Every December for the last seven years, the Island of Pangkor Perak have been flooded by poets from all over the world.
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Saturday, June 24, 2017
Every December for the last seven years, the island of Pangkor, Perak, Malaysia have been flooded with poets from Malaysia and all over the world. They have come to the poetry events of talks and poetry readings held in the beautiful island. The big gathering is made possible through the support of Perak state government headed by the chief minister...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
ESPECIALLY FOR For my Spanish speaking friends, these are poems that have been translated into Spanish.. They have been published in a dual language collection FRENTE AL PUERTO/MENGHADAP KE PELABUHAN , ITBM, 2012. The collection contained 48 poems wth various themes and issues mostly depicting Malaysian life. The translation into Spanish has...
Thursday, June 15, 2017
OUR BEST ACTOR
The poem “Pelakon
Terbaik Kami” , Cerita Dalam Cerita, ITBM, 2010:18 was inspired by watching interesting
monologues, including the one by Khalid Salleh, Monolog Jual Ubat . Khalid Salleh has been
awarded The Best Actor Award at Asia Pacific Film Festival, 1999 for his role
in Jogho directed by U...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Reading the Classical text such as the Sejarah Melayu, I found women being
treated as if they had no heart and soul. A woman has no life of her own as she
has to follow what is dictated by norms and customs. Women who are closed to
the palace have been subjects and even gifts of political bargaining. This
inspired some poetry that have been...
