Chronicles of Life in Poetry

By Adrian Wee Kok Seng

This collection of poems comprises life awakening moments that share much about life encounters, pains, expectations, confessions and many other every day issues. It provides a wide selection of topics which many readers can easily identify as true and authentically written from the soul of the writer.

The entries in this book are accompanied by reviews of other poetry lovers to provide a brief insight of what other readers think of my work. My poems touch on the reality of life and it is my hope that this collection of mind-liberating lines will bring comfort to all, even to the point of making us realize that life is not a game that can be easily played and won.

The book will be an enlightening read if readers were to only let the words sink and plainly speak to the seeking soul that have long thirst for a release. There will be a sense of satisfaction within the inner self saying, "Yes, you've hit the right note" and soul-searching moments after the message is digested as intended.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Jun 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781466991477

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Contents

Preface

Dedication

Epigraph

[1] A bad choice?

[2] A bad dream

[3] A confession

[4] A special day

[5] A wonderful make

[6] Amazing love

[7] An ugly past

[8] Availability matters

[9] Be real

[10] Be thankful

[11] Beauty in display

[12] Care to share

[13] Celebrate

[14] Celebrations

[15] Check it out!

[16] Complaints

[17] Confession

[18] Creation at stake

[19] Cruise along

[20] Dare say it?

[21] Delays

[22] Designed to raise

[23] Different but special

[24] Don’t go astray

[25] Don’t tell me

[26] Down memory lane

[27] End of the year again

[28] Every day judgment

[29] Everything’s great

[30] Flow along

[31] Food for thought

[32] Get in tune

[33] Getting it right

[34] Gift revealed

[35] Give in not

[36] Go slow

[37] Gratitude

[38] Hear the call

[39] Hold on

[40] I am blessed

[41] I am uniquely special

[42] I discovered myself

[43] I may be

[44] I recall

[45] I will be

[46] I’ll regret not

[47] If only I could

[48] Just being positive

[49] Just me

[50] Justified

[51] Justified truth

[52] Keep me up

[53] Keep rolling

[54] Keep strolling

[55] Let them grow

[56] Life’s a great lesson

[57] Life’s a treat

[58] Life’s like a wish

[59] Listen

[60] Love strikes the note

[61] Manners

[62] Maturing lessons

[63] My new companion

[64] Mysteries

[65] Mystical

[66] Name-calling

[67] Naturally awesome

[68] Prayer

[69] Realize it

[70] Resolution

[71] Sacrifice

[72] Satisfaction

[73] Say it

[74] Shout it out loud

[75] Sincerity

[76] Sleep tight

[77] Song of passion

[78] Stay sober

[79] Stay strong

[80] Stop it!

[81] Stories of love

[82] Survival rules

[83] Teach me

[84] Teacher

[85] Tell me

[86] The amazing life

[87] The climb

[88] The curse of sin

[89] The deception

[90] The gift

[91] The land of a thousand smiles

[92] The masterpiece

[93] The modern day challenge

[94] The optimist

[95] The pursuit

[96] The reward of patience

[97] The treasure

[98] The unforgettable beauty

[99] The untamed need

[100] There’s time

[101] Time for action

[102] Time matters

[103] Track on

[104] Wake up

[105] When I talk

[106] While I’m here

[107] Why is it so hard?

[108] Would you be there?

[109] You’re born a victor

[110] Yours truly

BONUS READING for PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

[B1] The inevitable change

Synopsis 1

[B2] The touch

Synopsis 2

[B3] Roles undefined

Synopsis 3

[B4] Give meaning to life

Synopsis 4

[B5] A time to appreciate

Synopsis 5

Reviews

There’s only one word to describe the feeling that the poems have evoked in me, ‘soothing’. They remind me of the series Chicken Soup for the Soul. These poems carry a lot of heartwarming messages and they make good reading for one with a worn out body and a burnout state of mind. They depict life’s journey and most importantly, the poet’s own journey through life and his views about matters that affect him. The language used is simple yet meaningful. The choice of words is apt and conveys the message that the poet wished to express most vividly. I can relate to the poem Say It as we constantly forget the healing power of words. Both poems Thankful and Everything’s Great share a similar message i.e., on the importance of being appreciative no matter how unkind or unjustly we are treated. Life is what we made out of it and if we choose to be a pessimist, then we will constantly see things in a bad light. On the whole, Chronicles of Life in Poetry will be a splendid collection as the messages are filled with many life’s touching moments—pleasures and melancholies.

Yong Lee Choo

Institute of Teacher Education

Technical Education Campus

Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

The poet deals with an array of situations in life which I can easily identify with. His choice of words aptly demonstrates his unique ability to negotiate and discuss issues using connotations that only poetry lovers can unravel. The anthology is a reassuring read with heaps of motivational words and the hope of staying vigilant against all odds in this vicious world of substance as illustrated in Keep me up. Everything’s great is about the need for self-reflections in bliss and agony as a way forward. All in all, this compendium of poetries which touches on a wide range of daily tussles and the fair hope of victory over mind-boggling situations would surely enhance the readers’ understanding of the multifaceted scope of real life experiences.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosli Talif

Department of English

Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Preface

With the gift of words and ideas to write almost spontaneously, my love for poetry-writing grew. It started with my pure interest in expressing my views about my personal encounters in life.

It all began as a new voyage for me when I realized that there is so much to share about living strong and not submitting the self to unnecessary tribulations and miseries. It is my earnest desire