremonious new day
~~~~~~~~~
Awakening
Dreamy lines linger;
Unremembered glimpses
~~~~~~~~~
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, dance,
Form: Haiku
Words
...Old guava tree
Still bearing fruits;
Sixty years old now
~~~~~~~~~
Old aunt's house
Porch with fruit trees;
Custard apple delights
~~~~~~~~~
Grandmother calls
Two pungent durian...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, blessing, , memorial,
Form: Haiku
Murmurings
...Two young lovers
Seeing eye to eye;
Ecstatic romance
Promises made
Language of love;
Reality can be harsh
July sun-bathing
Local fruitage surprise:
Durians, mangosteens, rambutans!
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, adventure,
Form: Haiku
Passages Here 8
...Humid and hot
Sticky weather persists;
Not even a breeze
Quick strides stumble
Sandy footpath skid;
Jerky reactions
Fruit vendor smiles
Full harvest and more:
Pineapples, guava, durians
Extra l...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, beauty,
Form: Haiku
Haiku Transit
...Sudden rain
Wetness blankets;
Soaking clothes
People scurry
Scarce shelter;
Drenching everything
Rainy day chimes
Taxis taken;
Cold draught shivers
Misty roads
Water puddles sur...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
durians, rain,
Form: Haiku