This is the last volume of poems by Ee Tiang Hong, who wrote the collection with knowledge of his cancer and imminent death. Ee was an eminent poet educated in Malaysia and Singapore and became an Australian citizen in 1979.
Foreword -- Nearing a horizon -- For Wong Lin Ken -- For my sister, Pearl Ee Siong Gek -- Last words for my wife -- To my landlord -- Plain view -- Some new perspectives -- Fishing -- Autumn evening -- Comment -- Paraphrase of an editor's pronouncement -- On picture poems -- Colours for a poem -- A whim -- Melaka -- The burden -- A poet's abode -- Lychees -- A business lunch -- A gamble -- Leaving Singapore -- A sequel -- Thought on Mother's Day -- Lesson from childhood -- If only -- For my children -- Obsession -- Song...
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