droppage

2010-09-30T21:36:00.000+08:00

i saw a small snail

slowly sliding outside the door

not wanting to disturb it

i closed the door

the next day i saw

a shell unfleshed in a pot

a shell damaged in part

and i wondered

was it the colour

of the shell

of the snail

i had seen

if so

had it been broken

after the snail had left the shell behind

to further sojourn

heaven forbids

great snake

stepped upon

before so gone

2010-09-28T01:15:00.001+08:00

seemphony

holding firmly the baton
the maestro rhythmically
dips and digs
the wand wanting

letap letap letap

i go

letap letip letap letip

false trotting to the waltz

the maestro clenches a fist
to his heart
fixes me a sharp look

then flatly changing stepping
i go

taple taple taple

hara-kirri the kiri kanan

2010-09-13T20:55:00.000+08:00

salvation

if you ask
and i ask back

do you mean am i safe
as in safety safe
as in do i wear a helmet
that prevents debris
from falling and entering
that encapsulates
the poison in the head
that makes me unsafe

naturally i would say
as in not condemned safe

or

do you mean am i saved
as if i am lost in the wilderness
with the hounds in the dark menacing
and i crying out for help

naturally i would say
tis just aim and fire thats all

oh

if you mean
am i salvated
as only the one can invent the intervention

sadly i could only say
i am only just
on the first step
on my way
not your way
nor his way
nor our way

might be a leap
to the stars
or the other way

2010-08-22T02:19:00.002+08:00

circe d'loh

circles

i like circles before one
unlike most who like circles after one
this is the picture of circles before one
if you mirror image on one as axis
you would get circles after one
you would be as rich as you can be
here i would fly in the flyer
in a circle looking down on one
as poor as i can be

2010-08-21T12:52:00.006+08:00

Image via Wikipedia

LEAVE ASIDE

last fall
a falling leaf fell
from a way side tree
along a macadamized road

along came a blower
whose whirling machine swept it
onto the curb

along came a sucker
whose twirler urged the leave
from the inplanted
told to instantly provide shades

to go into bin

this fall
a falling leave
from a forest
will gravitate
unsung
unswept
to decompose
to nourish itself
to the roots

2010-05-23T21:59:00.001+08:00

Learning to use Javascript.
suppose to see a bouncing ball below.

Free JavaScripts provided

by The JavaScript Source

2010-05-23T20:55:00.003+08:00

Written by Lim cho Him in response to an earlier poem.

金鵲本是自由身
奈何今为笼中囚
众人知我關金鵲
无知误解關錯鳥
醫院应是严肃地
遍地愁云漫山野
忽来震耳爆笑声
开怀一笑敌医药

弟祖炘

2010-05-23T20:44:00.001+08:00

痴呆如失马，
焉知不是福。
人生多风雨，
记忆徒添哭。

responding to the previous post, Looi wrote the abouve

2010-05-23T20:43:00.000+08:00

阿尔茨海默氏

还尽了江山
还尽了河流
空空末存在
忆而无得记
记而无的忆

2008-08-03T16:06:00.003+08:00

meant to be called nasi penek
in which i take it to be flattened rice
against which i find them elongated
tastefully firm delightfully sauced

the duck meat recycled from yesterdays leftover
more like rewashed rebottled and retasted

and theres no recipe cooked up or original
accompanying
intuitive is the institution with this sole chief chef
whose other tasty specialty is nasi bandung
or is it nasi padang
but definitly not nosi pendek

2005-07-08T22:16:00.000+08:00

3.5 trains

Trains

Amidst the rubbles
Can you here the rumble
Of the doubters
Of the not so committed
To terrorize the terrorists
Of the you terrorize
One of us
May be you don’t terrorize
the whole civilised world

can you hear the blazed call
we are more determined
than you are determined

do you think
you can check every parcel
every exit
every entry
and then have
time left over
to worry about
your neighbours

no I do not hear
the noise has deafened me

life or what is left of it
makes a difference now
or never for me to go on

for tomorrow there will be
another war and another bombing
and nobody will remember
when or how it started
or when or how it
will ever end

Meanwhile
All eyes are wide
All ears are open
All rubbles rumbling
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2005-07-02T15:35:00.000+08:00

3.4

Ron Sutras recommendation
Die die must try

At a wedding dinner at the Grand Copthorne
Waterfront Hotel early June this year
There was one dish that stands out
among the rest

the Golden Crispy Chicken with Deep-Fried Garlic.
This dish was done very well that night.
Although the skin of the chicken was crispy
the meat was moist and tasty
even without the Deep-Fried Garlic condiment.

The Deep-Fried Garlic with Sesame Seed
goes extremely well with chicken.
You should give it a try.

