Weekly Poems #40, "Monsoon Season" by Nurzusilawati Nadzri

Weekly Poems #40 –

"Monsoon Season" by Nurzusilawati Nadzri

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Weekly Poems #40 –

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Monsoon Season

by Nurzusilawati Nadzri

Rain gathers first
in the loose zinc gutters
of my grandmother’s wooden house.

Beyond the flooded road,
the Ramadan bazaar still glows
under trembling blue tarpaulins.

Men roll their trousers
through brown water,
balancing plastic bags
of warm rice and sweet tea.

From the small surau,
the night prayer drifts slowly
across the storm-dark village.

Inside, old pelita ayam
flicker softly beside woven mats
and damp sandals.

The sea keeps breathing
somewhere beyond the coconut trees,
as if nothing here
has ever truly drowned.

surau – Muslim prayer hall
pelita ayam – traditional kerosene oil lamps

Biography of the Poet
Nurzusilawati Nadzri is the winner of the Grand Champion International Youth Literary Awards 2025 (Hong Kong) and is listed in the Top 10 Waterford Writing Competition 2025 (Ireland). She also achieved several international writing achievements in Indonesia in 2026. The author is also active in presenting scholarly discourse, including the Postcolonial Seminar organized by the Malaysian Association for the Education of Philosophy and Thought (PPFPM), with a focus on the study of colonial texts and representations of the Nusantara community.

Keywords: tropical memory, Southeast Asian village life, spiritual resilience

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