An Oriental Occident

By Fairul Izmal and Kayleigh Hughes

In An Oriental Occident, Fairul and Kayleigh shares their thoughts, musings and observations based on their own personal experiences as they navigate through the highs, the lows, and the myriad of in-betweens of life. Their writing exposes the breadth of human emotions, demonstrating that ultimately we face the same joys, griefs, loves, hurts, despairs and hopes regardless of our origins. 

 

With this debut collection, Fairul and Kayleigh reminds us what it means to be a living participant of our own lives, and the various roles others play in them, especially on days when all the noise threatens to overwhelm our minds and senses. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fairul Izmal & Kayleigh Hughes
• Release date: Dec 10, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201831059

Fairul Izmal

Fairul is a marine biologist by training, environmental consultant by trade, a writer of stories, screenplays, and poems, and a self-professed modern-day philosopher. His semi-nomadic life has given him an idiosyncratic view of the world, observed from different lenses. His experiences has shaped him to be the person he is today, and he continues to seek new means to learn more about himself and the world he lives in. An enigma even to himself, he is the very definition of an oxymoron. He loves the outdoors but also adore spending a quiet day indoors with a good book. He is generally calm with a tinge of madness. Meticulous but not lacking in spontaneity.   His quiet exterior often masking a chaotic mind, his joy of observing the world and all that is contained within it is often reflected in his stories and poetry. Fairul’s first book will debut in 2022.

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Note from the Authors

We would like to thank life, and its experiences, for fueling us with the material for this book. Thanks to all those times we ate shit, brushed our shoulders off and cracked on. Thanks for the humbling, thanks for the enlightening, thanks for the straight up confusing and seemingly unsolvable. Most of all, thanks for the love and  beauty of the world.

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Thank you to our friends and family for their support and patience with us as we move through this life.

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Thank you to you, for taking the time to read our poetry. We hope our writings bring you the strength and joy they bring us.

Poems List

Life

Diversity

Individuality

Beautiful Eyes

Choices

Stars

Mystery

Lockdown Blues

Punk

Driving to Nowhere

Why Do We Sit So Still?

Own the Year

Ode to a Friend

Granddad

Love

Sailor’s Lament

Hurts

Mondays

I Sold My Soul

Drifter

Addiction

I Matter

My Escape

Voices

Keep Going

Hope

Let Us Be Great

Sometimes

Live a Life That’s Full

Friendlier Sound

Teach

Never Stop

Ramblings at Dawn

One Day

Go Forth My Dear

Observations and musings, inspired by that bittersweet mystery, complexity, and simplicity we call...

Life

Diversity

Diversity is a dream.

Diversity is what has been.

Once the secret to life’s success.

Now we have forgotten what is best.

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Diversity is a dream,

Diversity has seen,

The growth from just one single cell,

To this world and all its clientele.

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Diversity reigns supreme,

Diversity increases means,

To understand, to learn, to live,

To grow wise, to love and forgive.

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