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Main poetry index arranged in themed sections.
Spirit
Out of the Mist
Accepted for publication in Blinking Cursor Issue Three, 2010.
Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
Sands of Time
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm, March 2007.
Reflection
Runner Up in Adult Creative Writing Club monthly writing competition number 78, Feb 2008. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
Pebbles
Accepted for publication online in Sol Magazine Autumn 2006 Edition. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
Living Ocean
Short-listed in the monthly poetry competition and published online in eBook and print versions, Secret Attic Competition Booklet number 2, July 2006. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Baggage
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007.
Long Lost Love
Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
Autumn Moon
Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
Unseen Terror
Honorable Mention and accepted for publication online in Sol Magazine, July 2004. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007. Read at Yunnan University June 2005. Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
Nature
Windsong
Honorable Mention and published online in Sol Magazine, Summer 2007 Edition. First published print and online in Wanderings Vol 2, Issue 7, Autumn 2006. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Jan 2007.
Rose
First of a series of four unrhymed quatrains receiving an Honorable Mention in the April Competition 'As Flowers Bloom', and published online in Sol Magazine Spring 2006.
Poppy
Second of a series of four unrhymed quatrains receiving an Honorable Mention in the April Competition 'As Flowers Bloom', and published online in Sol Magazine Spring 2006.
Lotus
Third of a series of four unrhymed quatrains receiving an Honorable Mention in the April Competition 'As Flowers Bloom', and published online in Sol Magazine Spring 2006.
Snowdrop
Last of a series of four unrhymed quatrains receiving an Honorable Mention in the April Competition 'As Flowers Bloom', and published online in Sol Magazine Spring 2006.
In an Ancient Stone
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
Lonely Planet
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007.
Morning Mist
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University June 2005.
Read at Yunnan University, 25 March 2011.
Midnight Sun
Second Place Tie in competition themed on 'Rising Temperatures in the Artic' and published online in Sol Magazine, Autumn 2006 Edition. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009 and at Yunnan University April 2011.
Summer Breeze
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Living World
Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
Butterfly
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007.
Breathing Leaf
Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Songbird
Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Tree Frog
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Jan RED fm 91.9, 2007 and at Yunnan University, April 2011.
China
Dreams of Old Shanghai
First Place in the Dreams in our Hearts (Double Five) competition and published as Editor's Choice in Sol Magazine, Summer 2006. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Jan 2007.
Read at Yunnan University, March 2011.
Smelly Doufu is Cooking in Yunnan's City of Eternal Spring
First Place in Sights and Sounds of Spring competition for an unrhymed quatrain in the style of Guin Xiu and published as Editor's Choice in the Spring 2006 edition of Sol Magazine.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University, March 2011.
China Rising
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005 and April 2011.
Dianchi Lake
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Read at Yunnan University, March 2011.
Silk Road
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005 and April 2011.
South of the Clouds
Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Yunnan in the Sun
Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Santubong
Shadow of Mount Santubong
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2007.
Song of Santubong
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2007.
Santubong Eagle
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2007.
Life
A Dream of Peace
Listed among the top ten poems on writers-network 2005 & 2006. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005 and April 2011.
An Old Pillar of Western Democracy
Special Recognition Award and published in print in VoicesNet Anthology 10 International Poetry Competition Book, Volume 4, 2005.
The Fat Guy's Birthday
Published online in Twisted Tongue Magazine Issue 12, Jan 2009. Read at Yunnan University, May 2011.
Looking Overweight
Honorable Mention in When I got Dressed Competition and published online in Sol Magazine, February 2004.
Mutiara 93250
Remember
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
Tango at the Crossroads
Published online in Sol Magazine, Winter 2005.
Read on Radio Sarawak, March 2007 and at Yunnan University April 2011.
Monkey Bum
Read at Yunnan University, June 2005.
Radio Show
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, March 2007.
The Gentlemen of the Rotary Club of Blantyre
Published on the web-site of the Rotary Club of Blantyre, Scotland, 2004.
The Writer
Shadow on the Ground
Published online in VoicesNet Visions Literary Journal Issue 36, June 10, 2006. First published online in Firstwriter Magazine issue 6, 2005. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University, June 2005 and March 2011.
Hearing Burns
Published online in Sol Magazine, April 2004.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009. Read at Yunnan University, 3 June 2005.
Fountain Pen
Published online (as I Like to Use a Fountain Pen) in Sol Magazine, March 2004.
Snooker and Billiards
Published online (as Winning) in Sol Magazine, March 2004. Read at Yunnan University June 2011.
VoicesNet Newbie
Published in print in VoicesNet Anthology 9, International Poetry Competition Book, 2004.
Herbs
Honorable Mention in the Herb Garden Competition and published online (as It's the Herbs that Might Save Us) in Sol Magazine, May 2004.
The Old Dream Catcher
Second Place in That's What I'm Talking Contest and published online in Sol Magazine, Summer 2007.
Haiku & senryu
Rhyming Haiku
snow, mangrove in the mist, semester goodbye, seagull on the shore, quiet now at damai, cherry blossom, mist at dawn, rhyming haiku.
Santubong Haiku
secrets of the deep, wind hides, night of the rainfly, lofty lords of death, rainforest, santubong mangroves, waves rest on the shore, toes in the sand, sand sleeps in the sun, tides change down at santubong suites, santubong sunsets, light in the darkness, golf in paradise.
More Haiku
lotus pool, fallen leaves, storms, fishpond, yunnan in the sun, mayfly, acid rain, tree falls.
Thank you for visiting Colin's poetry, which includes both published and unpublished work.
As pieces have been written for both countries, please excuse the mix of UK and US spelling. Poems will often have been revised or renamed since first publication.
See also:
poetry forms
poetry writen in chinese
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