Long Sumatra Poems

A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog. 
The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman 
Strains to see beyond the wheel. 
The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan....

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Villanelle : Never political but spiritual the ancient Indo-Chinese pilgrim ties

       In Memory of the late pathologist (and amateur Astronomer) 
Associate Professor CHONG Siew Meng, National University of Singapore*


Never...

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I've dreamed of something special for quite some time,
a vacation I've envisioned that would be simply sublime.
I'll be leaving from Miami on a round-the-world cruise
and I reserved a balcony room to enjoy the scenic views.

I'll...

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MAP   OF   EUROPE    -   OBJECTUM  SEXUAL  *

O coastline with cool expanse of blue Atlantic
Your  curves and indentations drive me frantic.
Sometimes thrust out peninsularly;
Sometimes...

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Oh! Once was a sunny day,
People were so happy and gay… but not for so long. 
The sea… was calm in the morning,
So most were in their boats… but return, they did not. 
But once...

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Extinct Tiger Speaks

Sumatran Tigers are rare, in fact, extinct
I just returned from Sumatra Indonesia with my pet
A tiger so sweet I named it Peter
Since it went extinct I got it cheap 
First order of business...

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down along 42nd and cypress street
 the allegorical prostitutes say their not street
 hookers but just a symbol of sex.

  just like the walking sign post 
  stop, merge left, bump, 
 narrow...

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BOYS   IN   SCHOOL

Boys in school - I sympathise with them 
They must reorganize their brain stem
They are made to sit in rows
And try to see what each  one knows

We must...

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Sumatran Tigers are listed as, critically endangered
They are found in Asia, only on the island of Sumatra
and are the smallest sub-species, existing well before Cleopatra
with their colorful amenities, and their traditional accessories

These Tigers live with,...

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The Only Star For Me

It’s my corner coffee shop, Starbucks 
The cheer starts here with hot coffee
I’ll get yours, it’s nothing, awe shucks
A home away from home, my family 
A blended Frappuccino, at lunch to...

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Limerick cochetés: Our great uhr-Father from Africa

Our great uhr-Father from Africa
Hallowed be Thy fame in high Valhalla
	The Asian walk-about
	Down backbone coccyx snout
Who didst Thou mate in Peninsula Malaya

To produce orangutan Malaysia
Did our great uhr-cousin Gorilla
	Chimpanzee...

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a shipmaster in love

The boat that left at sunset didn't have red sails
but fading sunlight painted grey sail red
even though the vessel was not going to China 
not this year or any other year, the Oriental 
wanted...

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Banana trees

Most of the jungles of Sumatra are uprooted
to plant banana trees the orangutans have been made homeless.
They try to sit in the banana trees, but it is too brittle for the animals
 besides, they...

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Sumatran Orangutans are listed as, critically endangered
They are found in, in the provinces of North Sumatra and Aceh
with only nine populations, that number about two hundred and fifty
but because of human populations, their numbers are...

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Waiting time
Loiters long;
Tentative tact

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Unfinished
Block booking;
Time seeps away

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Hazy complaints
Ashy sky blurring;
Smoky air blots

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Drowsy notes
Morning haze floods;
Cranky moods

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Burning smog
Hazy indiscretions;
Madness percolates

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Sad and sorry
Same old story;
Sooty somehow

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Cash and carry
Wind-blown haze;
Free Gift galore

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Smog chokes
Haze-filled lungs;
People suffering

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Sumatra burns
Hazy concessions;
Groggy tensions

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Finger-pointing:
Tai-Chi...

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Listen now
Morning arrives;
Mystic voice

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Dawn speaks
Fond sighs;
Haze loiters

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Sun-block hazy
Fuzzy logic;
Sumatra fires

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Ashy contrast
Smoky smelly;
Foreign stench permeates

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Hazy shades
Photoshop contrast;
Smoky air

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Deeper meaning
Beyond stuff;
Profiteering woes

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Nero's antics
Witty wise;
Hazy surprise

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Crash and burn
No returns;
Hazy churns

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Cheer now jeers
Haste seeds near;
Crazy haze

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Conflict
Contrast;
Compound

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Breathe deep
Haze streaks;
Dry smoky...

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Sumatran Rhinos are listed as, critically endangered
and are now classified as, “functionally extinct”
as they are only seen in zoos, for their genes to be preserved
but the death of two subspecies, makes them so distinct

Sumatran Rhinos...

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Through the forests of Sumatra
Through the dark and sweaty jungle
Proud and fearless pads the tiger
Pads through bamboo, palm, liana
Powerfully swims across the water
Webbed feet pounding ‘gainst the current,
Unaware of near extinction
Forest dwindling, disappearing
Shrinking by illegal...

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Blur smog floods mist
Ashy breeze gist


Haze floats and swirls
Choked airy world


Cough on demand
Cause claims refund


Ease greets disease
Smog finds new lease


Face masks and all
For big and small


Peat fires from far
Fling smog and scars


Sumatra smog
Bring fiery fog


Passive...

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What a gorgeous tiger I said to Sparky when he showed me his pix.
She was a beauty for sure, he said. I had choices of tigers I was seeing.
Being so close to them, were you...

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Flat-Headed Cats are listed as, endangered
and are found in, Sumatra, Borneo and on the Malayan Peninsula
They inhabit, lowland forests, swampy areas, lakes and streams
and they exhibit more wetland skills than their cousin, the Fishing Cat...

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Do you recall the song "Send In The Clowns" by Sinatra?

I reckon folks even heard it who reside in faraway Sumatra.

Long gone is famed Emmett Kelly who portrayed "Weary Willie",

And the great Red Skelton whose...

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