Why the name puisi-poesy?

Poesy is, off course, another word for poetry, one which is derived of Greek and Latin origin, and puisi is the Malay word for poetry. The doubling of the two words, which essentially means the same thing but expressed in two different languages, is a common linguistic phenomena in Malay, sometimes denoting the plural of the named object, or at other times, changing the meaning of the word altogether.

In a sense, the name of this blog puisi-poesy is reflective of both our global citizenship and hybrid heritage as Malaysians for whom Malay, the official national language and English, a British colonial bequest, are among the two dominant languages we share and speak among many other languages.