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  Cannibalism

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  It grows no fur on my face and no tail after my backbone but I sure am unable to tell people how I feel because I don’t No beast can be as brutal as I who gnaws on the flesh of someone it loves this much when he ripped my chest apart slowly with his lukewarm claws With a streamin...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Wonder

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  There is something horrifying about the night when everything that comes in sight starts becoming translucent faces and every sound you hear sends more decibels than usual The sharp rhythmic beats of the traffic lights echo in my ears and penetrates my pores crawling under my ski...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  (War)

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  One worn-out Spartan with faith worthy of more than 24-carat gold fights alone on the frontline defying the flames of fear Armed with the shield of wisdom and the mighty sword of ink spends life in the combat zone ad infinitum with illimitable struggles for 24 recurring hours The f...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Real Life is Something Else

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Turn off the light and let the blackness stretch beyond endless where objects turn into ears listening to the whispers of the wind Please don't look for me in this place and drag me back to the reality who thinks I might know her sadness just because I live inside my own It ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Forgotten Flowers

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Never does anyone question where the flowers on the grave have gone The only colors in the cemetery Dead and vibrant with life An important triviality A gift we always remember to bring before visiting the buried And instantly sinks into oblivion when we turn away I never stop putting dai...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  (Lips)

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  The skin of my lips is peeled off layer by layer like how I was unzipped slowly from my Sunday best by your bare hands sweater to chest ribcage to heart wrapped in your palms while you warmed it up like the way you tried to warm up my cooling tea right after the last winter bree...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  The Meaning of You

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Pronoun; used for referring to people in general. And thereat I was let down by a dictionary. Is that normal? Let me rewrite the meaning of You in the twinkle of an eye without having to spend time to think it through. And I could guarantee that there be at least a thousand lines. ...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Lightness

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  It must be serene to be led away by lightness Lightness entwining the lonely soul let float Float on the airy sky stunned by the fairy's lullaby Lullaby hummed in a humdrum tone that journeys Journeys to Venus and back without backpacks Backpacks be forgotten by a thin stick betw...
• Poetry > Sonnet
  Coffee Intoxication

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  I cried when I was grinding my coffee this morning and tasted the same bitterness that could, at least for half of my day, make me stay focused I spilt my coffee on the floor as soon as I'd finished brewing it this afternoon It left stains on the tiles like the bruises on my heart...
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  The Greatest Wonder

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Within two minutes I could go to places without any dough and have the most glorious time without a single laborious climb. To India where Taj Mahal stands with white domed marble never tanned under the sun, your skin’s still pale like snow but scarcely cold like hail. The Lean...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Toothbrush

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Four people there are in total that live in my house Even when I was little I knew how to count So I was dead sure that I was not mistaken when I counted the toothbrushes hanging above the sink Onetwothree from left to right Threetwoone from right to left I double-checked it before I m...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Worst Nightmare

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  The morning I woke up from my worst nightmare, I was mantled by agitation, trembling trembling trembling. "It's not real," I appeased my weary soul as I lied on the edge of my muddled bed. An entrance of a petite figure interrupted, then lied down beside me, tr...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  (6pm)

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  I watched the sky free of clouds painted on my windows getting dimmer with strokes of blue added layer after layer by the fading sun. The color of sadness crawled along every inch of my bedroom as if it could become an endless, unchanging wallpaper promising its eternal attachment ...
• Fiction > Romance
  Time Keeper

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Rainwater slid down the window pane like sweat dripping from a coal miner's back with ferocity. It tapped on the roof crazily with tempo like a madman's footsteps while running, steady but uneven. Close up, her bright eyes blinked with a regular beat, trying to tame the messed up rhythm of...
• Fiction > Romance
  When It Pains, It Rours

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  This is a story with many ironies and it involves a boy and a girl. People who are not fond of romantic plots should probably stay til the end of the story, because in fact, this is not a love story. It is a story about love. It all began with the greatest irony of all. The first time we met wa...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Untitled

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't save the world. Writing won't s...
• Fiction > Romance
  Round and Round and Round and Round

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  There was hearsay about the merry-go-round in Wonder Park in Maryland – whisper the name of a person three times on the back of the unicorn while it’s going round, that person will fall in love with you. I live in Maryland and I’ve heard about the story ever since I was born. I’ve never tri...
• Fiction > Romance
  Of course it's you. It's always you.

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  I thought today was the perfect day for a perfect day. I thought you felt the same way as I do. The perfect dress in my wardrobe – black and shiny with glitter on it, like the ones in fairy tales. I felt like a princess when I put it on. The collar was smaller; I couldn’t breathe, suffocatin...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  He Is My Mother

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  I can say that today is the day of my life. I live for today. I look into the mirror while I am buckling up my belt. “Perfect,” I smile to my reflection. I feel nervous yet terrific – butterflies and knots in my stomach make me shake. I ask myself in the other side of the mirror if I was read...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  D flat minor

  

  By dianepoon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  My sister couldn't move her legs. She slept in a bed and told me about piano, with her fingers moving in the air. I rent a wheelchair and took her to a music room. She pressed her fingers on the keys, they danced gracefully along the sweet sound. When she couldn't move her fingers anymo...