Exile in a Cold Land
Friday, September 25, 2009 @ 11:24 pm | 0 shed some light
Exile in a Cold LandIn a winter air when bare trees
inlay calligraphics in the sky,
snow flutters perhaps
from a grey distance,
and trailed by his own voice,
a lone man walks,
afraid of being smothered,
immured in a white universe.
Night by night he threatens
to jettison the stars,
evict them in tumbles
as snow from a frozen sky,
else dreams the thin-sheeted ice
cracks beneath his feet,
fragile as a brief handshake.
-Goh Poh Seng
From
The Girl from Ermita and Selected Poems: 1961-1998, 1998Labels: Extracts; anecdotes; quotes
I'm Mei Jun, a student living on a sunny island. Currently, I'm studying for a diploma in Creative Writing for Television and New Media. It's a pretty unique
course. I'm usually known as 'MJ' amongst my peers and lecturers, even if I only know one line of the legendary King of Pop's 'Man in the Mirror'.
I used to be in a choir and was a First Soprano. I like taking photos but I don't have a 'professional' camera. It's pretty fun to get shots with a regular digital camera too! In addition, I make cards for people. Oh and by the way, I like the colours pink and white. To end this off, I would like to include that it's easy to bribe me with soft toys,
handwritten letters and sweets. Alternatively, you could buy me a great, big present for my birthday on 10 November! :)
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