in a rundown HDB flat reeking of forgotten incense / a room flooded with crimson light/ i sat before the Sorceress / who taught me how to meet the dead / in my dreams
Read Morestart with a simple prep
-osition. there is a light
to change. suggest a walk
through the living room despite
his protests. promise you'll be in
and out so quick, it will be euphoric.
… no newspapers deliver,
and the air stills. there is no argument brewing.
no one has anything to say to each other.
sometimes, after sex, when nights are humid, she kicks the covers off, dreaming of her previous life. in the dark, i pick up the skin, all flesh, dermis, fat, tuck it back over muscle, sinew, gristle, loose folds signs of our marital wear.
Read Morehow do you say / that the lung / if lung collapses / like a crumb / crumb of sand / the rain / ?
Read MoreIt is 11PM on a Sunday night and I am getting a haircut in an industrial warehouse in Geylang. My friend Gwen runs a part time barber shop in this studio space which they share with their partner. There is something about getting your hair cut by a fellow queer person that makes it a hundred times less stressful: a kind of mutual understanding. There is also something about being in a space run by someone from your community that makes it feel like freedom.
Read MoreFirst-time slam poets are known as ‘virgin virgins’ according to Marc Smith, the founder of Poetry Slam. He even has a section in his book Take the Mic on virgin poet testimonies. He writes, “It only happens once, that day when you finally open your mouth in front of strangers and hear your words, your creations crack the silence” (Smith, 78).
Read MoreWhat if I told you that everything I write doesn’t just come from me, but is connected to a source much larger and infinite? You’d probably call me delusional and a bit woo-woo. A bit out there.
Read More2020 has been a wild, vicious ride so far. Luckily, we can still look forward to the one major event of the year that viruses cannot cancel (yet): the highly social distancing-friendly Singapore Poetry Writing Month 2020.
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