Bersih 3.0 – A Poem By Ahmad Ali Karim

On April 28, 2012, there was a demonstration called Bersih 3.0 in Kuala Lumpur. The demonstrators damaged lots of things including plants and left a lot ofrubbish around the city. And they blamed others for their violent acts.

Bersih, Oh Bersih

Bersih, oh Bersih what have you done?

Breaking the laws and hurting people,

Stamping on a car just like a Tarzan,

Overturned the car just to cause trouble.

Why must they really had to do that?

Was the violence really that necessary?

They might even hurt their own cute pet,

What they did were really ugly.

They are ruining the people’s mind,

Telling them to riot, riot and riot,

Maybe next they’ll destroy an aeroplane,

Buildings and plants, just like bad robot.

Police brutality is what they claimed,

Twisting stories again and again,

Wanting others to be blamed,

My oh my, what a shame!

Sh-sh-shivering Winter In Europe

Now  there is a very cold winter in Europe.

Thick snows covered cars, houses and also trees.

Rivers, lakes and canals are frozen.

More than 400 people died.

But in Malaysia, it is very hot…..

I wish it snows in Malaysia

So, I wrote  a poem entitled, ‘Snowing in Malaysia’:

Snowing in Malaysia
If  only it ever be snowed….
….all over the Malaysian road
I’ll then be making snowman
or  maybe  some ‘snowvan’…
Playing with snowballs
and not going to the malls
If Malaysia ever be snowed….

Here are some pictures of the cold winter in Europe:

A city phone is seen covered with hoarfrost, with the air temperature at about minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit), in Kiev, February 1, 2012. (REUTERS)

A frozen house is seen on a track of the Sedivackuv. Long dog sled race in Destne v Orlickych horach, January 26, 2012. Each year, racers from all over Europe arrive to the village of Destne in Orlicke mountains in Czech Republic to take part in this race series. REUTERS/Petr Josek

Icicles hang on a rock as the sun sinks in the west in the Thuringian Forest near Eisenach, central Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

An iced gargoyle in a fountain in Zurich, Thursday Feb. 2, 2012. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures far below zero. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)

Ice is pictured on a a warning sign at the harbour of Versoix near Geneva February 3, 2012.

A man walks past an ice covered car on the frozen waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in the Swiss city of Versoix. (AFP)

A hiker walks in front of a frozen waterfall in Oberhaslach, eastern France. Ice-breakers Tuesday battled Europe's big chill as the Danube river froze over more than 100 miles (170 kilometres), and dozens died of cold on a continent gripped by some of the lowest temperatures in decades. (AFP Photo/Frederick Florin)

Syair Awang Goneng

Bertahun merdeka di perantauan,

Segala kenangan tetap di ingatan,

Si Awang Goneng hasil nukilan,

Untuk semua jadi tatapan.

Bertahun-tahun di tanah Inggeris,

Bijak bermadah ilhamnya puitis,

Begitulah kisah seorang penulis,

Pengalaman diratah buku ditulis.

Suka duka tangis dan tawa,

Mok Mek dan Mok Nab semua dia cerita,

Cik Kaleh Teksi Pok Loh Standok juga,

Pok Ku Haji Ambak Serban Besar Bakul dia tak lupa.

Menyingkap kembali apa dirasa,

Sedari kecil ke zaman remaja,

Kerepok lekor rojak Pok Deh dia suka,

Itu dia Si Awang Goneng anak Trengganu kita.

Abang Dody recited this syair during the launch of Awang Goneng’s latest book, ‘A Map of Trengganu’ at the RA Fine Arts Gallery.

Please click here for, ‘The Book Launch of AMoT’.

To watch Abang Dody’s presentating the syair, please click here.

Syair is a traditional Malay poem.

To order ‘A Map of Trengganu’, please click here.

Light In The Night

We are searching for a light,

In the night,

But somebody saw a star,

From the car.

Last Saturday night we had dinner at ‘Ayam Penyet’ Restaurant in Wangsa Walk with Aunty Selina.

On the way home we were looking at the full moon.

Suddenly I got an idea to write this poem

I told Uncle Awang Goneng about this when he came for tea at my house

To read my other poem, please click here.

A Busy Weekend

Aunty Selina reached Kuala Lumpur on Friday night.

She flew from Bangkok on Thai Airways.

Aunty Selina lives in Maryland, USA.

Aunty Selina brought us wonderful presents from USA.

I get a very nice Thomas Train book and a very beautiful 200 pieces Solar System jigsaw puzzle.

There are lots of poems and beautiful pictures in the book.

I like to write poems

The puzzle looks like a real picture taken by a satellite!

Aunty Selina gave us lots of chocolates too.

They are very, very tasty.

I went to a lot of places so I can’t write any post for the past few days

I’ll write about our trip to Putrajaya soon.

I like Aunty Selina very much.

The Goat Poem

This is the second time I wrote a poem.

The title of my poem is ‘There Is A Goat’.

There Is A Goat.

There is a goat,

He wears a coat,

He sits in the rain,

That made out of train.

There is a goat,

His name is Moat,

He lives on a road,

That is snowed.

My Poems

My sisters like to write poems.

I want to learn to write poem too.

And this is my first poem.

The title is ‘My Rat, Matt’.

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My Rat, Matt

I have a rat

Its name is Matt

Matt likes cat

Matt is very fat.

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Matt likes to wear a hat

Matt likes to sleep on a mat

Matt’s favourite word is mat

Because its name is Matt.

*Matt sound as in English not in Malay.