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Premium Member Journeys

Journeys begin
Watch pulse of heart;
Intent conspires


Old Casuarina tree
By school compound;
Witness to history


Stormy morning
Thunder and lightning;
Moody weather lashing


My old school dome
Now a museum;
To cement yesterday


Book shop retreat
Between covers;
Too much to know


Tour agency desk
Brisk bookings;
Now here or somewhere?


Chinatown hotspot
People congregate;
Worship by shopping


Ancestral shrine
We commune here;
Our forebears await


Clogged intersections
Crossroad commentary;
Noisy traffic jam



Leon Enriquez
31 July 2014
Singapore
art
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Common Melody

Balcony moods
Morning offering;
Song of bird duo


By the yard edge
Bird frolic twitter;
A cheery quartet


Song fills dawn
Sunlight slants;
Window view sparkles


Last night's rain
Wet grounds betray;
Uneven footsteps traced


Joy after sorrow
Traces of old grief;
Ushered out abruptly


Old sepia memories
Silver nitrate etchings;
Old time photography


Haunting faces preside
Mother and father;
Yesterday's courtesy


Today flings
Doors wide open;
Strangers in paradise


Prayers on altars
Everywhere we go;
Living burying the dead


Can you hear
Sounds of old strains;
Voices calling in echoes


This life we live
Takes sterner stuff;
Hope feeds effort


Do you notice
A common melody;
Swirling time after time


Mundane routines
Calls time for after shocks;
Trauma feeds norm


When I listen
Do I hear
Sounds in the silence


Trip to market
Buy and sell;
Barter for things


Hate is fear exposed
Let love attend trade;
Poverty lives painful hatred


Look up and see
Dawn in a flash;
Insight reveals truth


Leon Enriquez
15 July 2014
Singapore
Form: Haiku

Premium Member OLDE SJI BRAS BASAH ROAD, 1971


Journey Journal Page
OLDE SJI BRAS BASAH ROAD, 1971
By Leon Enriquez


Morning Glory
Florals on a fence
Violet blooms beauty
Plain in sparkling sense


Olde school field
By Bras Basah Road
Boys and football yield
To dawn’s purple load

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Dawn now brings
Such sparkling creepers
Olde tints of fond flings
Such transient flowers


We recall
Days of yesterday
Sounds of lost footfalls
Echoes of school days

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For a while
Till that harsh sun burns
Faded dying smiles
To the earth return


Brief your tale
On the dusty road
Yet your truth avails
Of brief surreal loads

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Now here we
Go on our way there
To visit and see
To be yet nowhere


Old men think
Upon times now gone
Laughter on verge brink
Olde days and lost dawns

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Lost school daze
Dribbling on that field
Our cheeky fond craze
Olde time humour yields


For a while
You and I and all
Taste feel and try smiles
To pile sweet and gall

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Olde school grounds
Memory lane thoughts
New cityscape bounds
Olde souls recall lots


Lost yet found
Olde echoes call out
Floral fence abound
Hear sunny glee pout

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Here by grace
Each to each olde souls
Journey quest we trace
Incomplete yet whole


By the way
A restless wit primes
Just another day
Grateful for our time

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Those days tint
Our old boys’ refrain
Violet floral hints
On the rail fence strain


Morning Glory
Let’s not live in vain
But seed love’s fancy
As light sparkles plain

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Leon Enriquez
05 January 2024
Singapore
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Ample

Yes here we go
Round and round and round
Buzz blow for blow
Seek till lost is found


In twist and turn
Found and lost and found
Watch the stakes burn
Toss and turn old grounds


Feel that odd curl
Little by little
Strange senses hurl
Watch doodles unfurl


Dig deeper dream
Blot pen on paper
Set fragile scheme
For mind does matter


Forge feisty stuff
Prompt puzzles profound
More than enough
Moot rules quite unsound


Curb that fancy
Slave to old fashion
Not quite trendy
On timely action


Still as ample
As dawn light sermon
That hurls sample
To cast vain demons


Set our cares free
Ending and starting
To simply be
Starting and ending


Wit wallows well
In sublime retreat
No need to dwell
On how ends can meet




Leon Enriquez
30 July 2017
Singapore
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Mental Movie

Conscious awareness screens
Mental movie unseen.


Journey within wonders:
Watch action scenes thunder.


Glimpse beyond mere form here:
Venture into deep spheres.


Thought is but a figment:
Crude and odd instrument.


Feel the stillness create:
Vast and myriad landscapes.


In just a spark all light:
Sense beyond senses, sight.


How can infinity
Rest on all things empty?


Notice then the vast gaps:
Time and space in lost maps.


To know a mystery:
Breathe synchronicity.


Waltz with the great unknown
From silence is all sown.




