Mawar Marzuki: Selected poems
THE TORN PROLOGUE
~the night mom left me to meet the creator~
one night in 2010, the prologue was snapped
and torn-off from the enchanting novel i was reading.
stuck at the middle of the story: startled , lost in
the journey i was about to quest.
it was a ride vicariously meant to end.
suddenly, millions of alphabets left with the
torn prologue as i saw the storyline flying to the skies
plot by plot, like a train of birds soaring into the horizon
the pages left for the touch at my fingers were
void of words, bold but blank and barren
in the pages drops and drops of emptiness
started drawing vacuums
until my fingers flicked the final leaf
which is just another lost plot
tell me
how does a story end
without a prologue?
THE GREEN BUTTERFLY
The green notes were folded
into fancy fans
suspended beautifully
into a butterfly
flimsily turned into a blanket
covering his longings
Whooping coughs sneak into the labyrinth of dreams
“these I bring to you cherubic soul”
Rheumatic fingers and naïve palms
Green notes changing hands
“5 ringgit for a salam dear”
Paying homage getting longer
And a small girl lost her way to school
note
Ringgit: Malaysian currency
5 ringgit note is green in colour
THE LOST CORNER
the unicorn and me in the tumult fantasy racing through that route the blinding light swathing the sight and i missed it again the lost corner where reality sequestered in the damsel’s shed
*Mawar Marzuki, a lecturer in English Language at one of the leading Teacher Training College in Malaysia is a bilingual writer, poet, critic, editor and translator. Her poetry anthology “Ajarkan Kami Berpuisi” consists of English and Malay Language poetry. Being Vice President for 3 established literary forums--Penang Artists Society, Penang Poet Society and Penang Malay’s History and Culture Society, she has also travelled across the globe as a writer and poet for several literary festivals across Asia and other continents like Romania, Istanbul, and Mongolia. She is also a translator for Malim Literature Village, Malaysia. At the moment she is working on her next English Poetry Book and translation of a novel by Kamanda Sywor a prominent African writer.
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Mawar Marzuki, a lecturer in English Language at one of the leading Teacher Training College in Malaysia is a bilingual writer, poet, critic, editor and translator. Her poetry anthology “Ajarkan Kami Berpuisi” consists of English and Malay Language poetry. Being Vice President for 3 established literary forums--Penang Artists Society, Penang Poet Society and Penang Malay’s History and Culture Society, she has also travelled across the globe as a writer and poet for several literary festivals across Asia and other continents like Romania, Istanbul, and Mongolia. She is also a translator for Malim Literature Village, Malaysia. At the moment she is working on her next English Poetry Book and translation of a novel by Kamanda Sywor a prominent African writer.
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