Poetic Meditations: Two Singaporean Poets and A Personal Reflection

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

3-2011

Abstract

In spite of the fact that technology has moved phenomenally forward in these past few years, the long-haul flights-such as those from Singapore to the USA still do provide a lot of time for rumination and contemplation. On my most recent such flight that took place about three weeks ago I read, reread and rereread two books of poetry that have just been released in Singapore. The reason why they have attracted my attention with such urgency is that they represent a small, but significant voice in the Singaporean poetic canon, a canon that has not usually been kind to what may be broadly termed the philosophical or reflective. So I thought it might be useful to share my reading of these books with a wider audience, especially such as Kunapipi’s readers who will be somewhat familiar with creative writings from my tiny island republic of Singapore.

Discipline

Asian Studies | English Language and Literature

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Kunapipi

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

105

Last Page

110

ISSN

0106-5734

Publisher

University of Wollongong

Additional URL

https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol32/iss1/11/

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