Writing a poem in a lecture

Writing a poem in a lecture

By May Kwek

I know I shouldn’t be doing this

But sometimes I just can’t resist

The temptation of a rhyme

Not matter the situation or the time

But alas I am learning a lesson

About a slight problem with my mission

That writing a poem during a lecture

Might not really be in my nature

It is harder than it usually is

And my rhymes disappear into a mist

As I try to keep out the teacher

As he continues with the lecture

And the result is a headache

And a poem that’s hard to make

But this I would gladly take

So long as I have a poem on my plate!

Hence in this situation I find myself

And perhaps it is just as well

Or else I would be wasting my time

With nothing in my empty mind!

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Getting there

Getting there

By May Kwek

I am getting there but by another way

Away from the track that others take

And though it is a lonely way

There’s no other that I would take

For the old track confines

You must run all the way

And even if you are tired

No word can you say

Whereas the new track is freedom

From these confinements

But I will stumble

And have to learn some lessons

But I will get there

I will finish all the same

Although it was by another road

That I laboriously came

At least on this road I will learn

Although it may have many turns

But I will take it anyway

And prove it right on finishing day

So I am getting there, I am getting there

But doing it my own way

Away from the well walked track

But having happier days

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Yellow

Yellow

By May Kwek

Of all the bright colours

Yellow is among those I love best

Because it shines like the sun

And is cheery without rest

It reminds me of the flowers

That bloom to greet the day

And of the bright sun’s

Early morning rays

It is a colour that

 Reminds me of dogs

Because it looks so happy to see you

When you meet it on a walk

It is colour that recalls

 The best days of your life

Of birthdays and balloons

And happiness without strife

So in my opinion

Yellow is simply great!

Because it has a cheerfulness

That no one can ever fake

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Hopes for first day of JC/Poly

Hopes for the first day of JC/Poly

By May Kwek

Our first day, a new beginning

When our hopes and dreams start their flying

Soaring lightly on the gentle wind

While time’s next chapter quietly takes wing

Making new friends and seeing new faces

With many things happening in different places

With new lessons that need to be learnt

And experience’s wisdom to be heard

Facing all this I hope all will be well

Then what stories shall I have to tell!

What new adventures would my way

As I start every new day!

I hope I can weather any storms I shall face

And that on my life no scars they will trace

That with each new storm I will grow ever stronger

And that I will be a child no longer

I hope I shall not mourn and weep

But instead have memories I am glad to keep

To store up as an intangible treasure

Whose worth only I can measure

And so now on our first day

Let us keep a smiling face

And brave whatever comes our way

And march into the future come what may!

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

The Other side of Orientation

The other side of orientation

By May Kwek

Orientation ought to be fun

But I just can’t wait for it to be done

My shoulders and legs seem to ache

And I scarcely dare move my leg!

We have dances by the dozen

You know, the modern kind

The type where you jump

And leap up to the sky

With fast pace music

And a hundred screaming teens

To be honest it is nosier

Than a packed canteen

But then again it only comes once

And orientation is kind of fun

So let’s get up and go along

With the flow all day long

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek

Wishing Upon A Star

Wishing upon a star

By May Kwek

When you wish upon a star

You wish a hundred million things

Pinning your hopes and dreams

On the stars’ bright wings

But why wish upon a star

As it dances through the night?

Perhaps because it glitters

Like our dreams ever so bright

Perhaps it symbolises our hope

Our belief that dreams come true

That because it shines it the sky

We can too

So wish upon a star

As many wishes as you like

Because sometimes just wishing

Is what keeps a dream alive

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek