Category: Poems

By Maya Green The fish and owlBy the mountain streamOne is preyOne is hungry Both on a moonless nightWhere Destiny’s hand is hidden One wants

(Nostalgia for Kuching of the 60s & 70s) By James S L Yong (2020) I grew up in Kuching Townduring the 60s and 70s sceneA

By MAYA GREEN You are made of sterner, everlasting, refined — and of beautiful stuff:Don’t ever forget that, nor dilute itEither by forgetfulness, or just

By MAYA GREEN The fragility of life, hangs on a thin thread,Though a line, it’s not a straight one:There’s always the kinks, loops, corners,And the

By MAYA GREEN I imagine a placeWhere trees can walk away from dangerI imagine a placeWhere rivers reverse flow to not pollute the oceanI imagine

By MAYA GREEN The drums of war are surely beatingSome ostentatiously, some just softlyThere’s no hiding, their ominous meaningWhether beaten in anger, or only just

By MAYA GREEN What to do, when a commitment is brokenAfter a promise, was first solemnly givenTo come back instantly, with a good reasonFor a

By Maya Green They chase all of the DunyaBut of the Akhirah they wilfully sellA grotesque bargain indeed:Where an eternity in the laps of ParadiseIs

By Maya Green A finger pointing, as if making a pointSo it seems, right across the sky;Or is it a metaphor of writing on the

By Maya Green Sometimes, a storm comes into your lifeIt may just be what you need, so let it beIt could flow you over, on