For our English exams, we are required to rewrite or recreate our own version of a poem that is given. So Ms Hema, our darling English teacher, has been torturing training us in our poetic and creative skills and what nots so that we will not struggle that much during exams by making us recreate lots of poems.
So far, she had us write our own version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, our own version (a continued version of the original poem) of Malaysian Mentalityyay we get to write bad stuff about the country and get away with it, our reply poem to the original version of Malaysian Mentality whereby we have to defend our country and write good stuff about it aw shucks, and the female’s version of the poem Meeting At Night by Robert Browning. So basically, we have done four poems since we got here in KDU.
Writing a poem is NOT easy, mind you. You need to be in the right mood to write something mushy and lovey-dovey for the Sonnet and the female version of Meeting At Night. And you need to be precise and factual and at the same time, humorous mixed with loads of sarcasm for Malaysian Mentality. You need inspiration.
Fuhh all this poem thing is kinda hard. My poems are crappy. When I wrote my version of Sonnet 18, I was trying to be funny and playful with it (my poem had the words hey sugar, hot and TMTH in it), but it turned out to be something that was taken seriously by Ms Hema. *dies of shock*
Clearly I am not a poetess, nor do I have any creativity in writing a poem. Which is tragic. Haha
Our version of Malaysian Mentality was fun to write and read out to class. Zul rocked the floor with his recital of his poem. Not only was he expressive (his hands were flying and waving everywhere), he read it out in a super funny way!
But the best poems recreated ever were the Sonnets. Some of us wrote really sentimental stuff, and some tried to be funny (like me). Some wrote about botox and plastic surgery (????), while others wrote about being ugly. Oh look, it rhymes!! Let me try to rearrange those sentences.
Some of us wrote really sentimental stuff and some tried to be funny
Some wrote about botox and plastic surgery
While others wrote about being ugly
Owh yeah Ms Hema would be so proud…
Oops, I digressed. Haha anyway, although my version of the Sonnet was really crappy, two of my friends wrote really cool stuff. One of my absolute favourite is Derek’s version of Sonnet 18.
This is what he came up with.
So far, she had us write our own version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, our own version (a continued version of the original poem) of Malaysian Mentality
Writing a poem is NOT easy, mind you. You need to be in the right mood to write something mushy and lovey-dovey for the Sonnet and the female version of Meeting At Night. And you need to be precise and factual and at the same time, humorous mixed with loads of sarcasm for Malaysian Mentality. You need inspiration.
Fuhh all this poem thing is kinda hard. My poems are crappy. When I wrote my version of Sonnet 18, I was trying to be funny and playful with it (my poem had the words hey sugar, hot and TMTH in it), but it turned out to be something that was taken seriously by Ms Hema. *dies of shock*
Clearly I am not a poetess, nor do I have any creativity in writing a poem. Which is tragic. Haha
Our version of Malaysian Mentality was fun to write and read out to class. Zul rocked the floor with his recital of his poem. Not only was he expressive (his hands were flying and waving everywhere), he read it out in a super funny way!
But the best poems recreated ever were the Sonnets. Some of us wrote really sentimental stuff, and some tried to be funny (like me). Some wrote about botox and plastic surgery (????), while others wrote about being ugly. Oh look, it rhymes!! Let me try to rearrange those sentences.
Some of us wrote really sentimental stuff and some tried to be funny
Some wrote about botox and plastic surgery
While others wrote about being ugly
Owh yeah Ms Hema would be so proud…
Oops, I digressed. Haha anyway, although my version of the Sonnet was really crappy, two of my friends wrote really cool stuff. One of my absolute favourite is Derek’s version of Sonnet 18.
This is what he came up with.
Sonnet 18 - by Derek Yong
A sunny day shall never be compared to thee,
As her hotness does not burn my tree,
Stormy wind may stir the sky,
But a stormy her will make me cry,
(cue Yvonne and Sherene: awwwwwwwwwwww)
Often does her eyes glow so bright,
Forcing the sun to run and hide,
Sometimes her buzz may tempt the bees,
But the honey within is worth the grief,
By choice or chance in nature flow,
She locks my heart and owns my soul,
As long as her love for LV lasts,
The money in my wallet shall turn to dust,
So long as men and elves can read and write,
So long lives the brightness of her glowing light.
