Time stood still,At eleven-oh-two,What was a typical day,Turned a bleak, grey hue.What once was,Could not be felt nor seen,Invisible -Engraving pain in everything.These columns of twelve,As if guarding,Could never bear the weight,Of what they are holding.For there in the centre,In a tiered column so hollow,Lies the souls of seventy thousand -Only mirroring sorrow.This reminds me,HowContinue reading “Remembrance”
Category Archives: Collection of Poems
Walking The Painters’ Path
Of endless wheat fields,Rolling hills,And coloured daffodils. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. Splitting the horizon—Skies in painter’s blue,Gardens—Lush in green hue. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥. At each step,As if I’d been taken backTo a time once his—As far as his eyes could see,This 𝘖𝘪𝘴𝘦 would beHis canvas—Laid out endlessly. 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰Continue reading “Walking The Painters’ Path”
Over The Rhône
As night descends,The skies take a different hue,I sit atop some steps,Perched for a perfect view.The hum of the river,Choral of voices to my right -The cold wind sends a shiver,As day dissolves into night.Stars slowly show their glimmer,Materializing across the night sky,No photo can do this scene justice -Now captured in my minds’ eye.WithContinue reading “Over The Rhône”
In The Corner
People running,Streets bustling,Quiet in the corner.Trams stopping,People alighting,Watching from the corner.Coffee machine humming,Cutleries clinking,Seated in the corner.The world going,Never stopping,Me in my corner.- 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘧𝘦 (May 2024)As I sat in my corner, witnessing the constant motion of life around me, I foundContinue reading “In The Corner”
“Quiet The Mind and The Soul Will Speak”
Two weeks in,What a rollercoaster it has been!Some days bright,Some days were as dark as night. 10K Runs, 5K Spartans,No sweat, no slack!But a recent 8K run – Got me a panic attack.Disbelief, denial, Dreadful, depressing, Thoughts in passing,Just never seeing the blessing.What happened to the good days?Where was Mr Sunshine?Why can’t we celebrate theContinue reading ““Quiet The Mind and The Soul Will Speak””
“The Artist’s Way”
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong“ Joseph Chilton Pearce – The Beginning – I’ve always felt that the perfect book finds its reader, almost as if by accident. Let me tell you how I ended up with this book in the palm of my hands: “The Artist’s Way”Continue reading ““The Artist’s Way””
Like An Ocean
Like an ocean, uncertain,Weather affecting current,Courses chartered led astern,How lives could be lost – In a fleeting moment. Black of night and hope for shore,Guided by a distant light -Perhaps nothing more;Though fear reaps through everyone’s core,With the ocean song, spirits soar.Come the dawn, the ocean mends,A victorious journey in the end;The folly of forecastContinue reading “Like An Ocean”
Daddy
The sound of cries,Made hush by lullabies,The dark of night,Made bright -When bedtime stories alight. Early AM school drives,12 years of 20,000 miles,Homework of art and equations,Made easy -By his infinite patience. Because for Daddy,Love and family,Are not two words -But synonymous;A compass that guides us,In daddy’s universe. 𝘋𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳,Continue reading “Daddy”
In The Gallery
12.49pm | 26th May 2021 | National Gallery, Singapore Footsteps Aircon vents Antique tiles Escalator hums, stops, then restarts. – Silence – Distant ringing Children giggling Muffled whispers Door closing, reopening, then shuts. – Silence – As I pace From one exhibit to the other I seem to get distracted; By sudden wafts of coldContinue reading “In The Gallery”
A Better Me
Goals, milestones, dreams, New Year Resolutions aplenty, Run, jump, hop, and skip, Any way to get there in a jiffy. New Year to start afresh, New Year to erase the tracks we once left, Pushing through, moving forward, But naught to learn if we don’t look back. If there is one thing I’ve gathered, InContinue reading “A Better Me”
Stephanie Loo 