My dear friend David, a prolific writer, wrote a funny poem recently about half lives that made me rethink my own thoughts about birthdays. About how when we’re kids, we’re always rounding up to seem ...
Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...
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Here are six snippets that get you started on creating your very own Singapore poetry canon. 1. “I want to taste sharp the petai” by Edwin Thumboo “I want to taste sharp the petai/Straight ...
For my part, I’ve inherited these heroic, epic ‘herstories,’ and through frontline resistance I’ve carried these stories, told through poetry and legal briefs, to world courts. This poem gives a ...