Monday, June 29, 2009'♥
With love ♥
Author:Carolyn D. Wright
Poems:
And it came to passThis june 3
would be different
Time to draw lines
I've grown into the family pores
and the bronchitis
Even up east
I get by saying goddamnit
Who was that masked man
I left for dead
in the shadow of mt. shadow
Who crumbles there
Not touching anything
but satin and dandelions
Not laid his eyes
on the likes of you
Because the unconnected life
is not worth living
Thorntrees overtake the spot
Hands appear to push back pain
Because no poet's death
Can be the sole author
of another poet's life
What will my new instrument be
Just this water glass
this untunable spoon
Something else is out there
goddamnit
And I want to hear it
Personals
by C. D. Wright
Some nights I sleep with my dress on. My teeth
are small and even. I don't get headaches.
Since 1971 or before, I have hunted a bench
where I could eat my pimento cheese in peace.
If this were Tennessee and across that river, Arkansas,
I'd meet you in West Memphis tonight. We could
have a big time. Danger, shoulder soft.
Do not lie or lean on me. I'm still trying to find a job
for which a simple machine isn't better suited.
I've seen people die of money. Look at Admiral Benbow. I wish
like certain fishes, we came equipped with light organs.
Which reminds me of a little known fact:
if we were going the speed of light, this dome
would be shrinking while we were gaining weight.
Isn't the road crooked and steep.
In this humidity, I make repairs by night. I'm not one
among millions who saw Monroe's face
in the moon. I go blank looking at that face.
If I could afford it I'd live in hotels. I won awards
in spelling and the Australian crawl. Long long ago.
Grandmother married a man named Ivan. The men called him
Eve. Stranger, to tell the truth, in dog years I am up there.
tours A girl on the stairs listens to her father
Beat up her mother.
Doors bang.
She comes down in her nightgown.
The piano stands there in the dark
Like a boy with an orchid.
She plays what she can
Then she turns the lamp on.
Her mother's music is spread out
On the floor like brochures.
She hears her father
Running through the leaves.
The last black key
She presses stays down, makes no sound
Someone putting their tongue where their tooth had been.
reasons i chose her work:I like the use of goddamnit here,and then i went on to find more of her work.It seems that her poems deal with a number of subjects,like family violence,her personal life,death of someone and the such.
poet information:Wright's early poetry was often narrative, but her later work has become increasingly experimental. Her poetry is strongly rooted in a sense of place and regional voices, particularly those of Rhode Island and the Ozarks. She has published literary maps of both Rhode Island and Arkansas. Her first and second books, Room Rented by a Single Woman and Terrorism: Poems, were published by Frank Stanford's Lost Roads Publishers. Wright and her husband, Forrest Gander, began running Lost Roads after Stanford's death in 1978. Wright's later work includes String Light; Deepstep Come Shining, a book-length poem; and One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana, a collaboration with photographer Deborah Luster. Her poems are featured in American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets (2006) and many other anthologies.
Sunday, June 28, 2009'♥
With love ♥
We live in Singapura
Written by:Hossan Leong
We Live In Singapura
Sang Nila, Utama
Saw a lion, alamak
Name the village Singapura, then run very far
Years later, ang mor came
Stamford Raffles was his name
Posed for statues very nice, we kenna colonize
(instru)
Singapura very strong
Big guns all, pointing wrong
Japanese, came on bikes, invade us from our backside
War is over, ang mor back
Singaporeans no respect
Commies come, make a fuss, Singapore independance!
CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though it’s kind of crazy
We win other country
David Marshall, Lim Yew Hock
National Anthem starts to rock
Yusof Ishak the big man, guess who’s PM?
Malaysia say, come join me
Two of us be same country
Then not happy, Then make PM cry
PM Lee lead country
Build jurong and HDB
Made the country clean and green, opposition cannot win
JB Jeya no more funds,
Chee Soon Juan won’t eat his buns
Lim How Doong, what a goon, ‘Don’t talk cock’ in parliament
CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country
Kick out from Malaysia Cup
Michael Faye pain in the butt
S-League, Tea Dancing, Ah Bengs love Modern Talking
McDonalds Hello Kitty
Everyone drink Bubble tea
Crushing cockroach Margaret Chan, James Lye is VR Man
(instru)
Reclaimation, Tuas Causeway
Malaysian water buay ho sei
Mahathir’s friend Datuk Anwar, Mathathir says he’s chow Ah Qua
NDP, aunties rush
Everyone it’s fun to flush
Bubble gums are all banned, ask your friends buy from thailand
CHORUS
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s interesting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country
Driving car, not funny
Bid on cars with C-O-E
E-R-P, Road Tax, PARF until I want to barf
Why our locals have to pay?
Foreign talent are okay
Housing estate upgrade
by contractors who go pok kai
IMF must follow
Want to protest, go indoors
M-R-T not so fast
Newater they laugh at us
I live in Singapura
It’s not perfect living
But at least it’s in-teresting
I live in Singapura
Though its kind of crazy
We win other country
Baby bonus, maid levy
Singtel Shares give out for free
Jack Neo, Kit Chan, sexy pastor Ho Yeow Sun
Beckham parties with models
Has affair but no one knows
S-league, go world cup, can come true if they don’t suck
Mahathir then Abdullah
Bar top dancing at the bars
Budget airlines start to pa (ie fight) Stop speaking Singlish lah
Gay is okay says PM
SM Lee becomes MM
PM Lee the same name, here we go all over again.
WE LIVE IN SINGAPURA!
Q1)Name the village Singapura,then run very far(Hyperbole)
Everyone drinks bubble tea(Hyperbole)
MRT not so fast(personification)
Malaysia say come join me,two of us be same country(personification)
Singapura very strong,big guns all pointing wrong(personification)
National anthem starts to rock(personification)
Tea Dancing(personification)
Budget airline starts to pa(hokkien for fight)(personification)
IMF must smile more(personification)
The writer uses personification as he wants to give us a clearer idea of what the things/objects maybe feeling,so he breathes life into them and let them do the talking,then he uses hyperbole because they will exaggerate an event and usually make it more interesting.
Q2)I like this song because it illustrates a uniquely Singaporean lifestyle and some knicks of our history in a lighthearted and satirical way.It also is full of comedy,similar to mr brown's podcasts,and humour is very popular among Singaporean youths.Also,this was a popular song back when I was in primary school,i had first found it on youtube,found it hilarious,introduced it to my friends,and they all liked it.Eventually,this became our theme song,we even modified it to fit us,we would sing it during recess and nearly everywhere......the good times.
This song is also popular because of it's writer's guts to write it and perform it in the parliament.
