Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Joined September 2023

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Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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Lavender's Bloom
For everyone who feels unseen, fear not - remember that the smallest action can make the biggest difference. Little Lavender learns this today, as she welcomes, and graces, a typically unseen purple flower in the meadow.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Frostii's Turn
We are mostly creatures of habit and like things to stay as they are because we are comfortable with that. But change is inevitable.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
The Locksmith's Curse
Everyone prepared for another tropical Christmas as the eve fell in Sunny Singapore. Hui Ting, a skilled yet young locksmith, was shutting up her quaint, though dimly lit, shop. She had festooned hers, aligned with everyone else’s on the street, with decorations- with fairy lights, mistletoe, and mini fig trees covered with wintry cotton,it was far too festive to be a mirror locksmith shop.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Families
The Peppermint Pretender
We’re used to what we’re used to - and gravitate to comfortable circumstances. But this holiday, let’s step out of that comfort zone and welcome the new.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Snow in the Heartlands. First Place in Tales of Hearth Challenge.
90-year-old Grandma Neo stretched her tired legs, her nearly defunct message chair bringing no relief. Severe arthritis had made her homebound - the neighbourhood shopping mall was as far as her aching legs could carry her.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Families
The Nutcracker’s Peace
Prologue: This is everyone’s favourite time of year because of the peace it brings. We often think of it as hard to get, and in these times, it is- but it really doesn’t take much at all.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
The Yuletide Soul
This is for Mikeydred’s November Challenge and the Holiday Reflections Challenge. It’s not easy to release grudges, no matter how petty, and it’s hypocritical to just exhort forgiveness and reconciliation.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
As Ember Sweeps
Prologue As we approach the season of giving, remember to include one for ourselves too. This narrative poem involves a generous chimney sweep, Ember. Enjoy!
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Dear Little Pitt
Backstory: Doctors diagnosed me with Pituitary Schwannomas (Brain tumours that affect the pituitary gland) when I was an older teen. It was a diagnosis that shaped my life, for better or worse. While they were hard to live with, I have some things that I have to thank them for.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Humans
Bouquet at the Table
Everyone wants their views respected. Each person adds a new, blossoming idea to the floral bouquet at a dining table. All ideas come together to make a huge, floral bouquet. All of them achieve greatness when put together. Enjoy this tanka.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
Prism
We view Life's situations through different lens-rightness and wrongness being subjective. A prism splits light, allows us to view various hues, and most importantly, appreciate them. All shades must come together when we need light for reading and other purposes
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Poets
As the Ferris Wheel Turns
This little story is for Mikeydred’s November challenge. November may signal the start of winter, but also brings new possibilities.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout a year ago in Fiction