The Muruku Murmurations

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

#NaPoWriMo2018  #Day24  prompt from Poetry Cafe KL #NaPoWriMo #myths #legends This is my personal favourite. Re-write a popular myth from another point of view. Give voice to the voiceless. Let the marginalised tell their own story so they don't simply become a vehicle for someone else's heroism . Undeniably Undines Have fascinated us humans for centuries While they had our freedom We had a soul Willingly they paid a hefty price Shorten their lives Bless us with divinity An unfair trade for immortality. The human soul was all they longed for To share, to hold, to love At sea, the only love they could call for Were wondering seamen In their desperation They called as sweetly as they could Resorting to enchantment All they wanted was affection. Nereides would offer themselves Hoping the lost would belong Hoping for love to be found changing the tides With their song Drunken; they had nothing to hide The seamen would confide Mermaidens gave...