The Muruku Murmurations

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. another stream of consciousness to wrap up the first half of 2020, after 6 months of being harassed by my ex, the psychosis and medication and finding footing to what is supposed to be my next phase forward, I really didn't know what to do anymore with myself with the countless resets. This project has helped and working with the team on the prompts, mindfulness videos and putting together the -ebook, it has made 2020 fruitful. I hate staying and being a victim of any of my circumstances, this is how I fight my own battles that I choose to fight. Day 10 Water you doing? A final piece to tie the bouquet,⠀ After days of crafting away.⠀ Now that we’re at the end,⠀ Which wounds are left to mend?⠀ ⠀ Dear Makhluk Seni,⠀w e ask you:⠀ We water our plants to keep them alive,⠀ How do we water ourselves to do the same? #qua...

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. This is a prose from a flow of consciousness where I dive into the core of what goes through my mind on a daily basis. It's a constant cycle of these thoughts and many would say that I am too complex for my own good. It comes from the endless processing of possibilities to ensure what would be the best outcome. Day 9 S eeds of Me Seeds. From the wind that spread them far beyond, to the soil that nourished them by the pond.⠀ Dear Makhluk Seni, w e ask you: Out of all the seeds in you, which one made your favorite part about you? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 Dear Journal, Living day to day and finding sense in uncertainty because inherently difficult when things all seem to revolve around tasks and circumstances that don't have an end. Being a goal-driven and task-orien...

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. My years since I left the healthcare industry have felt like me being stuck in a constant roundabout. It may be a different roundabout each time but it still feels like I am starting from square one at different points, making little progress and recalibrating or readjusting but that is life. We don't  Day 8 Like grass under my feet Lately, I’ve been swaying in and out of daydreams,⠀ Shifting thoughts from “could have” to “what if?”⠀ ⠀ Dear Makhluk Seni, w e ask you: In these times of uncertainty, what is grounding you? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 Every day comes with the waves When you have the strength, You can dive in deeper beneath it Deep within is a sense of weightlessness Fully submerged and emerge after it passes Find solace in a breath before the next wave comes....

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. These flowers have significant memories attached to them as I grew up. I used to dry flowers all the time to make potpourri bouquets to remember these memories. I don't get flowers often and prefer not to be a part of the commercialism of it but it's nice to get them once in a while. Day 6 My Wallflowers Melor dan melati,⠀ Iris and lillies,⠀ Dear Makhluk Seni, w e ask you: If you could assign 3 flowers to your loved ones, what are they, and who do they belong to? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 Babies breath dries well in the sun, they remain delicate and dainty, They stay as long as they aren't disturbed These are the ones who have remained for as long as they have. I've grown a fondness to Orchids, Exotic and unique, Flowers none the less though they live in a d...

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. Even after being back in Kuala Lumpur for 7 years, it's been a very nomadic season for me, not being able to let roots develop. This city was where I grew up in and made a home but it still feels like I am meant to be somewhere else. Day 3 Me, a tree Yesterday our feet became roots,⠀ Today, we turned into trees!⠀ Dear Makhluk Seni, ⠀ We ask you: If my body is a tree, what would be inside? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 Most days, I feel like weeds, flowering in the meadows and sidewalks. I am there when I can be, when the circumstances permit and there is space for me to inhabit.  Other times, once my season has passed, I wither and find a new place. Incapable of growing deep roots, removed when I am not wanted, Unsure of how long I can live in these cracks. When I find myse...

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. Self-care is something that I struggle to grasp, self-value seems to be a thing I don't understand or can't maintain according to some people. I see myself as a martyr for a reason and it was never a negative thing for me but it may have put me in certain dispositions were I get taken for granted or used. I feel that I give in to circumstances too often and will always choose others first before myself. Day 7 Why Balut Nangka? | #HomegrownMakhlukSenis ⠀ Dressed in white or blue, some are in green.⠀ To the lalat buah, protected and unseen.⠀ The mangga asked the nangka,⠀ “What designer are you wearing, eh?”⠀ ⠀ Dear Makhluk Senis, w e ask you: From homemade masks to medical face shields, How is your community caring for one another? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 We took a...

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. One thing that has grown on me being back home, or more like what makes me feel at home was my bookshelf. A collection of graphic novels, classics, chapbooks from local writers and fantasy fiction. It is one thing that I would not want to part with and be the main weight that I carry with me if I end up somewhere else. Day 2 My feet are taking root Our feet are starting to itch⠀ Dear Makhluk Seni, w e ask you: What types of roots have your feet turned into? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 Nails ingrained into hard wooden shelves Holding books bound with embroidery threads Dust, mold and ants crawling between the pages Feet wearing boots laces with words Ticking tapping twirling Wind flipping pages and snatching bookmarks Soaked in rain and dried with lightning Footnotes read in t...

