The Muruku Murmurations

#NaPoWriMo2018  #Day16 Prompt from Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #spiritanimal Which animal is your spirit animal? What are its qualities that you relate to or wish you could have? Write a poem about it. This piece was performed for If Walls Could Talk KL 's 3rd Anniversar y show. Cubs grow up with the loving care of their mothers Mama bear looks after them Keeping them close Nurturing them My mama did the same. I learned from mama How to be patient How to tolerate How to look after others But I need to learn how to let go Let others be Learn how to hibernate. Papa bear wasn't always there His time for us was never fair but he was still present Enough for you to know his authority I learned from papa How to be strong How to be resilient How to be diligent How to be silent. Bearing in mind I always put others before me Taking care of them Taking them in as my own Protecting them becomes my priority. Bears are gentle creatures ...

#NaPoWriMo2018  #Day15  prompt by  Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #halfwaythere #15daystogo #magicsquare #LoShu #turtle #fengshui #astrology Magic squares have been used as talismans for centuries to ward off evil or envy and to call in abundance and luck. They have acquired magical or mythical significance, and have appeared as symbols in works of art. If a poem could be a magic square, what would it look like? Write a poem by numbers coded with magic and power. I turn Thirty For this year. It has been Eleven years since I first started my medical journey. UnFortunately having to deal with Three mental illnesses. I was stuck in a department that played Dirty with everyOne. Fighting for procedure with Twenty Two others. Dirty Fights, zero wins and lots of scars. Like when Twins Terribly Treat each other, Swiftly Finding ways to get attention but on other days, the Tension vanishes like magic and all is squared away. 34 11 43 31 22 35 23 55 10 - Swi...

#NaPoWriMo2018 Day14 prompt by Poetry Cafe KL #comedy #punny write a poem with a punch line or a funny limerick or something punny. Topic: online culture, social media My Scene first started when you had Pinterest in poetry, Instagramification from all the likes, hearts and thumbs up, The masses Snapchatting their fingers, Your heart beats Friendster than the speed of Tumblr and lightning Memes spreading to every Facebook and cranny Making the poetry world a Twitter place. -Swit Marie 0636H 15th April 2018 Taman Bahagia