Who's your favourite poet?

LiQuid! SG · 2000-04-15T23:17:00+00:00

Hi all, I liked William Wordsworth, William Blake, Emily Sailers' "Ghost", Edgar Allan Poe's "Raven", Robert Burns, Rupert Brooke for poetry. I also loved t...

MayaJade SG

Liquid: thank you, and you sound like a well read person, too. Is this the result of being in Australia for a while?
I don't exactly hate the uncomfortable silence, sometimes I find that I cannot find the exact word to describe the way I feel/think. But the one of the worst things that can happen to me is being stranded with someone I cannot talk to, someone whose reply is "erm, yes, i think so." Do you think being talkative help in the gaining of eloquence (I am very talkative yadda yadda yadda) and I have to rely on good english to get my message across because I don't speak Chinese or any other local language (my malay is a goner Smile )

So, do you write stories, too? I wrote two short stories last year, I posted one of them in Paul Mah's thread "The Ring: a debut". I'd like to read your stories if you have some.

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are
always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell

LiQuid! SG

Maya:

Well... I guess my being in Australia for a while does play a part. But then again, I've always loved to read. Smile

I guess conversations always have to be a two-way thing. If one side does all the talking, then it gets old very quickly, don't you think? Smile

I think being talkative helps you to be eloquent, too, yes. Since it helps you to overcome those inhibitions and mental blocks that makes you unable to express yourself clearly, although being talkative does not mean that a person is eloquent. (But an eloquent person will certainly be talkative Smile )

I've written several stories, but unfortunately they were done with pen and paper, during classes back home (You should know how boring they can get Smile

I've read your story, and it's really wonderful. Those "My heart said..." bits are really something new and interesting (at least I haven't seen it anywhere before).

Well done!!! I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of your works. Smile

(p.s. If you really don't want to post them up, you can always e-mail them to me)

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by.
And that has made all the difference
-- Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken

MayaJade SG

Liquid: Indonesian stories??? I would love to read them. If I go to library over here, I can always find Freddy S' works (mua ha ha ha). What about taking a pity on me and send me your work? Of course that will have to wait until you've done your exams.

I have posted another one, it's called "Fat". The story doesn't have a plot, I didn't intend it to be reliant on a plot. It's more of a description, a short journey inside the fat girl's mind and before one feels too queasy, the story ends. Enjoy.

PS: I only have two stories, thought used to flow more freely when I was in Indonesia but being in a secondary school here really limited one's imagination and style. At least back there in Indo I could virtually write about anything and as long as it was linguistically sound and clung to some sort of logic, my dear dear B.I. teacher would give my story a good mark.

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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are
always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
--Bertrand Russell

[This message has been edited by MayaJade (edited 15 April 2000).]

LiQuid! SG

Maya:

Well, the thing is I'll have to try and find those stories first at my home. (God knows where they are now. Smile

Really??? They even have Freddy S. in your library??? Wow... I guess this is another proof of the age-old adage that Sex Sells. :p

(p.s. how do I send my work to you leh? I don't have your e-mail address Sad )

I've read your other story, and it's quite interesting. You've really managed to get inside her mind. I guess everyone has an addiction, and hers is food. (Although I have to admit that the story is somehow cut short. Maybe we can try to have a back and forth paragraph-by-paragraph thing after I finish my exams Smile ).

hehehehehe...
I still remember my B.I. teachers. I used to consult them when I wrote stories, and some of them can be worse than the censors. (Cut here, cut there, until there's no more story Smile

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by.
And that has made all the difference
-- Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken

grayfox SG

Defintely Shakespeare!
Here's my fav poem

'Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love'

Quoted from "Hamlet"

simple,yet profound.
What do you guys think?

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