• "The Scholars" by W.B. Yeats

    The ScholarsBald heads, forgetful of their sins,Old, learned, respectable bald headsEdit and annotate the linesThat young men, tossing on their beds,Rhymed out in love’s despairTo flatter beauty’s ignorant ear.All shuffle there, all cough in ink;All wear the carpet with their…

  • “Cutlery couples” by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho

    This post was originally posted on 18th July, 2009. – Today we went shopping in the upmarket neighbourhood of Chelsea. Our first stop was the famous John Sandoe Bookstore. The store, which sells new books, is absolutely packed, much more…

  • Tribes at Royal Court

    Picture source  Last night we went to see Tribes (written by Nina Raine – Craig Raine‘s daughter) at the Royal Court. I was glad to finally get a chance to go to this near-legendary theatre, which is a leading spot…

  • War Horse at New London Theatre

    Benedict Cumberbatch (the new Sherlock) will be featured in Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of War Horse (source). Today, the play is under the limelight again: in an Observer article, it is revealed that racism and bullying plague the production backstage. Horrible.My review…

  • An Education

    This post was originally posted on 31st October, 2009. Tonight, we went to watch the terrific An Education, starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. The film was adapted by Nick Hornby from Lynn Barber’s memoir, originally published in Granta (maybe…

  • How did you select Yibing Huang to be your guest editor? And why?

    How did you select Yibing Huang to be your guest editor? And why? I first met Yibing through a mutual friend of ours, Professor Russell Leong. I was taking an informal creative writing class with Russell, and he introduced the…

  • One Imperative in Tokyo

    One Imperative is on display in Shinjuku Station, Tokyo. The station is the world’s busiest in terms of people. – Three of my poems appear in this displayed issue of One Imperative. You can view/read the issue — themed “Play” —…

  • Ankur Agarwal reads (13 November, 2010)

    Click the image to enlarge Ankur Agarwal will be reading a few of his  poems on Saturday 13 November, at Jaaga, as part of the Poetry Across Borders project (poets reading from Bangalore and Berlin this time). Venue: Jaaga Creative…

  • Phill Provance reads (13th November 2010)

    Phill Provance will be giving a poetry reading on Saturday 13th November, 2010 at 7 p.m. at Shelton Walsmith’s stuido. More information here. – Phill Provance’s poems were published in issue #12 of Cha. His poem “St. Petersberg Has Many Churches”…

  • Bookstore Launch of GASPP, Sunday 21 Nov, 3pm

    BOOKSTORE LAUNCH OF GASPP: A GAY ANTHOLOGY OF SINGAPORE POETRY AND PROSE 3-4pm, Birds & Co, Orchard Cineleisure #03-05A http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159379880764684 They are expecting to feature readings with Ovidia Yu, X’Ho, Lee Yew Leong and Cyril Wong.– Ng Yi-Sheng’s poetry was…