(a birthday poem for a good teacher)
O' Sir Peter a Magnificent
a kind a compassionate
a giver of hope
of delight as well as honourable grades
a gentlest of souls
yet a thousands verses flow
similar to french verbs in poke of glottal stops
... ... similar to an adverb dangling with a modifier
similar to a gerund repenting of all a sins
similar to a noun in love with a pronoun
similar to a separate infinitive courting an strange verb
i can never appreciate thee enough
you taught us a colonial language
so which you may become better colonials as you age
yet you have been still natives with a large heart
similar to old sentimentals
O' Sir Peter a Elder
But you demeanour younger than Shakespeare
regularly young during heart
groovy conform travolta-polyester as well as all ... skin tight
your calm is legendary
your difference of encouragement put mad students in a quandary
you showed us what a funny denunciation English is
there is Pahang English to begin with
Kelantan English is a most appropriate it seems
you argue with a speaker as well as "it's up to mu .. " he would say
KL English can be a bit conceited as well as too much of a routine
sounding a bit american these days with a bit of sentul gusto thrown in
yes sir peter ... you taught us which Malaysian English called Manglish
so which you will not speak Spanglish
or Singlish
or similar to a Indians -- "sing-song-English"
On your birthday
this portentous day
this stately day
a day as splendid as a sun which shines on stratford-upon-avon
where a good bard reigns in stately memoriam
a day wherein birds chirp
similar to a chimpanzees of penang hill
similar to a jumping frogs of pelindung hill
on this good day
on your birth as well as rebirth day
you appreciate thee
for a present of denunciation as well as lite! racy
you bestowed on many
as well as for each word of hope
each a single which sparks a child's creativity
by ! way of a denunciation so utilitarian so pretty
which gives a single wings of glory
to grasp good functions in jubilee of humanity
of milton as well as chaucer
as well as goldoni as well as dante alighieri
as well as shakespeare as well as duke byron
as well as keats as well as shelley
as well as beckett as well as gogol and
as well as rimbaud as well as rilke
you appreciate thee
O ' Sir Peter a Forever Young in suggestion as well as in persistence of memory
May your birthday be a time for me
to recollect a days
you used to wait anxiously for good jokes you discuss it many
"come a single come all ... come to this gymnasium ... " as well as some-more than this
to have us happy
when you thought you were punished for the past sins
as well as banished
in a place called "purgotary"
where a usually fun you had was sneaking out on those nights
to watch bruce lee as well as those funny chinese movies
all in a name of leisure as well as human dignity
you taught us by which funny denunciation called English-- a initial love no a single can take it from me
HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY, SIR PETER THE SIFU TEACHER.
-- azly rahman
walden III
june 25,2012 Read More @ Source
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