Dr Peter Lim: Poems

HAIKU

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2017

HAIKU

wetland faraway
lonely stork pecks on soft sand
a wolf watches by

HAIKU

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2018

HAIKU

Love has four letters
hate has similar number
much of life revealed

HAIKU

Dr Peter Lim Feb 2018

HAIKU

Leaves fall on the ground
silence over distant hills
breezes make no sound

HAIKU

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2018

HAIKU

Cottage by the sea
windows slammed by heavy winds
there is no respite

HAIKU *

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2018

HAIKU *

Rest on my shoulder
let me be the sanctuary
of your lone sorrow

* inspired by a haiku of Xaviera Allan

HAIKU*

Dr Peter Lim Dec 2017

HAIKU*

Croc found in city
news- people rushed to the scene
Boxing Day's highlight

* a true story

Haiku 100

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 100

Stones at hill-bottom
different shapes and sizes
school-kids have their pick

Haiku 101

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 101

Early morning mist
trees still bathed in last night's dew
smoke from city-train

Haiku 10 (10th Feb 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Feb 2018

Haiku 10 (10th Feb 2018)

Grandpa never smiled
grandma whispered to us kids
'he suffered a lot'.

HAIKU 10 (10th Sept 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2018

HAIKU 10 (10th Sept 2018)

Old library book
love-letter I found within
signed ' yours forever'

Haiku 10 (11th August 2020)

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2020

Haiku 10 (11th August 2020)

Tattered old notebook
contained these words--'I love you'
tears welled in her eyes

HAIKU 10 (11th September 2017)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2017

HAIKU 10 (11th September 2017)

evening church-bells
few worshippers are around
they prefer TV

HAIKU 10 (12th January 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2018

HAIKU 10 (12th January 2018)

End of term school-break
money worries of parents
credit limits stretched

Haiku 10 (12th January 2020)

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2020

Haiku 10 (12th January 2020)

It rained through the night
mother and child in station
soldier coming home

HAIKU 10 (12th Sept 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2018

HAIKU 10 (12th Sept 2018)

Village market-day
housewives out with big baskets
vendors put on smiles

HAIKU 10 (13th January 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2018

HAIKU 10 (13th January 2018)

Postman returned home
wife rushed to the door and said
' cheque arrived by post!'

HAIKU 10 (17th May 2018)

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

HAIKU 10 (17th May 2018)

Sunday at the park
children rush to the playground
parents are relieved

HAIKU 10 (19th Dec. 2019)

Dr Peter Lim Dec 2019

HAIKU 10 (19th Dec. 2019)

Christmas' bells ringing
families celebrating
some poor are starving.

Haiku 10 (19th March 2020)

Dr Peter Lim Mar 2020

Haiku 10 (19th March 2020)

Vintage village-train
brings me back to childhood days
grandpa was driver

Haiku 102

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 102

Trees laden with fruits
swinging in late summer air
a few drop on ground

Haiku 10 (20th April 2019)

Dr Peter Lim Apr 2019

Haiku 10 (20th April 2019)

Music at midnight
no one knows from where it comes
it stirs lovers' hearts

Haiku 10 (20th July 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018

Haiku 10 (20th July 2018)

After school concert
she looked radiant in the night
it was my first kiss

HAIKU 10 ( 21st June 2019)

Dr Peter Lim Jun 2019

HAIKU 10 ( 21st June 2019)

Village post-office
so many letters I sent
my heart lost to love

Haiku 10 (22nd August 2019)

Dr Peter Lim Aug 2019

Haiku 10 (22nd August 2019)

Poem re-read ten times
why I would not put away:
she wrote: I love you.

HAIKU 10 (24th July 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018

HAIKU 10 (24th July 2018)

Dog led its master
he wore very thick glasses
to hide his blindness

Haiku 103

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 103

Tool in farmer's hand
he walks into early dawn
thinking of his crops

Haiku 10 (30th September 2017)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2017

Haiku 10 (30th September 2017)

annual school-concert
parents are all excitement
when will the show start?

Haiku 104

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 104

Under old oak tree
wild flowers bloom aplenty
none knows their true names

HAIKU 10 (4th April 2019)

Dr Peter Lim Apr 2019

HAIKU 10 (4th April 2019)

Same all-torn school-boy
note which read: I do love you
cant' recall her name

Haiku 105

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 105

Tears of yester years
still linger in memory
the heart forgets not

Haiku 10 (5th April 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Apr 2018

Haiku 10 (5th April 2018)

Shrink said to his nurse
' My conscience is troubling me
we are immoral!'

HAIKU 10 (5th Feb 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Feb 2018

HAIKU 10 (5th Feb 2018)

School-children shouted:
' Today is a holiday
the HM is ill!'

Haiku 106

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 106

An old love-letter
every word remembered
sweetness in sadness

HAIKU 10 (6th January 2018)*

Dr Peter Lim Jan 2018

HAIKU 10 (6th January 2018)*

Old red postal-box
how I revered in old days
I wrote love-letters

* real life-story

Haiku 107

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 107

Dark silent forest
not a single human track
birds fly home safely

Haiku 10 (7th November 2017)

Dr Peter Lim Nov 2017

Haiku 10 (7th November 2017)

Pebbles are treasures
kids fight o'er them in beaches
many end in tears

Haiku 108

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 108

Steamer sails away
thousands wave goodbye from pier
watched by curious birds

Haiku 109

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 109

Newly bought mattress
keeps me wide awake whole night
did it cost too much?

Haiku 10 (9th May 2020)

Dr Peter Lim May 2020

Haiku 10 (9th May 2020)

I was writing poem
bird pecking on my window
I forgot my words.

HAIKU 10 (Autumn Series)

Dr Peter Lim Mar 2019

HAIKU 10 (Autumn Series)

Peak traffic hour
thick mist slows down flow of cars
children late for school

Haiku 10 (the Winter Series)

Dr Peter Lim Jun 2020

Haiku 10 (the Winter Series)

Husband's winter poem
read to wife of sixty years
she listens in tears

HAIKU (10th July 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018

HAIKU (10th July 2018)

After long absence
trees I planted are now old
how the years have fled

HAIKU (10th Sept 2018)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2018

HAIKU (10th Sept 2018)

Mist over mountain
beneath late-winter grey sky
a Renoir delight

Haiku 110

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

Haiku 110

Library books have eyes
each surveys me curiously
they look so friendly

HAIKU 111

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

HAIKU 111

Wailing autumn leaves
hurled into the cold night air
falling one by one

HAIKU 11 (13th September 2017)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2017

HAIKU 11 (13th September 2017)

fisherman asleep
not aware it's time for home
he wakes as fish bites

HAIKU 112

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

HAIKU 112

Starless moonless night
village a pitch dark canvas
winds make strange noises

HAIKU 113

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

HAIKU 113

Blind old man in town
found his way around somehow
he wore dark glasses

Haiku 11 ( 39th September 2017)

Dr Peter Lim Sep 2017

Haiku 11 ( 39th September 2017)

sampan by the shore
fisherman wearing straw-hat
pushing boat to sea

HAIKU 114

Dr Peter Lim May 2018

HAIKU 114

Church was deserted
pictures of saints on the walls
a woman entered