step into poetry: Recent Episodes
Kris Ang
This is my journey of self empowerment to giving gratitude to my mother and finding my purpose and joy in making each day count.
This poem is dedicated to all the healthcare workers who are the heroes of humanity during this COVID-19 pandemic period. THANK YOU!
Sometimes we are depressed by having to alter our behaviors especially in combating the COVID virus situation. Its good to do the hard stuff upfront, and it will be easy later. So this is a song i am singing to lighten all your spirits, adapted from the song by Keith Carradine, "I'm Easy". I call it "It's Easy" to fight COVID.
Written in Hue, Vietnam. This is a reminder for me and many others that we are unique and hence we owe it to ourselves to chart our own paths. One that will make us feel alive everyday!
This was written to pay tribute and gratitude to the Young Presidents Organization’s Certified Forum Facilitators and management in putting together a memorable retreat in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in 2018; One which was loaded with nuggets of self-development and self-empowerment skills for all at the retreat.
This was written from a mother to her daughter to encourage her to launch into her journey to fulfil her dreams.
This was written at the side of the road after my morning walk. Looking around me, I noticed that nature, with its inability to communicate in words, have a strong sense of survival. Hence, human with all their capabilities given to them has to be more than what it appears.
It’s with reference to the rubric cube that there are many combinations of us showing up to different people – where we see fit. No one really knows the “true us” unless we know we are accepted without any judgement.
There is a common fear of communicating those difficult conversations. Yet those are vital for authentic relationships.
There’s a perception that the bold needs to be either different or loud or a bully. I beg to differ.
With the rave of social media in our midst, some of us feel compelled to do something to stand out. The question is, what is the purpose of standing out?
This was written after a purpose quest journey with a group of friends in Louisiana, USA, where we explored and realized our purpose in life.
There are times people claim that they have no choice but….The truth is, we always have options to choose. It’s whether we want to take those options and live with the consequences that needs to be answered.
Sometimes we just goes with the flow of how things are done without challenging the status quo. This is written to ask, “why things have to be the way they always been?”
Sometimes we infuriate others with the lack of answers. Because we may not have answers to everything. Even those who claims they have answers to everything will realize they don’t, some of the time.
There are many times we do things not knowing whether it is the right thing to do and that we could regret or get angry with ourselves or others. This is written to remind ourselves to own our decisions. Search for what needed to be done to bring us joy.
I was in this café, "Free the Robot", and I thought what about freeing our voice. Make ourselves be truly heard and understood? That’s how this poem was written.
There are times when we thought we knew each other very well because of the long span of time we've known each other. But the question still begs to be answered: "Do we really?"
It is not easy being a mother. My Mom gave her life everything with the best of her ability. This is my expression of gratitude for all of her sacrifices.
Although successful individuals may look like they have everything working for them, they too have inner struggles to face.