winding like vines,
tree branches grow like a cage
over my head.
Winding Tree [Haiku]
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DAILY PHOTO: Cubbon Park Central Garden
“The Debt” by Paul Laurence Dunbar [w/ Audio]
This is the debt I pay
Just for one riotous day,
Years of regret and grief,
Sorrow without relief.
Pay it I will to the end --
Until the grave, my friend,
Gives me a true release --
Gives me the clasp of peace.
Slight was the thing I bought,
Small was the debt I thought,
Poor was the loan at best --
God! but the interest!
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Melting Clocks [Free Verse]
Waking to a world in which
Space & Time misbehave:
Shapes slump,
Even melting into pools,
Oozing to flatness, then
Over the edge and
Into nowhere.
Time moves in riverine fashion:
Rushing in the chokepoints
And lazing in the wide plains.
Though still flowing
Inexorably and unidirectionally.
The illusion tries
To reveal itself,
But who can understand...
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Monitor [Lyric]
A Monitor Lizard strolls through the park --
A mid-day stroll, not at dusk or after dark.
The walkers and joggers give it wide berth
As it monitors them for all its worth.
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Pigeons [Lyric Poem]
There’s a writhing pile of pigeons —
Not two or a few or a smidgen —
You can raise their clout, and call them doves,
But I’m glad they're not on the wires above.
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PROMP: Skip
What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?
Jumprope.
(Also, going to the loo.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Flor de La Mar
The Flor de La Mar was a Portuguese ship laden with loot stolen from Malacca when it sunk. This scale replica is a museum (Muzium Sumadera) in Malacca.
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African Tulip [Haiku]
dense bloom clusters
of one week are a carpet
on the ground the next.
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PROMPT: Expensive
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
Wedding ring? Probably. Possibly a sword.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 