hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
Chinese pork stall
the deep valley
in a chopping log
-- John Tiong Chunghoo
(The Heron's Nest, 2004)
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
Chinese pork stall
the deep valley
in a chopping log
-- John Tiong Chunghoo
(The Heron's Nest, 2004)
I had a similar one written initially and yet it remains with me, very vaguely written when we were constructing our house.
Western Ghats
the muskiness of teak
in our interiors
I liked the depth of John's poem!
The poet John Tiong Chunghoo talks about this poem:
The haiku was written in the early years of my interest in haiku, and probably published in the Heron's Nest in 2004. I used to follow my mom to the market in hometown Sibu, Sarawak and I could vividly remember the valley in the chopping log, a huge piece of timber cutting, chopping and doing all sorts of work to make sure the customers get his proper order be it a piece of tongue, a leg, head or liver of a pig. The valley holds a valuable piece of childhood memory spent with mom at the market place.
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