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The liwuli is an Indo\/Malay form of poetry with quite proscriptive rules. I learnt about it from Joshua Ip, a very talented Singaporean poet who visited Adelaide in 2015. I\u2019ve only ever published one liwuli \u2013 Liwuli of Leadership<\/em> (which I wrote during Joshua\u2019s workshop) \u2013 on this poetry blog\u00a0<\/a>and as part of the final presentation in my Lost and Found Artist Residency<\/a> at Adelaide City Library.<\/p>\n So I was pretty amused to see it as the first example of the form on the website:<\/p>\n South East Asian Poetic Forms<\/a><\/p>\n Mike Hopkins gets a guernsey too!<\/p>\n Here\u2019s my poem:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Start with idealism. Ends always trump means. Gain power. Hold it tight. Become cynical. Break promises. Retain power.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You\u2019ll have many friends, until the end.<\/em><\/p>\n You\u2019ll leave.<\/em><\/p>\n Or they will.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Aren\u2019t all leaders destined <\/em><\/p>\n to be replaced?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Thanks for making me an instant expert Josh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The liwuli is an Indo\/Malay form of poetry with quite proscriptive rules. I learnt about it from Joshua Ip, a very talented Singaporean poet who visited Adelaide in 2015. I\u2019ve only ever published one liwuli \u2013 Liwuli of … Continue reading \n
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