Lau Thiam Kok : Writing

When I Am Old

When I Am Old

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


One day you will find Your life is a fiction When you are old and Become a grandpa or a grandma Telling your grandchildren The stories from your ..
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


Why have not we an immortal soul? The little mermaid had asked mournfully. I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a ..
Humming

Humming

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


When I see you no more Only a flicker in my memory You are a piece of a poem Nice to read, and Can be hummed Like a song. When you flit acros..
If you can wait

If you can wait

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


If you can wait I can grow up to speak all words you have been waiting to hear. If you can wait until I am old enough to understand the world ..
A cat from my next door

A cat from my next door

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


You are not my pet But you live in my house more Than the one that feeds you so big. I don't know what you like to eat You never fancy my food..
In Ruin

In Ruin

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


A wall that used to warm your back and touch my fingers now has been demolished before I came and rescued it. Suddenly, the memory of us that li..
I Am A Poem

I Am A Poem

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


We are a piece of a poem Can be written can be sung Bridged and unbridgeable Like the ocean like the sky. You are a piece of a poem You are the..
How do you live

How do you live

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


Life!
Legacy

Legacy

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


The faith for living
Rose

Rose

A Poem by Lau Thiam Kok


Only a wisdom of living