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Plane Feelings

Dark clouds like baby ghosts Peek their heads above The sky’s horizon in the distance. Rich with colour, Deep orange, green and …

Game Over

That bitter knot in my mouth, Is the taste of hope dissolving With each passing day. What purpose is there? The country’s …

Men in Blue

Men in Blue, Your main duty is to Keep the streets clear of crime. Instead, you strike fear, And to us it …

Resplendent Women

Sometimes we need a woman Whose strength surpasses time, Whose steely core and spirit Can outshine any crime. This woman now bears the …

I live in a cell

I live in a cell, There is no day or night, The floor is hard and cold, I fear I am getting …

A sea of yellow flowers

In the quiet night We ask ourselves Why fight the system strong? It’s big and bold and towers tall It’s been this …

Stand Watch

I have been rather affected by the arrest of Maria Chin Abdullah and the way in which she has been so wrongly …

Opening up budgets

(First appeared in theSun newspaper on 17 September 2015, here). THE Auditor-General’s Office has found massive discrepancies in government spending for the …

Whose cause is Bersih’s?

First published in theSun on 3 September 2015, here. MANY of my urban, middle class friends and relatives went for their first …