CONTRIBUTORS

Raidah Shah Idil

Raidah Shah Idil is an author and poet born in Singapore, raised in Sydney, Australia, and based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. She graduated with a BA (English) and BSc (Psychology) from UNSW. Her debut middle grade fantasy novel, How To Free A Jinn (Allen & Unwin) won the Readings Children's Prize and was Highly Commended by VPLA in 2025. Raidah loves ginger tea, noodle soup and dreams of uninterrupted sleep.

Hujan/Rain

Di sini, hujan tidak menitis Ia tidak berbisik Ia tidak teragak-agak Ia adalah letupan kosmik yang besar Here, rain does not trickle It does not whisper It does not hesitate It is a full-blown cosmic explosion Di sini langit terbelah …

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Family

(Found poems) 1. Tectonic plate the sub-layers of the family’s crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches. Remember to always pack cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. Diapers are a …

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