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    Migrant Worker 2015 Poems

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    The poems explore themes of loneliness, longing for home, and the struggles of migrant workers. They describe migrant workers missing their families in their home countries and feeling disconnected in Singapore due to societal barriers. One poem is told from the perspective of a mother who was forced to abort her daughter due to patriarchal customs, expressing her deep pain and regret over the loss of her unborn child. Overall, the poems evoke feelings of sadness, isolation and loss experienced by migrants far from home.

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    Migrant Worker 2015 Poems

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    The poems explore themes of loneliness, longing for home, and the struggles of migrant workers. They describe migrant workers missing their families in their home countries and feeling disconnected in Singapore due to societal barriers. One poem is told from the perspective of a mother who was forced to abort her daughter due to patriarchal customs, expressing her deep pain and regret over the loss of her unborn child. Overall, the poems evoke feelings of sadness, isolation and loss experienced by migrants far from home.

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    The poems explore themes of loneliness, longing for home, and the struggles of migrant workers. They describe migrant workers missing their families in their home countries and feeling disconnected in Singapore due to societal barriers. One poem is told from the perspective of a mother who was forced to abort her daughter due to patriarchal customs, expressing her deep pain and regret over the loss of her unborn child. Overall, the poems evoke feelings of sadness, isolation and loss experienced by migrants far from home.

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    Migrant Worker 2015 Poems

    Uploaded by

    Jenny Wawa
    The poems explore themes of loneliness, longing for home, and the struggles of migrant workers. They describe migrant workers missing their families in their home countries and feeling disconnected in Singapore due to societal barriers. One poem is told from the perspective of a mother who was forced to abort her daughter due to patriarchal customs, expressing her deep pain and regret over the loss of her unborn child. Overall, the poems evoke feelings of sadness, isolation and loss experienced by migrants far from home.

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    I am Sorry Lamp Post

    Zakir Hossain Khokon Mohor Khan


    Sorry, I am sorry, Streets with no madding crowds, its traffic
    for hanging on your spotless wall melodious
    this painting, mere strokes of colour spotless as the hearts of the civilized people of
    this city
    Dont worry, diverse with crafted monuments
    Ill take it down right away Trees nurtured as carefully as children
    Among their branches the kokila sings
    The subject of this painting: with the magical voice of forever spring
    Life in exile Everyday, with the perfect touch
    Name: of the bottomless love of my heart
    The happy bird this city, mother Singapore, has turned into
    (A beloveds endearment the chariot of the world
    for a migrant worker) riding on the extravagance of youth

    To the right after the crossroads Day after day I labour


    and there you are at the cluster of households Layers of this city are infused
    the fun-filled playgrounds of the child with the salty smell of my sweat
    and that green patch you see Today I am a mad city lover
    moving from opaque to light
    the half hearted lights that become yellow Have I forgotten
    spread out to the plane My mother, my motherland?
    My wife waiting for me all this time?
    From here begins the caress of the brush The child who will carry the flag of my family
    that has dissolved slowly into the smoky brass Have I forgotten him too?
    of the sky
    To the left lies diffused the abir-covered Every night, sleepless in the same dream
    evening The underground train of dreams moves
    standing still at the doors of the stars relentlessly
    And the greed of money blurs my destination
    Excellent, says the rain At the delta of my dreams
    and showers its many greetings I am as lonely as a sodium lamp post
    Slowly in the dim light of my dreams
    An old man stands enters the miserable cry of my son
    close to the painting In my loneliness I can hear him say:
    and says in a moist voice: Father, when will I go to Prince Bazaar
    The whole canvas dyed holding your hand?
    in the tired eyes The dream of reaching the sky
    of innumerable workers riding on your shoulders is over
    Unloved faces I have learnt to walk, run
    And the poetic biography Father, I have grown up
    that grows around stories of faded dreams I have learnt to forget your dear existence
    their grotesque domestic furniture Father, I have grown up
    the pollen of love, beyond touch
    the fading signs of a kiss Every night, unable to sleep
    I turn into a nocturnal creature
    Some people from the crowd said: I am not only a migrant worker
    Craftsman of civilization I am the lamp post of a family
    this world will bow before you in gratitude
    forever
    1. What do you think these poems are about?
    Embarrassed 2. What questions do you have?
    I am removing the picture
    3. What do they make you feel?
    and again I say sorry
    I am very sorry 4. Are there any phrases/parts that you like? Why?
    5. What do you think the writer feels?
    You Untitled Poem
    Sharasyamsi Yahya Sandeep Kaur
    You, Daughter
    Be the wind to my clouds
    so that I may go forth confidently I want to live
    to our destination to come into this world

    You, lie happy in your lap


    Be the wind to my kite make my father proud
    so that I no longer fear crossing tie a rakhi on my brothers wrist
    the skies of our hopes
    I want to live
    You,
    Be the wind to all life I wanted to
    Show them the way be called your daughter
    and my way back play in your courtyard
    treading the inspiration of two hearts share in your happiness and your grief

    You, I wanted to live in this beautiful world


    Be the wind that gives life to my dreams To touch the skies
    my hope and my love
    you alone are my dream I wanted to call you mother
    may we be joined
    in a blessed union I wanted to live too
    that is no longer taboo
    Mother

    Random poem in 2015 I was happy too


    when I knew I had a little life growing
    Hou Wei inside me
    I crossed a thousand miles and settled in the
    foreign land of Nanyang. Days passed and nights
    It has been twenty to thirty years since I I sowed a dream for you
    returned to my hometown.
    Loneliness left its residue all over my pillow You were a part of my being
    and blanket,
    At night I heard the downpour seeping I never wished for you to become
    through my shabby window. my unborn daughter

    How many autumns have it been since I got I could not fight this patriarchal society
    trapped in a strange land? I was afraid of the dark customs of this world
    Moving around and struggling until my hair
    has gone grey. I saw the victims, little girls
    Even the ship cannot bear the load of my and swallowed the poison
    homesickness,
    All I can do is to imagine Singapore as China. You were not with me
    But your pain remained in my heart
    1. What do you think these poems are about?
    2. What questions do you have? You were buried forever within me
    My unborn daughter
    3. What do they make you feel?
    4. Are there any phrases/parts that you like? Why?
    5. What do you think the writer feels?

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