Friday, June 20, 2008
A compilation of the poems from my pulau ubin group mates. Me, Simon and Din came up with Poem 2. Enjoy!
Poem 1
Mother Nature is woman
She should be coaxed
And not forced
Likewise loving her
Should come freely
Never under coercion
Or pressure
Accept her beating on
Your own terms
For it is this kind of
Love that lasts
Forever
Poem 2
Pesky mosquitoes with nasty bites
Long pants and repellent to make it right
Though the going may be tough
It’s the hardship that makes us bind
“Burning” in the middle of the sea
Jerry cans arrive for us to be at ease
Sounds of the sea drown my hunger pangs
With every pit stop
Out comes pack 2
To ease the frown
With every meander
Comes a clue
Relieving us of our blues
Poem 3
Imagine waters as clear as crystal
But no, they are riddled with litter
Imagine rainforests natural and undisturbed
But no, they have been unfairly desecrated
Imagine people conserving and protecting nature
But no, they don’t care about its future
What about us – do we care?
How much more can Mother Nature bear?
Poem 4
We struggle through the circumstances of the journey
Pushing us out of our comfort zone
Revealing our inner feelings
Character and personality
We learn to adjust and accept
Adapting to one another
Look at life in Ubin
I realized how simple life can be
Man is always chasing insatiable wants
Busying themselves inconsequentially night and day
Having completed the Ubin journey
We should start on a better life journey
Poem 5
As Shilin canoes out in the sea and reflects:
Unpredictable nature of the waves rewind us that
We cannot always be in control
We are not the only inhabitants of this ecosystem
But merely a part of it
Which we have no right to mould
Junwen:
The beauty of nature lies in the wildlife
Living in it
There is more than meets the eyes
Melach:
Nature with all its dynamism and facets
I have grown to appreciate the hidden nuggets
Mangrove swamps as unsightly as it can be
Amazingly they prevent the all terrifying effects of the tsunamis
Poem 6
An educational journey without boundaries
Like the different roots of the Java mangrove trees
A mosquito ambush around a nipah palm
Spotting a hornbill
Whoever said nature can’t be fun
Cicadas flying around, so noisy, so big
Hills come alive in the sand of music
Each and every species play an important role
In the ecological cycle which we do not have the right to mould
A wealth of experience in Pulau Ubin
There last 3 days, there was nowhere else we rather be
