Poetry

A selection of poetry from Singapore and abroad.

A Famosa (the gap)
By D.J. Huppatz.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Aftershave
By Choo Shu Jian.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

The All-Night Attendant at the Foreign Experts' Compound
By Charles Lowe.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Amber Beacon
By Vincent Lim.
Beta Issue.

August Moon
By Yeow Kai Chai.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Ayer Hitam
By Wendy Gan.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Babysitting
By Megan Ng.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Beethoven, Opus 92
By Zhang Ruihe.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

blue memories
By Stephen Pain.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

Chiang's Heat Stroke
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

China Doll
By Angeline Ang.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

Concealed Exit Ahead
By Yeow Kai Chai.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Construction
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Countdown
By Grace Chua.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

The Couple Next Door
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

From Deadly Pollen
By Stephen Oliver.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Dear Poem
By Cyril Wong.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Dutch Disease
By Peng-Ean Khoo.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Elegy
By John Tranter.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

an exercise in gameability
By Christopher Mulrooney.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

An Exercise of Faith
By Adrianna Tan.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

Fair Youth
By Arthur Yap.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Family Photos
By Wendy Gan.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

February
By Ng Shing Yi.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

Floor Tiling
By Koh Jee Leong.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

For A Gymnopedie By Satie
By Oswald LeWinter.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

Forgetting How To Swim
By Joanne Leow.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Garden City
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

generation
By Edlyn Ang.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

the girl who could love you
By Alvin Pang.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Grandmother, The Bride
By Karen Low.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Greek Lunch
By Jan Oskar Hansen.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

Guardian Angel
By Cyril Wong.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

the guys i work with don't got time for philosophy
By Goh Peng Fong.
Beta Issue.

A Half Orange
By Aishwarya Iyer.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Heat
By Allison Lee.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Here Russia spreads her legs like the body compass of a prima ballerina
By Ronny Someck.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

The Heron is a Kind Bird
By Bridget-Rose Lee.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

His Body
By Trina Nileena Banerjee.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

Histories
By Avik Chanda.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Home Purchase
By Koh Jee Leong.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Hors Duh
By Peter Loh.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

The House After Her Death
By Amjad Nasser.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

How It Begins
By Jerome Kugan.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

ICU
By Grace Chua.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

Images of America
By Alvin Pang.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

Immense
By Low Ying Ping.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Incendium Amoris
By Alvin Pang.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Instructions From A Serial Killer
By Felix Cheong.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Intermissions
By Ma Shaoling.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Interrogation
By Cyril Wong.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Just
By Corey Mesler.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Kopitiam
By Lau Peet Meng.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Lamu By Night
By Stephen derwent Partington.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Lapland
By Stephen Pain.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Lawdy
By Vernyce Dannells.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Letter From Home
By Grace Chua.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

A Lion, in 5 Parts
By Daren Shiau.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

(love song, with two goldfish)
By Grace Chua.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

Market Forces
By Goh Peng Fong.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

Memento Mori X
By Yeow Kai Chai.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

modes of transport
By Shazanah Hassan.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Monsoon
By Eugene Datta.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Morning
By Eugene Datta.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

Mosquito Wars
By Judith Huang.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Mountain Air
By Jerome Kugan.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Mouth Piece
By W.B. Keckler.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

My Father Growing Old
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

The New Babel
By Leonard Schwartz.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

The News
By Joanne Leow.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

Old Folks Home
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

On the Birth of a Child
By Lee Tse Mei.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

On Ocean Street, Carlsbad, California
By Kirby Wright.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

On Offal
By Arthur Yap.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

On Silence
By Mark Pirie.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Other Things
By Alvin Pang.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002

Palmistry
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Perfect On Her
By Ken Lee.
Beta Issue.

Permission To Write
By Koh Tsin Yen.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

Picture the Children
By Mani Rao.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Planting Mines
By Thow Xin Wei.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Post
By Ng Shing Yi.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Quiet Virtuoso: Laurindo Almeida
By Oscar Balajadia.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

Return to Kuantan
By Oswald LeWinter.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

Rimutakas
By Mark Pirie.
Vol. 3 No. 1 Oct 2003.

A River
By Jerome Kugan.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

Room
By Thow Xin Wei.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

The roots of everyday things are sunk deep
By Brandon Lee.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

The Schoolgirl Kills Herself After Failing An Exam
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

season in grey and white
By Ken Lee.
Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004.

Second Day of Mourning
By Gaston Ng.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

September
By Angeline Yap.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002

Sonnet
By Aaron Lee.
Vol. 2 No. 1 Oct 2002.

Speaking For My Father
By Jeremy Lim Mun Loong.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Superstition
By Hugo Chaparro (trans Mercedes Guhl).
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

Sweetness and Light
By Dominic Chua.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

13 Ways of Looking at a Durian
By Chris Mooney Singh.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

Three Poems On Lost In Translation
By Ng Teng Kuan.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

Tidal
By Edlyn Ang.
Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004.

Tokyo Stanzas
By Stephen Pain.
Vol. 1 No. 2 Jan 2002.

Total Recall
By Srinjay Chakravarti.
Vol 2. No. 4 Jul 2003.

Train Ride to Singapore
By Gilbert Koh.
Vol. 1 No. 3 Apr 2002.

Trainspotting
By Lee Tse Mei.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

The Wall
By Eugene Datta.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

The Wandering Eye
By Dominic Chua.
Vol. 1 No. 1 Oct 2001.

Watching My Grandmother Eat Fish
By Joanne Leow.
Vol. 1 No. 4 Jul 2002.

What Work Is Not
By Koh Jee Leong.
Vol. 2 No. 2 Jan 2003.

You make it easy to leave you
By Wendy Gan.
Vol. 2 No. 3 Apr 2003.

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