Long Shoppes Poems

February dusk descends
Upon Orchard Road;
My walking attends
As feet bear clear loads.


Bright and breezy moods
In crowded walkways;
Casual tour feels good
As curious sights sway.


A sea of faces
In brisk momentum;
Each going places,
Motion feeds quantum.


History lives here
In ample shopping;
This...

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Dawn hurls
Magic aura;
Song birds sing

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Cheery sunrise
Poetry of light;
Ceremonious new day

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Awakening
Dreamy lines linger;
Unremembered glimpses

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Brisk walk seeking
Wet market food supplies;
Fresh vegetables greet

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Busy food court
Crowded queues;
Hunger strikes a pose

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Early morning queue
Banking transactions;
Money on the move

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Friendly fruit vendor
Skins three...

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MARINA BAY WALKABOUT


Saturday night tour walkabout:
You and I stroll briskly along
To check the lights with the big crowd
With carefree souls pushing sing-song!

By transit train, we found our way
To breeze on-site to see the lights;
But Earth...

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Early morning awakening:
So many things, so much packing.


Sip morning tea with some odd snacks,
We feel hungry just as we pack.


We make ready for our leaving,
Check-out easy with car boot things.


We're off by ten now on...

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Fancy a trip down memory lane somewhere
Through the corridors of time and space that steer
Fond passageways to remember our affair...

Here we go now, you and I, my lover dear:
Waltz hand in hand under the evening...

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City mall stroll,
Quaint shoppes and things;
Brisk on a roll,
Sales placards sing!


Shoppers cascade,
Bump, browse and look;
Fancy parades,
Clothes, food and books.


Hypermart queues,
Waiting in line;
Purchase on cue
Stuff to feel fine.


Tempting offers,
Nice stuff to get;
Do consider,
Cash your best bet!


Waltz...

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There's an island paradise located in the blue Atlantic.
No place on earth is quite as charming and romantic!
A shangri-la where beaches are pink and everyone smiles.
The place whereof I speak are the quaint Bermuda Isles!

There...

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Buzz of human feet,
Crowds swarming the trains;
Sea of faces meet,
Private matters strain.


Downtown trip we take,
Darling and I plow;
Human nature stakes,
Umpteen whys and hows.


We reach City Hall,
Find our way around;
Tour the festive mall,
Bright shoppes anchor grounds.


Caterpillar...

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Arc of rising moon
Distant silhouettes;
Evening settles down

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So often it happens
Notice the same broadcast;
Self-talk feeds amusement

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Evening hurries briskly
TV sitcom serenades;
Eyes glued to instant charm

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Meal time harvest here
Pay-per-dish varieties;
Don't know what to eat

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Broadwalk street cafe
Menu temptations ooze;
Set...

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Friends congregate
Party mood trickles;
Familiar laughter drowns


Once upon
A dream come true;
Foreign expectations


Invest shoppe
Moments meander;
Burst of high tide


Moaning and groaning
Kettle steam retorts;
Morning brew transits


So many words
Unsaid, unheard;
Uneasy non-conversation


Awkward these glances
Feelings suspended;
Anticipation ignored


Simple ritual
By this park bench;
Watching time...

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Seasons greetings
Christmas rapture;
Business as usual

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Joy fills the air
Christmas moods attend;
Peace on earth

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Downtown lights
Street decorations greet;
Equatorial  city spread

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Lion City carnival
Christmas textures call;
Shoppes welcome

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Weary world spins
Federal rate hike;
Business goes on

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Come dear saviour:
Let magic love heal
Our wounded...

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Bus stop sensations
Where's the bus?
Tardy connection

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Old contact hearsay
Not much to say;
Silent confrontation

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Frangipani sunrise
Pink, yellow, white --
Magical moments

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Smoky stray wind
Grim echoes;
Stale air descends

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Shoppes in decline
Ancient wares loiter;
No takers

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Evening settles
Noisy commotions fade;
Mahjong excavations!

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By this old quay
Modern face...

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Killing time before a movie,
an ex and I 
rifles thru what the nearby shoppes had to offer,
hoping to be aroused by some 
remarkable deal.
I was making a Facebook post in
the first row of used clothes
when...

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Night cicadas
Feisty echoes;
Shadows glide

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Late night market
Noisy bargains;
Crowds congregate

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Shoppes by the Bay
Festive fare;
Crowded feet prompt

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Window shop
Grand displays call;
Christmas spree

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Old lovers
Downtown magic;
Spicy moments

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Transit train
Hordes emerge;
Private escapades

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Proof coins
Precious metals entrance;
Fancy outlook

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Lovely feelings
Wonder prompts;
Scented spice floats

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Insight comes
Mystic glimpses;
Wonder floats

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Leon...

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Friday episode
Appetite flings code
Silver a la mode


Tour the retail shoppes
Seek the precious hop
White metal on top


Buy this big fancy
Solid and heavy
Fond delivery


Choice fills poise my dear
Heed the vintage cheer
Buy the cast most clear


A collector knows
Precious...

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The Generals

You have seen them
nodding benevolently like
plump German butchers in small
shoppes, carelessly stripping pink
flesh from the bones of sheep.

They smile, a polite bow,
courteous generals in a civilized
war of rules, displaying their
purple hearts, adorned with the...

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Shoppes in old style
Branded goods parade;
Another sales day


Three short lines
Phrases greet;
Unfinished fragment


Suspension
Disruption;
Exfoliation


Find what you find
In dire straits;
Bankrupt ideas


Listen clearly
Quarrels disrupt;
Change agent comes


Word for word:
Slow-moving plot;
Sitcom cancelled


Pulse and impulse
Straying reason;
Emotional raid


Go beyond feeling
Seize deeper thinking;
Sleep works...

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Bayside shoppes call with vivid hint,
Array of goods in grand display;
Yield stall by stall finesse that tints,
Stuff to fit mood with poignant play;
Indulge fond taste with grandeur's range,
Delve touch that grooms in luxury;
Expound pure haste...

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