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    Flickering Flame: Poetic Echoes
    Flickering Flame: Poetic Echoes
    Flickering Flame: Poetic Echoes
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    Flickering Flame: Poetic Echoes

    By DR. K.H. Lim

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    Flickering Flame: Poetic Echoes presents a collection of poetry written by a doctor on the verge of retirement. Writing under the pen name Wonky Wizard, he divides his work into several sections, including musings, relationship, social and political topics, and children. He also provides four translations of Chinese classical poems into English. Most of his original workspersonal musings on life and familywere written over the course of a year, between consultations at his clinic.

    He wrote in response to his friends comments and clients problems and to consider family events, revealing his honest thoughts and feelings on these and other topics. From an examination of his feelings about death and dying in Bucket List and Farewell to a Friend to his feelings about children in Sharing and Why, he offers his perspective on a wide range of subjects.

    Writing to evoke interest in English among students in Malaysia, to connect with other poets, and to offer a gift to his daughter and grandchildren, the poet turns to the universality of poetrythe shared pool of emotions from which it is drawnto help us see echoes of ourselves in other narratives. And now he invites you to be a spectator of his journey.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing Singapore
    Release dateDec 10, 2013
    ISBN9781482892499
    Flickering Flame: Poetic Echoes
    Author

    DR. K.H. Lim

    Wonky Wizard is a medical graduate from Australia who has been in private practice for more than three decades. He is currently reading for his master’s degree in English at the Open University in Malaysia. He is an avid writer; this is his first poetry collection. Visit him online at www.wonkywizard.wordpress.com.

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      Book preview

      Flickering Flame - DR. K.H. Lim

      Copyright © 2014 by DR. K.H. LIM. 

      ISBN:       Hardcover        978-1-4828-9579-7 

                       Softcover         978-1-4828-9578-0

                       eBook             978-1-4828-9249-9 

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. 

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them. 

      To order additional copies of this book, contact

      Toll Free 800 101 2657 (Singapore)

      Toll Free 1 800 81 7340 (Malaysia)

      orders.singapore@partridgepublishing.com 

      www.partridgepublishing.com/singapore 

      CONTENTS

      Dedication

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      ONE: MUSING

      Flickering Flame

      Dream At Sixty Six

      Firefly

      Trapped Ego

      Who Are We?

      Bucket List

      Darkness

      Riddle Of Chinese Pictographs

      Two Faces Of Waves

      Rat And Trap

      Musing In The Morning

      Boredom

      Fear

      Loneliness

      Memory

      Sober At Sixty Seven

      Sermons

      TWO: FAMILY, RELATIONSHIP

      Anniversary

      Love

      Love Story

      An Old Photo

      Happy Birthday

      The Ache Of Parting

      Balance

      Meals: Home Or Take-Away

      Hurt

      Life And Marriage

      Intimate Sexuality

      Hurt Memories

      THREE: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, MEDICAL

      Overcast Sky

      Registered Trade Mark

      Old Dad’s Rejuvenated Broth

      Deception

      The Roads Reaching There

      Yes We Can

      This Is My Story Of Singapore

      Unaware

      Infallible

      Cuisine And Reflection

      World’s Top

      Prayers And Faith

      Prostrating To Prostatism

      Listen And Silent

      Fireball

      Farewell To A Friend

      Different World

      FOUR: CHILDREN

      Sharing

      Lavender, My Love

      Crying

      Innocence

      Sisterly Love

      Children’s Play

      Why World Of Children

      FIVE: TRAVEL

      Niagara Falls

      Sunset At Uluwatu, Bali

      Swiss Border Holiday

      Tea Plantation

      Musing At Mount Kinabalu

      Heavenly Tour Of Wuyishan

      SIX: MY TRANSLATION OF CHINESE CLASSICAL

      POEMS AND POEM APPRECIATION

      Jiang Jin Jiu (Wine Will Be Served)

      The Song Of Harmony (Shui Diao Ge Tou)

      Binging Alone In A Moon-Lit Night

      Wooing Ospreys

      Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening By Robert Frost: An Appreciation

      SEVEN: TRANSLATION OF MY POEMS INTO CHINESE

      by Madam May Ling Liu

      Flickering Flame (Chinese)

      Firefly (Chinese)

      Trapped Ego (Chinese)

      Who Are We? (Chinese)

      Bucket List (Chinese)

      Riddle Of Chinese Pictographs (Chinese)

      Musing In The Morning (Chinese)

      Intimate Sexuality (Chinese)

      Overcast Sky (Chinese)

      Different World (Chinese)

      Sharing (Chinese)

      Sisterly Love (Chinese)

      Lavender, My Love (Chinese)

      Hurt Memories (Chinese)

      Niagara Falls (Chinese)

      Heavenly Tour Of Wuyishan (Chinese)

      This Is My Story Of Singapore (Chinese)

      DEDICATION

      I dedicate this book to the rock of the family, Song, my royal honey;

      Sze Ying, our beloved daughter, and

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