(above contributed by Ronnie
gratitude acknowledged)

Droppage’s woe

Oh where o where has my little chick gone
Oh where o where please let me know Ron
Wit her tail cut short
And her wing cut long…
Oh my shes drowning in
The soy sauce
Served on a porcelain sarcophagus

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2005-06-29T10:25:00.000+08:00

3.1

who am I?
is it a bird?
is it a plane?
peter pan?

No…Not droppage also
She operates on different turf

My name is peter p pen
My middle name
It’s a brand I cannot be reveal

Of opaque Perspex
are the eyes made

The vision
That of the eagle’s
To see the tiny specs
At such great height

From vertigo
is my indisposition
consensusly diagnosed

The cure
Reaching greater heights
The higher fear
Driving out the lower fear
Until no fear is left

Provided the web juice
Is sufficiently stored
For further secretion
I have to soar
Until the last sticky drop

What happens after that?

I glide
I shall be cured

Now where is
The auxiliary tank

Left boot?

Say loh way
Say it in cantonese
Forgot to top up
When the discount was 26%

Holy anorexia nervosa
the mouth's trapped

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2005-06-26T23:37:00.000+08:00

3.1
killer litter rebus quiz

this quiz is structured so
that its impossible to
cheat by refering to
the rebus above

it is a test on your memory
and the questions are placed
such that when you read
and answer them
you'll have nothing to fall back on
because the picture would have scrolled away.

Ready.. here goes

1. I see objects being thrown.

2. I see five dollar notes.

3. They are green.

4. I see ten dollar notes.

5. They are red.

6. The red ten dollar notes are heavier.

7. The fall faster.

8. I see someone throwing himself down.

9 He is the vitruvian man.

10. I did not scroll up to peep.

Scoring

If you answer yes to all, congratulation,
you are a Singaporean
money for you comes first
life quite bottom
and you're not a peeping tom
mee rebus is your favourite repast

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2005-06-25T17:30:00.000+08:00

3.0

Killer Litter

First noticed when we build our high rise
They come in all shapes and sizes
Down bolsters or pillows
Stools chairs and almeirah

A falling object instantly grows
To be lethal

According to the theory of relativity
It morphs to a massive missile
When it gains speed and momentum
Proportional to the square of the speed c
Under the attraction of gravity

Strangely nothing untoward has happened
In charmed Singapore
No one has been killed or maimed so far

So what’s it about Icarus
Flying perilous
Close to the sun

Those were not feathers
From him torn
Or from Droppage raked

Just little litter thrown
Overboard for various reasons
Unknown or too obtuse

Pastime for a few
Fear factors for the rest

Droppage is safe
I vouchsafe

birdbrain

i actually think
i do prefer
stories about everything
and nothing in particular

however birdman dear
you have deigned to write
stories 'bout birds
stories 'bout flight
interesting it may be
and much fun as well
but i would love to hear
other stuff you have to tell

but worry not
chiding you is not what i'm about
for i love you so
you do need to know
more variety
that's the spice of life
make your day spicy
with lots of assam and curry!

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2005-06-23T16:37:00.000+08:00

2.9

like Icarus who flew
too close to the sun
and had the wax that glued
his feathered wings melted
the stiches unravelled
his body toasted brown

could droppage be
flung too high
into the path
of a moving object
which being much much bigger
or much much noisier
or much much hotter
shook or melt the feathers
off the back of Droppage

from the amount seen
slowly drifting down
a very fluffy bird indeed
must have been shorned

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2005-06-22T13:50:00.000+08:00

2.8
WHILE DROPPAGE IS HAVING HER FLING

Heres some sugary from a spicy girl for dads day
a lo and behold
father's day doth come
a special day every once a year
we go and eat dim sum

or not.
tze char was the order of the day
a yummy dish
a drink or two
chilli so hot
sends you straight to the loo.

what is it really
about father's day
that makes it so special

papa =
daddy =
driver =
ATM machine

a thousand names
a million favours
that's what daddies do-
be life savers

this is just to say,
i love you daddy
you're one in a million
i'd rather have you
than a mound of gold bullion

$
$$$
$$$$$

2005-06-18T14:37:00.000+08:00

2.7
humphrety dumpety

that comes from performing
without the safety
of harness of the safety net
below
as well as above
to prevent the uncushioned fall
and to filter the droppings from
your migratory wild cousins
acute and sharp hniv strain

now totally exposed
to the worst case scenario
the inevitable has happened

twisted by a vetebrate inveteracy
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2005-06-17T10:43:00.000+08:00

2.6

Droppage pleads

please indulge her
one last act
before you pan
and fry her

pamper the showy girl in her

let her assault you
with one last sommersault
before you send in
the army
the civil defence
the clowns

she must solve
the algebra
of the alegria
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2005-06-16T17:33:00.000+08:00

2.5
gotcha 1

droppage assuages
have no fear
call not the army
the civil defence
the helicopter

just a ruse

droppage is adept
at home in high places

to heighten interest
she pirouettes

look
she now balances
on the side bar
to sock it to
the cirque du soleil

Gothcha 2
e(gg)rratum (thrownum)
my hocusfocus
what bad english
weird spelling

stopage it is not
stoppage it is

how can you write
so beautiful and sweet
when your spelling
just can't take the heat.

