instagram poem #21-1

From my Instagram post...
It has been a very wet start to the year...

photo/haiga by dsnake1


instagram poem #21-1


quick lunch -
the clouds
angry again.



Jan 2021
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2021

small stone 2016 - #35

Pay attention. Observe closely. Relax. And write a small stone a day. And coming home on a rainy night.

image by dsnake1, done with Sketchpad 4.0




small stone 2016 #35




solitude -
the quiet sheen of lights on the car park
after the rain




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

gtaV haiga - #3

If your mood is as grey as the clouds above...

image by dsnake1 generated on PS3 using GTA5




gtaV haiga#3


thunderhead over rooftops -
my heart
heavy again.


June 2015
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This is a screenshot from Grand Theft Auto V - a copyrighted video game developed and published by Rockstar Games.



© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

small stone 2016 - #19

Pay attention. Observe closely. Relax. And write a small stone a day.

image by dsnake1, done with Sketchpad 4.0 and PSP



small stone 2016 #19




evening light -
the city shivers in the puddles




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

SingpoWriMo 2016 Day #20

SingPoWriMo 2016 Day #20

It's getting harder to write when you are not getting enough sleep.

what have i got myself into?



4 a.m. sunday morning


sometimes nights are like that
awash with shadows
the rain calling your name

the night grumbles and growls
nine floors below
blue red strobe lights, doors slam

the rain is falling, scattering
like silver needles
in the glow of streetlights

voices, muffled by the wind
a woman's plead
shrill, and angry words

take the brawl somewhere nabeh!

or maybe the rain is already
washing the blood
off the cold asphalt.


20/04/2016




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SingPoWriMo 2016 - Day #14

SingPoWriMo 2016 Day #14.

Good thing I didn't commit myself to a poem a day, or I will be siao liao. The office work is piling up, the muse goes AWOL, I spend more time at the PS3 than usual...

But I think this piece is not too bad...

what have i got myself into?



fill


we run from the sudden midday rain
run to malls and cafes and tunnels and bus shelters
all of us, minding our own business
in our own little spaces
just a while ago
and the rain fills the city
and the pigeons and mynahs and flies
and the dull trees and shrubs and grass
and empty pizza boxes and cigarette butts
and trash bins and traffic lights
and the streets filled with road signs
no waiting-no parking-TOW AWAY ZONE-
drive carefully
are given a new wash of life
and
when the rain goes away
sudden as it came
the midday sun starts burning again
the side walks fill
       the trains fill
          the hospitals fill
              the columbaria fill


14/04/2016
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

The Height of Haiku Challenge - Day 29

Today's Theme : Rhythm



these past few days, sudden showers took us by surprise...







rhythm


sudden summer storm-

on my umbrella
drum song


29/09/2011
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2011

aros #30

Working on a full Saturday, and then going back on an emergency call in the middle of the night leaves me with no mood to write anything, so there's no 29th stone. :)

And the rain that is falling since last night inspires this 30th stone.

photo by seemann

image from morguefile.com



stoic


how long have the pigeons
huddled on the wet ledge
from the incessant rain
that has been falling
since dawn?
and
i
in my warm room
still feel a chill when i see
them shake their feathers ever
so slightly when an angry rush of wind
howl across this rain-lashed apartment block.

30/01/2011
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2011

aros #10

The 10th stone. Today's weather inspired this.
It was a wet, wet day, the rains coming down since late morning, and it is still pouring as I am writing this...



rain

No voices of children from the playground
Only the incessant chatter of rain.
The wind moans like a wounded hound.
The pigeons huddle in the eaves, shivering.

10/01/2011
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2011

NaSmaStoMo #8

the 8th stone. it's getting harder to find one.


untitled

lightning across the sky -

blackbirds crashlanding
onto roof-tops.


08/01/2011
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2011

NaPoWriMo #23

NaPoWriMo #23


it's getting tougher.

Still...



interrupted dream



at 3 a.m.
i woke up
to raindrops
scattering
into the room
chased by a
wolfhound wind
a sky
red with anger

and
an interrupted dream.

23/04/09




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2009