Often does her eyes glow so bright,
Forcing the sun to run and hide,
Sometimes her buzz may tempt the bees,
But the honey within is worth the grief,
By choice or chance in nature flow,
She locks my heart and owns my soul,
As long as her love for LV lasts,
The money in my wallet shall turn to dust,
So long as men and elves can read and write,
So long lives the brightness of her glowing light.
Damn, his poem is sooooo good!!! It is so sentimental and romantic and beautiful and sweet and amazing and most importantly, super swoooooooooooooon-worthy!!!!! Derek is known as poem boy, for super obvious reasons. I am a fan, I am not ashamed to admit. LOLZ that is not the only poem that he has come up with. This is also one of my favourite in the Derek Yong collection:
Donor of Love - by Derek Yong
Never will I hurt you, my Dear,
Glitters in you have dried my tear,
If your love for me is pure and near,
Evil and Death shall I not fear,
If you shall ever cry, I will not cry,
But my heart will bleed till it end up dry,
If you shall ever die, I will not die,
But my soul will burn and its ashes shall fly.
ZOMG am I the only person swooning here????
He wrote that poem at one in the morning for his poem recital the next day (well, the same day actually). Instead of memorizing one old poem from someone famous, he decided to come up with that. Fuhyo talk about being a Mat Jiwang!!
PS: never believe him when he says that any poem that he wrote was not good as he simply wrote it for it will still knock your socks off…
Ms Hema granted us the permission to be modern and funny in our version of Sonnet 18. And my most favourite modern and playful yet meaningful version of Sonnet 18 HAS to be the poem by Yvonne.
Sonnet 18 - by Yvonne Ho
My baby my darling my syamil,
You're my summer, my winter and more,
With eyes so sexy, A smile so charming,
What more could I ever ask for?
Your good looks summer can never compare,
Like summer 24/7 in M'sia you make me hot,
Winter is prettie, but thou art is more lovely and fair,
Night day dawn dusk you're always in my thoughts.
I eternalise you, my darling, in this poem of mine,
So your shuai-ness stays and Death can never brag,
Your handsome-ness and my love for you grows with every line,
PS: I would love you more if you would just get me that Gucci bag.
So long people know their ABC's and 123's
Don't worry my baby you'll forever more live.
You're my summer, my winter and more,
With eyes so sexy, A smile so charming,
What more could I ever ask for?
Your good looks summer can never compare,
Like summer 24/7 in M'sia you make me hot,
Winter is prettie, but thou art is more lovely and fair,
Night day dawn dusk you're always in my thoughts.
I eternalise you, my darling, in this poem of mine,
So your shuai-ness stays and Death can never brag,
Your handsome-ness and my love for you grows with every line,
So long people know their ABC's and 123's
Don't worry my baby you'll forever more live.
Disclaimer: I did NOT add the strike out there. I did NOT add in the “my syamil” part. This is the ORIGINAL version from Yvonne. I stress again. ORIGINAL. Hahaha
I love this poem. It is naughty and cheeky, but Yvonne can still get her message across. Syamil is our senior that we met online before coming here. And yes, he has a really handsome smile. He is Yvonne’s “apparent gilakus crush” (she blames it on Alep and I), and according to Yvonne, the only reason his name is in the poem is because she added it in for our entertainment when she was reciting it aloud to the class. Yes thank you Yvonne. It was super entertaining. LOLZ
The best part about this is that Yvonne put it up in her blog, and Syamil responded to her poem by writing a short Sonnet for her!!!!
Reply Sonnet by Syamil
Seems like it was just yesterday,
We wrote loveletters to each other,
How much I love your scribbles,
And the perfect lines knitted with love.
Yesterday, on the phone we were,
Hours and hours like nothing matters, (not even the bills)
Waking up to the smell of your hair,
Which I long to get lost in.
This is Yvonne’s cue to swoon.
ZOMG I cannot help it, I am swooning too. Haha
Though it may be short, it is so sweet and meaningful and LOLIMANTIC!!! Yvonne is damn lucky that Syamil did not run away screaming when he read her poem. And she is even luckier that he wrote one for her!!
Honestly speaking, I am a little bit kek tiok that someone took the trouble to write such a beautiful poem for Yvonne. Huhuhu
Owh well. Time to go work on my Last
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