--

2005-06-15T17:47:00.000+08:00

2.4
oopsie....must be in a moment
of forgetfulness
droppage missed a foothold
and flipped

she's been spinning
for the past hours or so
a perpetual windmill
going even when no wind

unstopable

call an ambulance
the civil defence
the commandos

what a snafu
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2005-06-14T15:46:00.000+08:00

2.3
as early as next year
droppage can go to Sentosa
by the revamped cable car
flying on a trapeze
jingling jangling the toes
gingerly dangling the feet

she has been security checked
frisked for bombs projectiles
flip flops droppage might drop

2005-06-12T22:11:00.000+08:00

2.2

2005-06-12T22:03:00.000+08:00

see you in lord
your courtship
upon your honour
don't be so dour
its just sloven indolence …….Droppage

THE PUPIL

giggle giggle gumdrops!
twinkling eyes and parted lips
amidst the stony stares

everything comes to a standstill
an eternity has passed

the judge glares
the pupil stares

"pardon your insolence my honour!"
says she
quivering eyes
quaking knees

tick tock tick tock
an eternity has passed

the judge screams
people take cover
files fly

the pupil has failed the test

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2005-06-11T14:10:00.000+08:00

2.1

2005-06-11T13:59:00.000+08:00

Droppage is posing in the nude
to expose her fig body

its arty
will not turn on
the steam roller of protest

however her father gave her
the permission
with the provison
that a veil buffers her buff

click here to see!

2005-06-09T19:58:00.000+08:00

2.0

2005-06-09T19:38:00.000+08:00

When I am lying on my back
Buoyant and floating
Enjoying the sun
I can contemplate
The disparate pairs of
Velvet hands winking
fragrant hands fretting
bejeweled hands beguiling
The greasy hands embalming
The moist hands nurturing
The varicose hands prognosticating

When I am splattering, floundering
Struggling against the deep
The hands I grab
Would be the unthinking
The Instinctive

For would I thinking
Refuse as
unsafe
Unoffered
Unexteneded
Ineffectual
untruth
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2005-06-08T17:11:00.000+08:00

1.9

2005-06-08T17:06:00.000+08:00

lately Droppage's friend comes across
a interesting product
a torch light that does not use battery
but on advance magnetic induction technology
obtains power to light up a torch

how often i forget to remove the batteries
and the batteries leak away

here you charge this torch
just by shaking the torch for a short while
it can power the torch up to 2 hours of usage

the cost for this torch is only $7

If you are keen to have one or know of someone
that needs such a device
contact my friend
this is not a commercial plug
my friends email

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2005-06-08T13:24:00.000+08:00

1.8

2005-06-08T13:21:00.000+08:00

x1.8

2005-06-07T15:20:00.000+08:00

1.7

2005-06-06T14:09:00.000+08:00

1.6

2005-06-06T14:04:00.000+08:00

more than one

its not going to be
the ignominy of the mockery
of a one horse race after all
Droppage looks up and is happy
some one has heard her wish

she is spared from
the dizzying odds
of a hundred to zilch
chance of electing a one horse
which never need to run in a race
in a course so steep to one side
hat others prefer to run
the steeple chase instead

if it is really a horse race we’re having
at least there’s the chance
of a dark horse
of the people
by the people
for the people
with the people
from the people
wins

2005-06-04T14:31:00.000+08:00

1.5

a few good men

2005-06-04T14:20:00.000+08:00

Droppage has found these
Tommy Koh
Saw Paik
David Gerald
Peter Seah
Sim Wong Hoo
as possible candidates
she is sure there are many more others
but she finds it hard work
but she is still walking around
to find some more
please help her

2005-06-03T13:28:00.000+08:00

1.4

2005-06-03T13:27:00.000+08:00

courtesy a la ronin

over troubled water

2005-06-03T13:17:00.000+08:00

Today droppage has stayed far away
From the group seen below

They’re not members of opus dei
But knights temporizing
With a new suit
Of heart bid armour
At Whitleys

An amicable bunch of minor slammers
Who might jam a little
By overcalling over
The top of their cards

Listen to their music
Of silent concentration
directed by none other than o J?

