"A Luxury We Must Afford"
In 1968, founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew told a room of University of Singapore students, "poetry is a luxury we cannot afford".
It's an attitude that has unfortunately persisted past its context; in many ways the country's perception of poetry isn't so different from what it was decades ago.
Still, it's moments and situations in which we have to confront the unknown, and the uncertain, when poetry can offer us solace. So here's a compilation of local poets, and anthologies we might turn to. Learn more in this blog post.
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Sonnets From The Singlish: Upsize Edition
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For the End Comes Reaching
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Keeping Skeletons
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Call and Response: A Migrant/Local Poetry Anthology
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Love Is an Empty Barstool
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Singathology : 50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writers
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The Invisible Manuscript
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We Were Always Eating Expired Things
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Roadkill for Beginners
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Harbouring
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Making Love With Scrabble Tiles
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Finders & Keepers
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Aria And Trumpet Flourish
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A Luxury We Must Afford
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