Advent Musings #1/5 -- Hope They say that HopeIs all but goneAnd in many waysIt's true Each time we open A browser tab for newsLess the exception More the rule We'll find nothing butConflicts and chaos Carnage and calamitiesThere seems little we can do For all around usThe color of this rock Earth isRusty, bloody … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #161
Dear reader This will be my last essay post for 2023 as I take my annual year-end break from long-form writing. (I will however still attempt a weekly poem when I can cos, what can I say? Poetry's my jam!) As a fitting adieu to a busy writing year, I will share about three writers … Continue reading Three Published Writers Who Helped My Writing
Cloud Atlas Lives across time and spaceLives connected. Intricately tracedWho knew the vastness of souls unitedFor a common cause not easily blighted. It felt like so many cumulous cloudsAll clustered, cloistered. What's it all about?But like a freefall or a float down the riverI let the timelines carry me unstopping unhindered To new worlds hitherto … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #160
Of late, as I read books on autism, I realize that my understanding of what inclusion means for those with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and other special needs and disabilities is still so infantile! That realization fills me with angst, anguish, and yes, even anger. Not to mention a heavy dose of regret as I … Continue reading ASD Book Review #7 “Not Without Us”
I Wanted To Reach You My Way You have no idea how manyways I've been told I'm not good enoughAll through my years of growing upI had to fulfill what society wantsMe to be BiggerStrongerTallerFasterSmarterGrittierSuperior That's the easy part. Harder were the insidious waysSociety wants me to Sing the same songSay the same wordsWrite the … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #159
Welcome to my guest post series, and especially to the second and final part of this parenting post by my fellow stay-at-home dad and pal Josiah Ng. (His bio can be found at the end of this post) (If you are keen to be a guest writer on my blog, please check out my guidelines by … Continue reading Guest Post: What One Stay-Home Dad Learnt From His Son’s School Meltdowns (Part 2/2)
All The Light That I Cannot See All the light that I cannot seeSomeday I hope will come to mePry my eyelids wideGrant me new insightAll the light that I cannot see All the light that I cannot seeMy world for now a foggy miseryDark and mistyA candle barely All the light that I cannot … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #158
Welcome to my guest post series! (If you are keen to be a guest writer on my blog, please check out my guidelines by scrolling to the bottom of my About page) This year, I was blessed to connect with other stay-at-home dads thanks to a new community of fathers I connected with. One of them is my … Continue reading Guest Post: What One Stay-Home Dad Learnt From His Son’s School Meltdowns (Part 1/2)
Shut My Mind SleepIt's what I needYet I can't shut my mindIts endless chattering Leaves me exhaustedTotally wide awakeLike a silly lark in the skySinging incessantlyNever once shutting upOr ceasing to ask WhyWhyWhy Why gift me such an active mind?Why allow these musings to grind and grind?Why can't I sleep well every single night?Thoughts running … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #157
Two months ago, I launched this mini-series that talks about the dreaded writer's block. It was all about how simply starting any writing with one true sentence can unlock any writer's creative juices. I followed that up with a second piece last month about how, when stuck, writers need to go even deeper into their … Continue reading Curing Writer’s Block #3 — A Quote (or Four) To Inspire Writers
