Poetry Singapore, issue 2 (Dec. 1968)



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1968

Poetry Singapore, issue 2 (Dec. 1968)

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Poetry Singapore is a triannual literary journal featuring original English-language poetry from Singapore, Malaysia, the Commonwealth, and other countries. It also publishes works translated into English from Asian languages. This issue includes works from A. Latiff Mohidin, Susie J. Puthucheary, Gerald de Cruz, Omar Mohammad Noor, Chandran Nair, Robert Yeo and Yeo Bock Cheng.

Subjects

Singaporean poetry (English) Singaporean literature (English)

Categories

Poetry Literature

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Title
Poetry Singapore, issue 2 (Dec. 1968)
Subject
  • Singaporean poetry (English)
  • Singaporean literature (English)
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1968
  • Poetry Singapore, 1968
Contributors
  • Goh, Margaret
  • Thumboo, Edwin, 1933-
  • Lee, Tzu Pheng
  • Muhammad Haji Salleh, 1942-
Digital Description
application/pdf, 21999 KB, 68 p.
Table of Contents
  • wind-chimes in a temple ruin -- poem -- Gerald de Cruz: kupu-kupu malam -- listening on a september sunday to an indifferent sermon i thought -- on hearing of the assassination of dr martin luther king -- Robert M. Chute: ducks at anchor -- Prithvindra Chakravarti and Ulli Beier: i didn't tell you -- watercolour -- the neck of the giraffe -- evening in the field -- that face, that same face... -- forgive me -- prayer -- often fatal snake bites -- the end -- Laban Erapu: the idol -- dangerous weapon -- Goh Poh Seng: sunbathing -- by the sea -- thinking of the poet tu fu -- Keith Harrison: a little october song -- obsequy for sylvia plath -- a partial definition -- Archibald Henderson: cherokee in the cathedral -- Ismail Sheriff Ghani: kindness -- Jaafa hs: lights -- Duane Locke -- dark night -- K. S. Maniam: if -- ideal information -- woman -- Mohamad Haji Salleh: a taste of history -- the little things -- school over -- going away -- death like conception -- night rain -- Mohamad Haji Salleh (translation of Malay poems): a song of longing (lagu rindu) -- rain -- the sun has lost its rays -- parting (perpisahan) -- Omar Mohammad Noor: despair by radioside -- too dry: the long drought in early 1968 -- poem - 30 -- Chandran Nair: the old tired feeling -- burst eardrums -- the new tired feeling -- burst eardrums -- Steffan Nelsson: poem -- Oliver Everette: mountains from a train -- A. I. H. Paterson: asia -- Grace Perry: dedication -- the builder -- with friends at the concert -- there was the tree -- Susie J. Puthucheary: afternoon tea -- then and new --affection -- a june evening in kuantan -- John R. Reed: come, put your bare foot -- the old men -- Rama Subbiah (translations from the Kuruntokai): -- Tan Yew Kee: love in a contingent world -- after long conversations -- ill luck's unreason -- shore shanty -- jokes for ghosts -- Paul Theroux: the tickbird -- Yeo Bock Cheng: labrador heights -- Robert Yeo: yeats' tower.
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