Poem: Life (maybe)

Life (maybe) Money Not funny Debt Eternal fret Time sold, no longer mine Life just strife To live an embrace, in love or struggle, to give

Poem: No More Classes

NO MORE CLASSES they say there are no more classes reality by them so easily passes just catch a train between 5 and 8 see the millions hurrying home from the alienation they hate.

Sajak sunyi di perpustakaan mewah

SAJAK SUNYI DI PERPUSTAKAAN MEWAH hampir sempurna suasana berilmu sunyi cuma mmmm dari aircon berbunyi klik klik klik dari laptop tapi tak ada yang berkata cahaya halus tak menggigit mata perpustakaan baru cantik betul ditata puluhan manusia rajin duduk membaca aneh! hurufnya tak diatas kertas tapi di atas monitor punya kaca buku rapi berbaris di […]

Sajak Tidur di Toa Payoh

SAJAK TIDUR DI TOA PAYOH MRT Mata tutup hilang peka sekitar Tidur, nyenyak, tak sadar, Tangan di lutut, kepala miring di bahu mimpi ke mana tidak tahu Kaos bergaris-garis, celana pendek, sandal jepit Di antara satu dan lain kerja terhempit Sebagai sofa, tangga dingin ruang setasiun Toa Payoh Buat yang bekerja dan bekerja tinggal jongkok […]

Sajak Palestina Juni, 2010

Sajak Palestina Juni, 2010 lumpur debu puing bekas rumah campur sama air mata luka goresan tangisan asam pajangan mulut yang marah berkata: Palestina! rakyat perempuan lelaki anak derita tanpa semangat akan patah. Tanah menjadi rumah karena bersama-sama bekerja dengan rela Pendudukan penjara dengan tuan dan budak dengan kitab tak terbela Kemerdekaan tumbuh di lumpur debu […]

Poem: Gaza Armada

rubble grey white homes crumbled firing through narrow roads tanks rumbled witnesses ships to break through the sea wall never to cower gunships flying  machine guns helicopter prison tower pizzas served beyond the wall in the air-conditioned plaza courage eyes search the sea for ships breaking through to Gaza.

Poem: For Gaza

For Gaza The occupier has no soul Even their breath is something they have stole Into animals they turned themselves as they treat others so The lie is their breath as towards the path of defeat they go. Uzi, gunship, nuclear bom, media manipulation, prison, deception, checkpoint humiliation fuse to defend a wall to hold […]

2 Poems: Grandma eating at Tao Payoh

Nenek makan di Tao Payoh   rambut perak putih pendek kulit tipis tua sana sini bernoda berhenti di meja siap makan berbaju bunga ungu duduk di kursi roda tubuh kurus tua tetap lapar konsentrasi makan mie sambal sampai kenyang mengunyah mengaduk menelan jadi senyum ternyata ulang yang sederhana paling bikin senang   Grandma eating in […]

Poem: On Walls

When the future is to be the present repeated forever Walled will be humanity, dammed, from each other severed Palestine’s wall is that future bleak Preventing the majority from their future to seek. Walls arise like tumours inside every nation Moats to drown humans fleeing desperation Laws that proclaim upon those outside a siege For […]

Poem: Colours

Torquise so pure the sea sooths the soul calm Green so deep the paddy to the spirit is like a balm Blue so clear the sky fills the heart with the warmest psalm Black stained with red the immiseration rips all asunder White flushed with red the poetry of rebellion recreates the wonder.