Can we ever go home again? This question lies at the heart of Homecomings by Wong Yoon Wah, a veteran Singaporean poet and a prominent voice in global Chinese literature.In these poems, Wong delves into his country’s precolonial and colonial history, the natural heritage of the rainforest, his memories of his kampung hometown, his heartbreak at the closure of Nanyang University, and the global traumas of European colonisation and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.He expresses the loneliness and dislocation of the Chinese diaspora, as well as the sorrow of his generation as so many of their cultural touchstones are destroyed in the name of progress. At the same time, he embraces a planetary mode of thinking, sensing rapport with fellow humans from distant cultures and geographies, identifying even with the plants and animals that compose our ecosystem.Filled with nostalgia, bitter irony and strange beauty, Homecomings is a love letter to the past, revisiting its glories, making peace with t
These poems came about due to being incarcerated. These poems have helped me escape the reality of life. Many poems express how one person feeling about someone or something. Some of my poems have a f
These poems came about due to being incarcerated. These poems have helped me escape the reality of life. Many poems express how one person feeling about someone or something. Some of my poems have a f
My poem "Those Eyes" comes straight from my heart. I wrote this for my wife because of the struggles she went thru after the loss of her parents, to let her know I was always there for her. Georgia B
When K. R. Wallace created this, many would think it is based off of herself. But no they are wrong all the way for some of the poems might be for her but most of them she has written based off of dif
"Jewels of the Heart" by Hiam Gosaynie is a book of poems that describes myriad feelings and life experiences that every heart has inevitably been through in some form. These experiences both enrich a
If you have had any affiliation to any individual, this book is definitely for you. Expressions of the Heart is a collection of poems which emanated from the heart of the author, expressly for readers
If you have had any affiliation to any individual, this book is definitely for you. Expressions of the Heart is a collection of poems which emanated from the heart of the author, expressly for readers
"The Inner Voice of the Heart" is a collection of poems written during late 2008 through mid-2012. Each of them resulted from personal thoughts and experiences and from reading God's Word. Before writ
"The Inner Voice of the Heart" is a collection of poems written during late 2008 through mid-2012. Each of them resulted from personal thoughts and experiences and from reading God's Word. Before writ
Personal heartbreak and public political?trauma collide in this moving poetry compilation. While the poems struggle with sadness, a sense of acceptance transcends the pain as the poet explores a mixed
My mother's name is Lovella Bagley, she is the mother of 10 children. She always took time to teach us about God and biblical principles. All of her life she wanted to write a book. She was married to
