it takes the padi <br />three months <br />to write its <br />poem of love <br /> <br />it has all the <br />muses to help it <br />in its novel aim <br /> <br />the birds sing <br />their lullabies <br />the wind carresses <br />each leaf with <br />the greatest of care <br />while the sky pours down <br />its spring and <br />great blessings <br /> <br />a verse sprouts <br />each day gleaned <br />by the sun <br />and shared <br />by the moon <br />till it bows and bows <br />to all who have <br />helped it bloom <br />as the malay proverb <br />goes the stalk with <br />the most rice <br />bows lowest<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/three-months/
