Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Joined September 2023

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Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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Where the Ground Holds
This Wetlands Day, we offer a little gratitude for a place we seldom want to visit purposefully because of the inherent mud and mess.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout 6 hours ago in Poets
The Harmless Detail
Wisdom is in the little details. 🌹🧠🩸 It started with a small rose-like patch on his skin. Reddish-brown, almost like a little tattoo that had etched itself on Barry Leong's right wrist. He glanced at it, barely, then paid it no mind. It itched, very slightly. Nothing worth discussing at the dinner table. Too unnoticeable to interrupt the day.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lina day ago in Fiction
At a Turn
Innocence, for just a moment. 👁️👁️ 🚶‍♂️ Young child is wide-eyed Watching all with young intent Old man at a turn
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 days ago in Poets
The Same Route
We mark Martyr's Day today - for Mahatma Ghandi, and all who walked selflessly with others who needed them. For strength that refused applause.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin3 days ago in Poets
A Carnation Knows
Some realisations come too late. 🌸📜🕯️ Louisa Lum's birthday began like any other. Gifts given, but drew a blank. A cake with so many candles, it frightened her.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin4 days ago in Fiction
Wonder Without Harm
It's Lewis Caroll's birthday today, so it's the perfect day to relish in a little wonder. With a little help from Alice and the gang.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin5 days ago in Poets
The Silver Locket
For those who must be remembered. 🕯️🤍🕊️ The locket. A small, plain heart framed by a nondescript,unpolished rim. The tarnished silver had dulled to the point of almost-disappearance; it was still part of Raine's psyche.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin6 days ago in Fiction
Lasting Power
Today marks the International Day of Clean Energy - a day not just about energy policies or fossil fuels, but power that LASTS.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin7 days ago in Poets
The Return
We are approaching another round of celebrations - the Lunar New Year hides (or perhaps peeks) around the corner. Festive occasions and dinners can become a source of discomfort because of the things we daren't announce.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin8 days ago in Fiction
Instructions for Peace
Peace does not arrive when called. It remains when allowed. 🕊️ 🕊️ 🕊️ Stop. Set aside the frantic buzz of bees. Sit in the stillness.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin9 days ago in Poets
He Shows Up
Husband Appreciation Day is when we ladies pay tribute to our better halves - when we all can't always be better. He may watch sports permanently. Hog the newspaper. Or seem to sleep at all hours...
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin10 days ago in Fiction
Common Bird
Today is Celebration of Life - a day when the ordinary is finally lauded. Real beauty, like the iridescent neck of the common pigeon, is often unrecorded.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin11 days ago in Poets