Dr Peter Lim

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

Inspired by a Photo of a young beautiful Middle-Eastern Woman

The hidden language of the heart

is reflected in her eyes

and in this particular regard

they portend the promise of paradise

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

Haiku inspired by a Photo of an old Coffee-shop

A then tiny lad

'this is expresso' said dad

he's gone--I am sad

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

Haiku inspired by a Painting

City drenched in rain

scenes appear like silhouettes

coloured umbrellas

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

When music's tender voices die*

When music's tender voices die

their echoes live vibrantly on

drifting to the faraway benign sky

new hopes and dreams are born-

what's sublime outlasts time

beauty wakes to greet every dawn

love in longing awaits the sweetest days to come

memories will bless hearts that are constant and fond.

inspired by Shelley's MUSIC, WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

An Die Musik (dedicated to a renowned Composer)

When human voices decay
and fade into the wilderness of time
and hopes seem so faraway
I will hold to music my soul to calm-

my forlorn heart will not weep
sorrows will not hurt or numb
I'll put the darkest hours to sleep
and rest in music's welcoming arm.

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

Haiku inspired by Michelle Jung's Painting named SILENT WATCHERS*

Birds perch on old rock

as emerald tides close in

a new day is born

* she was referring to birds looking outwards to the sea

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2021

In Response to a Love Poem from a Fellow-Writer

Love is melting together
a relationship timelessly glued
two hearts and souls they quiver
life's highest bliss pursued-

moments shared to ever remember
times so glorious and good
a millennium cannot sever
true love shall suffer no servitude