After Darren Soh
A great hand rises from the ground
to sweep the insubstantial sand,
gathering to a crown, an iron
crown, the roots of homes. A fire
chills the...
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« A little later, we might abandon cities altogether, scatter the rich grain of humanity across galaxies, those vast plains and endless glades where everyone would have a bungalow, swimming-pool, garden space. » —Alvin Pang, Real Estate
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Until the age of thirteen he lived with his grandparents and their daughter – his father's elder sister – and her husband and only son, in a tiny three-room apartment that no longer exists. Until the age of... media_text
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A poem written inspired by the Silk Princess, a Chinese wood panel painting from the 7th or 8th century. As the BBC's "A History of the World" describes the artifact: ... media_text
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between our arrivals and our - Marne L. Kilates With my wife in her usual high-altitude slump, media_text
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Death, My Funny Valentine Picture this. A blonde dude decked out in shimmering mail sitting on a stone outcrop. He’s playing a game of chess. His sparring partner? A tall,... media_text
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“Wealth … is the means by which we fulfill our desires.” Hence the cat’s languid stretch, its bullet spring,... media_text
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There’s always an off-chance the hype is true Or we could... media_text
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for R. O, how was America then, pre-discovery? Suffice to say there is no experience like being smack in the middle of this billowing concerto. It could turn out to be our tarnation or salvation,... media_text
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Could the Singaporean applicant not have protested Spot the ancient croc submerged in green, media_text
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Careful: step out into the not-quite-street. It used to be a swamp, and sunk boar, pushed roots into the air, and stank, and free from old purposes still it tries to take you in.... media_text
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In my father’s head is a map of Singapore quite different from the ever-dancing web of abstract colours that we have come to know from the official records, the bus and train stations or the increasingly unreliable... media_text
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