2005-06-02T13:48:00.000+08:00

1.3

2005-06-02T13:26:00.000+08:00

Holiday withdrawn syndrome
a holiday long, exciting and fun
ended
gone
over

work starts
and stops
and starts
i sit here
in front of the computer
whining, waiting, wondering
when is my next holiday?

Gourmand gourmet

munch munch munch
chewing, slurping, swallowing
yummy yum yum!
eating is fun!
obviously one can tell
when i describe food so well!

2005-05-31T13:45:00.000+08:00

1.2

Londooon noodle anyone

2005-05-31T13:27:00.000+08:00

an astounding dishtruly
is singapore fried noodles

for this certainly confounds me
without a doubt it astounds me

you see it in London,
where everyone nurses a pint of beer
and it appears so much, even in
Washington, District of Columbia

stringy bits of noodle
hiding burnt clumps of egg
pathetic pieces of prawn
on a soggy beansprout lawn

they call out to me
from rows upon rows of microwaveable food
"Please eat me!!"
But I don't think i could

For chow down on that,
is something i just can't do,
for if i accommodate,
it's a beeline for the loo

See, no such thing exists in Singapore
It is only for the tourists, along with the folklore

All types of noodles, we do have it is true
from laksa to mee siam and char kway teow too
but no singapore fried noodles please,
that send me to the loo.

2005-05-30T18:30:00.000+08:00

1.1

foody foody whoo

2005-05-28T20:36:00.000+08:00

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!

Coming from sunny Singapore
with verdant greens
and pretty shores
and an itsy place
full of lore
But really most
striking in fact
is that there's more stuff to eat
than just a bunch of hats!

with satay and steamboat
chicken rice and fish head curry
a good cheap meal
to find, is never a worry
zoom out to london town
to find good eats
we must look up and down
good food always comes at a price
and yes, i do fear
we aren't talking bout rice
for chinese food is all very blah
all the good food is often made of flour

look forward to coming home
that i must or else my tum tum
will be full of rust

censoring sensing

2005-05-28T20:04:00.000+08:00

i also feel a little sad
and a little bad
to take down the poems
to give them the idiom
when they are really plain
lines dressed up elagant

i shall dressed them up again
and if proper and prim
display them satorially
and editorially trim

meanwhile at droppage
i've dropped a page
and you must opinionate
as to whether i've trangressed
the bounds ovestepped
and by the hands of the law
slapped
with injunction
with libel
with defamation
or what next
an unappealing sentence

so that i can make
the necessary amends
before its too late

now to the matter in hand
the agenda we comprehend
very soon you'll be back
and we'll miss you less and less
until you will be with us too much
and you pack yourself off to iraq
or mum or me or some one else
choose

rivers crossing

2005-05-27T11:59:00.000+08:00

River Thames

sitting by the River Thames
on the bench a girl bestowed
her presence fine
a book divine
her backpack laid down low

a glorious day it was today
with pigeons all about
streaming cross the pavement there
tourists did scream and shout

suddenly she spies
ahead of her and cries

a runner is running straight at her
with heaving chest and weighty strides

he pounds the pavement
and beats the sweat off
red-faced and determined

off course
he veers of course
and deftly avoids the bench
she heaves a sigh
and in reply
he leaves a terrible stench

"OH MY GAWD!"
says she
stuffing her nose with her fingers

that gentleman left a gift
none too appreciated
a whiff of last night's dinner
now apparently
very well digested

shaking her head in disgust
for get back to her book she must
and leave the gentleman to his own devices

to the loo or to the john
or to the baaathroom
as the Americans call it

she does not care
a bit, a lot or at all
as long as she can
get away from it all

thinking presidential

2005-05-26T16:50:00.000+08:00

i am hearing a slight buzz
of an election for the prez

i hope i get to vote
to exercise my role
of civic responsibility
to give plain democracy
a needed boost
in the bust

it'll all come to naught
if only one is caught
and no contest is fought
the gloves are hung up
the execution of the upper cut
starved and warded

please some one
feel yourself invited
even if no invitation card
is sent to you
to attend the tea party

dont sniff at droppage's request
yours is more than a test
yours is more than a contest
its even more that a quest

yours is not only what a man
or only a woman can be

yours is not a default
yours is not a representation
yous is our representative
yours is ours

2005-05-21T15:23:00.000+08:00

chicken

2005-05-21T14:28:00.000+08:00

doggie

don't count the days ju

2005-05-20T23:52:00.000+08:00

flowry

some lines

2005-05-13T08:00:00.000+08:00

a bird stopped in its swift flight
midflight plummeted

a river stopped at the dam
midstream dashed

you left me just like that

but i
condemned to plodding
upstream unending
paddle for paddle
sighing and heaving
afloat yet
sliding downstream
just must