dedication and acknowledgement

For my team

to whom all that i write

is dedicated to...

Appa

    Aatha

      Akshaya

          Ashwin 

           Aishwarya 

             Saravanan

               Meena Aunty

                 Pillayar

Acknowledgements

this my first collection of poetry to my first supporters and critics, my family, 

who have endured hearing and reading draft after draft of some poems! 

special shout out to my mum who knew I'd be a poet before I did, when she saved my writings from age 8! 

Also to my writing class buddies Shilpa, Priyanka, Michelle, Vaishnavi, Nuhzat and Patricia, 

and my wonderful teachers along the way, in particular Chris Mooney Singh who got me believing I could write and encouraged me to send my words out to various journals

other teachers who helped me hone my craft include Mary Jean Chan 

and I cannot forget the spwm community, a number of poems in the collection were first written to prompts given there and the community is so encouraging that it allowed me test out first reactions to many poems there. 

and as close to my family are my friends from my youth, my steadfast group of 8

Malar, Sutha, Subair, Siamala, Kannan, Yasmin, Jeroen and Siva 

Special thanks to my editors ... 

Thank you for believing in me and journeying with me! 

writing and revising poetry makes me feel calm and out of this world for awhile, like I'm suspended and floating somehow 

v6

When I see a waterfall I know 

the river goddess is back floating

letting her tresses tumble

down the cliff 

in cascading waves

or maybe 

a fairy is drying her blanket

finest gossamer, 

shifting in the wind,

shimmering in the light.

What if

I just saw a rush of water, white,

plunging down the precipice,

catching a rainbow on its way,

againat green so rich- 

surely, I see Heaven?

v5

When I see a waterfall I know 

there is an angel,

backfloating on the river above,

her tresses tumbling 

down the cliff in cascading waves

or maybe 

a fairy's blanket is laid out to dry

finest gossamer, 

shifting in the wind,

shimmering in the light.

What if

I just saw a rush of water, white,

plunging down the precipice,

catching a rainbow on its way,

againat green so rich- 

surely, I see Heaven?

v4

When I see a waterfall I know 

there is an angel,

backfloating on the river above,

her tresses tumbling 

down the cliff in cascading curls,

or maybe 

a fairy's blanket is laid out to dry

finest gossamer, 

shifting in the wind,

shimmering in the light.

What if

I just saw a rush of water, white,

plunging down the precipice,

catching a rainbow on its way,

againat green so rich- 

surely, I see Heaven.

v2

When I see a waterfall I know

there is an angel,

backfloating on the river above,

her tresses cascading 

down the cliff in tumbling curls,

or maybe 

a fairy's blanket is laid out to dry

finest gossamer,

shifting in the wind,

shimmering in the light.

What if

I just saw a waterfall? 

Rush of water 

plunging down the precipice

surrounded by green so rich- 

surely, I see Heaven.

v1

When I see a waterfall...

I know there is an angel,

backfloating on the river above,

her tresses cascading 

down the cliff in tumbling curls,

or maybe 

I see a fairy's blanket,

finest gossamer, laid out to dry,

shifting in the wind,

shimmering in the light.

What if I just saw a waterfall? 

Gush of water 

spilling down the cliff face 

surrounded by green so lush- 

surely, I see Heaven.

when I see a waterfall

v3

When I picture a waterfall, 

I see an angel floating on her back

on the river above, 

her tresses tumbling 

down the cliff in cascading curls,

or a fairy's blanket laid out to dry, 

finest gossamer 

shifting in the wind,

shimmering in the light. 

What if I just see water white,

plunging down the precipice, 

catching a rainbow on its way 

against green so rich? 

Surely, I see Heaven.

Mr chia

giid luck in science centee 

lessons exciting and fun 

makes science come alive 

turns science into a fun subject 

funny 

vr experience 

ine od the only class to use vr.

excited 

explains stuff makes things interesting 

makes jokes to keep us interested 

miro board

labs experiments 

photosynthesis 

intriguing

Good luck science center 

thank you for teaching us so well

wish you all the best

6c

5c

2 years 

end of year pizza party 

so lucky to have him as a teacher 

his last class of p6

walk

took a bus. Long but got a seat and read, my mind grew

discovered Australian international schthen walkecissed a canal and a road, at level with trees 

saw a Buddha shrine in home team ns - quiet shrine not known tonoublcinintuunk 

bio

Meenakshi is an educator and Literature enthusiast. She writes to think, and enjoys playing with words to make sense of the world around her. In particular she draws inspiration from nature and the antics of her children. Her poems have been published in online journals such as The Tiger Moth Review, Shot Glass Journal and the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. 

bio

Meenakshi is an educator and Literature enthusiast. She writes to think, and enjoys playing with words to make sense of the world around her. In particular she draws inspiration from nature and the antics of her children. Her poems have been published in online journals such as The Tiger Moth Review, Shot Glass Journal and the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore.