Best Kuan Poems
Lee Kuan YewLEE KUAN YEW
A shining star in the Asian sky,Lee fondly,Singapore friendly.
What’s the definition of dedication? if one asked,say Lee.
Masons build mansions but nations only by true sons like Lee.
A magician doing wonders with the magic pole called A/c on workers to grow on...
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Categories:
kuan, adventure, blessing, care, character,
Form:
Blank verse
Voice of Lee Kuan YewI took a trembling island by the hand—
Barefoot children, broken streets,
A people shamed by foreign tongues,
Their dignity pawned for crumbs of aid.
I did not wait for the West to love us.
They called me tyrant,
Because I silenced the noise
That kept my people in chains.
They praised democracy—
Yet...
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Categories:
kuan, culture, history, leadership,
Form:
Free verse