In the month of April 2020, Makhluk Seni kicked off #HomegrownMakhlukSenis with 10 days of prompts, mindfulness activities and goals to help us get through the isolation. During the first round of MCO, I started baking a lot during the hours that I could not sleep and feeding my housemates with random baked goods. It's been therapeutic and meditative. Day 1 Day and Night Dreams To start off our first prompt of this homegrown journey Dear Makhluk Seni, ⠀ We ask you: As the days have melted with the night and time has ceased to exist. What have your dreams been like? #quarantineinitiative #grassroots #PACT2020 #NAPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2020 Awake at night Sleeping in the day Dreams swirl in daylight Starry nights awake in stormy clouds Sunshine sleeping in the moonlight's dreams Rainbows dance in sleeping dreams Stars in real life Baked in twilight. - Swit Marie 04:20H 20.4.2020 Purgatory

A prompt given by Makhluk Seni . What are you grateful for ? Take my time Hear my heart beat And breathe slowly Notice my tension released Knowing I have found peace You are my security Offering advice on repeat Unwavering and sublime. - Swit Marie 0533H 17th April 2018 Taman Bahagia

This prompt was taken from Makhluk Seni for #NaPoWrimo2018 Day 9 Like Falling into the sky. If I was an astronaut drifting in space I have lost my tether line My saving grace Left cold with no gravity No way to save me in this case. I would let the stars envelope me like a blanket Savour their warmth and light Sleep on meteorites and hold on for dear life Hope that this lucky chunk would bring me back to Earth. The atmosphere would burn strip my pride away The clouds would pass Sweep away the decay Leave me with just skin and bone For all to see in the bright of day. My fingers reach out toward the comets I remember the times when I was wild A light breeze lifts my arms I soar and indulge for a while I land, my toes grasp the grass The security makes me smile. Deep down I know this is home Land is where I belong It took falling from the sky to make me realise all this time I was wrong All this time, you stayed You were right all a...

MALAYSIA - The Pantun Prompt - #PantunPrompt by Afi Noor The pantun is a form of poetry that thrives in communities across Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and even Burma and Sri Lanka Write a pantun of 8 lines, with the rhyme scheme abab/abab or abac/abac. You can find out more details about the form at the following link: http://formsofsea.blogspot.sg/2017/04/pantun.html #MillennialBonus : Omit all punctuation. Write like the millennials do. #SlangBonus : Include 2-3 local slang words. # SEAPoWriMo2018 #SEAPoWriMo2018Day3 #PantunPrompt Erghmagosh these memes be like Salty af I cant even Try my luck not to suck But that's like so yesterday, irrelevant. Lepak hard coz feeling fomo Bts with my bae Only proof is with swafotos On instagram story all day every day. - Swit Marie 0349H 26th April 2018 Taman Bahagia

#NaPoWriMo2018 #Day29 prompt by Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #nonet Write a trilingual nonet using all of the following words (in any language)- molecule, mouse deer, man eater, masculinity, mother, manja, merepek. Merepek dengan Kemarahan (Running your mouth with Anger) вызывают изменение ( Vehzehvayut izmeneniye - Causes change) молекулярное (Molekulyarnoye - Molecular) Mousedeers become Man eaters Masculinity Misused against Affection Mercy Мать. (Mat - mother) - Swit Marie 0144H 30th April 2018 Taman Bahagia

#NaPoWriMo2018  #Day28 prompt by Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #epitaph #death Write an epitaph in memory of the death of all or any of the following - yourself, the world, a dream, an idea, a person, an everyday object, anything that you loved but has now been laid to rest #RIP Today the sun sets over unfinished journals and unwritten scripts of stories that would only be known to those who were in the battle, tucked away in the folds of disappointment, layers of regret and ashes of defeat. The light dims over many obstacles, broken bones and broken spirits of the voices that faught its way through the caves and valleys only to be silenced by time, space, reality, power, mind and soul. - Swit Marie 1819H 30th April 2018 Taman Bahagia

#NaPoWriMo2018  #Day27  prompt by Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #50wordsfor There are 50 words to describe snow. What else can you describe in 50 ways? 50. Toes that have smelled the ground 49. Soles that have tried many roads 48. Heels always ready to spring into stride 47. Feet that know where to go 46. Ankles like scaffolding 45. Calves that ploughed a true journey 44. Knees that have knelt before God 43. Quads that have conquered marathons 42. Hamstrings stretched to reach greater heights 41. Gluts that curve bodaciously 40. Hips that have danced till sunrise 39. Core as strong as pillars 38. Stomach that ventures for the exotic 37. Guts that challenge the mediocre 36. Chest as wide as the horizons 35. Heart that beats with warrior drums 34. Lungs that have tasted nicotine 33. Diaphragm that breathes deeply 32. Sternum that is humble 31. Clavicles that are welcoming 30. Shoulders that bear the weight of the nation 29. Arms that embrace fully 28. ...

#NaPoWriMO2018  #Day26 prompt by Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #jazz #music Find a quiet place and crank up the record player to listen to a seminal piece of jazz. Write a poem in response to it. I loved dancing with you Through our days and nights Every beat felt right In the moment Being us, being true. Pulsing through the rhythm Let it rise and sink Till the brink In the space of the count Living in the anthem. In the breath of the step Filling up the connection Building the tension Rolling into each stretch Feeling each prep. Speaking in your sway Through each move Every part of isolation You had your individual groove With the music we played. You have made my heart full Overflowing with joy Feeling every push and pull Streamlined every pattern You made this dance beautiful. - Swit Marie 0517H 29th April 2018 Taman Bahagia

#NaPoWriMo2018  #Day25 prompt by Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #tanka Write a tanka using at least two of the following words - bicycle, journey, photograph, gunpowder, pillow, insomnia. Our photograph Taken by flash gunpowder On our journey Your sweet scent on my pillow Cure for my insomnia. - Swit Marie 0449H 26th April 2018 Taman Bahagia