Publication Type
Magazine Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2018
Abstract
In 2003, I left my freelance journalist job in Dhaka for work in Singapore as a construction supervisor. My wife, Jui, and son, Zarif, stayed behind in Bangladesh. Coming to Singapore, I brought with me my love for poetry, journalism and photography. Outside my work hours, I would read up on Singapore and explore the local literary and poetry scene. In Bangladesh, one can readily fi nd poems published in books and newspapers; however, I could not fi nd a single poem in any of Singapore's newspapers, and this gave me the initial impression that Singaporeans do not like poetry.
Discipline
Creative Writing | Poetry
Publication
Social Space
ISSN/ISBN
1793-7809
Publisher/Conference
Lien Centre
Copyright Owner and License
Lien Centre for Social Innovation
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Citation
Khokan, Zakir Hossain.
Waxing poetic: A Bengali tale in Singapore. (2018). Social Space. 47-51.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/130
Additional URL
https://socialspacemag.org/magazines/