ninotaziz's Blog, page 6

The Sweet Days Die

the secretthis rough magicthe time of our time

imagine a placeparadise
chasing rumithe name of the rosea midsummer's night dreamthe prophecies
of nostradamus
east of the sunwest of the moon
abundance
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This is a LATE response to Samuel's prompt over at dVerse BarBook Spine Poetry
These are books from my bedroom shelves. I suppose if I pick books from the girls' Young Adult collection it would be an apocalypse poetry! 

fields of gold

gold specks in your eyesreflect the autumn sunshinethe wheat in the fields

by ninotaziz
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The moth

moth clamours for lightyet from the heat, she suffers
her heart soars highwhile her wings flutter
and thus the moth  slowly dies in pursuit of happiness.
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HIKAYAT SHORTLISTED FOR THE PNM-RTM BOOK AWARDS

HIKAYAT - From The Ancient Malay Kingdoms was shortlisted for the Malaysian PNM-RTM Book Awards. Voting begins tomorrow and will close on 28th September 2013.
Here is a video on HIKAYAT with a wonderful introduction by Resensi host, Sayed Munawar.
I am thrilled and humbled that HIKAYAT was shortlisted for this nationwide award.TOP 10 List so far:1 Contengan Jalanan / Hlovate 2 I love you, stupid! / Melur Jelita 3 Hikayat : From The Ancient Malay Kingdoms / retold by ninotaziz4 Cinta high class & cintaku kerana agamamu / Fatimah Syarha, Farhan Hadi 5 Cucur bawang & kopi 'o' / Hasrudi Jawawi 6 Hingga hujung waktu / Saidee Nor Azam 7 My precious Iris / Melur Jelita 8 Kembara sastera Nisah Haron : United Kingdom dan Dublin / Nisah Haron 9 Berjuta warna pelangi / Iris Ixora 10 Kuasa kata : dari lisan mengalir ke lautan aksara / sebuah memoir Mahaya Mohd. Yassin Title : Hikayat - From The Ancient Malay Kingdoms ISBN : 978-967-61-2540-8 Penulis - ninotaziz http://www.pnm.gov.my/anugerahbukupnm-rtm/pencalonan.php

Please do continue to vote and share dailyThank you all for your support.

Butter

corn on the cob
autum hearthfireside warmthchit chat
heavenly bliss 

by ninotazizall rights reserved

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river

river, running cold and chilled, liberatesstones, leaves and the flurrying clouds
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Superstition

The grey skies chase springaway, as trees bare their soulssuperstition flies
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Doomed

I spread my gothic wings
fly to the winsome moon, and
look down to the mirror lake

Oh how majestic! I cry

I am doomed.


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#SAYSOMETHINGNICE CAMPAIGN - A HIKAYAT A DAY

Once again, I have to stay away for awhile from poetry.
Malaysia is celebrating its National Day from 31st August to 16th September and during this period I am involved in the #SaySomethingNice campaign.
This means, additional storytelling at schools and orphanages, campaign activities and uploading of a Hikayat A Day on Facebook, twitter and my Hikayat Blog daily.
Next week, I will be doing A Hikayat A Day event with over 1000 kids at the Sri KDU school. There will be storytelling, sketches and drawing sessions with artist Malek Rahim. 
Wish me luck!

NATIONAL DAY POETRY BY IRANI

we are luckyto be born in a Malaysiathat is free
our ancestors fought dailyfor another day to live
hardshipblood and tearsfinally freedom became ours
but are we reallythe lucky generationwe have everything
except our memoriesof our history
MERDEKA!

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We celebrate our National Day celebration on 31st August 2013. My daughter Irani (12) wrote this poem she would have to recite for our Merdeka celebrations in  her school. 
That's our Malaysian flag - the Jalur Gemilang,  in our garden, a picture from a couple of years ago. Time to take out the flag!