“My Entry for Be Open Writing Contest #1 — Poetry (New Year vibes)”. — Tic Tac Toe A game I know Some time ago Until I grow Tic Tac Toe Little I know Life’s a blow Still I row Tic Tac Toe Few will know To and fro Each will go Tic Tac Toe Most might know Time don’t slow Just ever flow Tic…

For the little sister & friends celebrating a Convocation — Bouquets they can be pretty pricey and some say they’re nothing but a fleeting fancy Pretty but short-lived Still, aren’t they just wonderful to look and hold onto for just a moment they can chase away the blue Little sister had a little case Left three days to a celebration And when…

PS. It’s not raining when this is written. — I can’t write when it’s sunny When everything’s bright It’s burning my head Maybe there’s something A matter with the day I can’t think straight Not even a single sentence Maybe there’s something A matter with me When all smiles under the sun Make me but ill at ease Does…

A short post in an age of isolation — A time of distance greater than before perhaps I’ll take this space and endear to a practice of the old days a time when time and distance stretches far to send only a few words or perhaps longer a postcard or a bundle of letters for the loneliness felt from being afar perhaps we can be closer again the smooth texture of a card that quips a bright hello or these rough pages of scratchy handwritings that confesses so much more maybe we can find again a kind of warmth only found in something that can be felt held

Simple, family favourite, low-prep Made this recipe a few times I think I crushed it like I did with my hands a handful of lime leaves and with a pestle bruised 2 stems of lemongrass (but only the white section) the aromatics now released we’ll now move to our triple power friends of Asian flavour…

Filling: Chocolate custard for this chocolate custard you only need to remember the number 4 for four of the ingredients cocoa powder at tablespoons of 4 normal flour at grams of 40 only take the yolks and count them till 4 milk poured in ml till 400 now there’s a final ingredient that defies the rule still we welcome…

To woke or not to woke, that is the question — Am I woke are you woke who is woke who is not to woke or not to woke what does it mean it to be woke is it the same as being dope or a way to sigh and mope or being part of the trendy mob when do we know if we’re woke is…

Hi, I’m a narcissist and none of this is my fault. — Let me tell you a story About my tragic condition How I have suffered My poor heart’s much beaten My disappointment unparalleled Thinking they’ll protect me forever But clearly I see They’ve failed me entirely How dare they! With their wild accusations of me Flailing around to get to me By my word…

Some thoughts about public condemnation/prosecution. — To find ourselves able to discern an act as contemptible/should be condemned reflects our knowledge and ability to exercise a sound judgement on what is right or wrong. It is certainly a value or trait that should not be underestimated with regard to its importance, one that every member in…