Leon Enriquez
26 May 2015
Singapore
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Poetic Journal 4

AMUSE CALLING
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Feel thoughts that inspire fierce impulse and urge;
Offer fond word tact that truth flavours act;
Love prompts and conspires to startle each surge;
Live emotions fact verses that bloom pact.
Open bold mindscapes to free poignant heart;
Work poetic voice in magic you cite;
Offer wild landscapes to words that fling art;
Wrest then your free choice in music you write.
Nearer than sure death the impulse that fires;
Hurl your sweet wordplay and risk a mistake;
Explore beyond breath the stillness that sires;
Apply the write way to create and make.
Rise to your calling beyond word season;
Trust your voice bubbling to escape reason.


Leon Enriquez
30 Apr 2014
Singapore
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Missing You


Journey Journal Page
MISSING YOU
(For my parents, and parents-in-law)
By Leon Enriquez


The Angel of Death has come today
To take your beautiful soul away
Our mortal hearts are broken with tears
For you ascended from us my dear


We feel our loss this moment in time
As we reflect on past happy chimes
When laughter and good cheer cast spells
Your wit and kindness and humour tells

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A simple soul with a lovely heart
We will miss your empathy and art
Lavish grace and show of timely care
The kind thoughtful fare beyond compare


Your legacy and blessings remain
On this we lean and our loss contain
You are the reason for our good health
A story beyond our timeless wealth

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In you our special friend we miss most
Sadly, you have given up your ghost
Your earthly days are over right now
Still, your fond memory does endow


Winging on your safe homebound journey
Bless us all with a token lovely
Inspire in our hearts devotion deep
To pray in the heart’s temple for keeps

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Gone too soon as footfalls slip away
Dearly departed from us today
We pray your soul enters paradise
To be with those who gain love’s grand prize


By the columbarium garden wall
Your earthly ashes here we install
Your picture portrait stares at our world
Even as our loss flings tears that swirl

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Our humble mortality a gift
As heart and soul and mind thus uplift
To walk the path to eternity
When we meet love again most truly


With your departure from time and space
We miss your countenance and embrace
Pray for us from the other shore, to be
To live full zest our daily journey

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Leon Enriquez
09 January 2024
Singapore
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Sg50 Singapore Jubilee Year

Start with firm heart where mind sees truth,
Intent sets free the best you can;
Note how to start to work sure proof,
Grow then wisely with working plans;
Align true health with steadfast poise,
Plant and sow well the seeds that grow;
Opt to earn wealth with steady choice,
Reap more that sells what finesse shows;
Express the means to gather more.
Focus on thoughts that cause clear acts,
Indulge true wins that fill your stores;
Feel play and plot that frame bold tact,
Thrill vivid dream with success here,
Yield lavish schemes that spark fond cheer.




Leon Enriquez
04 July 2015
Singapore
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Monday Stirrings

Words fail
Meaning blurry;
Nothing rhymes

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Upstairs apartment
Renovation works;
Pneumatic floor blast

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Idle talk punctuates
Not much meaning;
Bizarre thoughts

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Sonic headache
Disturbing pounding;
Head time-bomb ticking

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Constipated movie
Suspicious assumptions;
Character flaws

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Dragonfly pond
Lotus flowers bloom;
Mud bed ascend

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Brief excursion
Exploration;
Abrupt exfoliation

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Beauty delights
Ample assets;
Tipsy tryst

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Orange butterflies
Dazzling flights;
Breezy patterns

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Wavy handwriting
Cursive scripts swirl;
Verse outburst

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Sleepy somnolence
Mid afternoon fare;
Lazy disposition

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Word tiles
Pattern styles;
Thought textures

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Black bird trio
Choral message;
Lightning crackle

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Sound tact
Sure act;
Solid fact

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Busy bee
Blooming finds;
Flower power

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Day ascends
Midday sun strokes;
Positive feedback

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Monday stirrings
Weekday routines call;
Noisy hurrying

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Leon Enriquez
15 June 2015
Singapore
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Cryptic Mystic

Prime pretty play
Dream deeper day


Live laughter loud
Prune preachy proud


See silly stay
Pick poignant pay


Love lines loiter
Mind moves matter


Verse vivid voice
Charm creates choice


Shrewd style speaks sound
Grace grows grand grounds


Mystic mind moves
Gracious gifts groove


Cryptic calm croons
Beauty brings boon


Gain groovy grip
Time tickles trip


Wise wonder works
***** question quirks


Ask apt aura
Feel fine flora


Meet millions more
Subtle soul spores


Prize poignant proof
Taste touching truth


Bright blossoms bloom
Rich rapture rooms


Taste telling times
Right ripples rhymes




Leon Enriquez
24 May 2015
Singapore

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