Rhymes for Mending Hearts
2013
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3.34
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157
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He made my heart skip a beat and a bang and a mushroom of dust buried me whole. He made me speak in tongues not known to me before. He made me take my words away swallowed my tongue writing instead in the sand with his two left pinkies in an excited hush, rush. MAGIC MAN
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Author
Sheena Baharudin
Author · 3 books
Sheena Baharudin is a Malaysian poet, spoken word artist, and educator. Since publishing her first book, Rhymes for Mending Hearts, she has been featured as a TEDx and Incitement speaker, had her poems translated into Spanish and French, and co-facilitated poetry and drama workshops organised by Poetry Cafe KL in schools around Malaysia. She has performed both solo as well as ensemble shows at various events including the Melaka Arts Festival, Urbanscapes, Cooler Lumpur Fest, Georgetown Literary Fest, and Singapore's Lit Up Fest. Her most recent book, All the Bodies We've Embraced (2017), is a collection of letters and poems written in Bahasa and English. She currently teaches literature at the University of Nottingham in Semenyih.
