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The Singer and Other Poems
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"When I was younger, poetry carried me posthaste, high on the fuel of experience and freshness of thought. Now I move in slow time, listen to the poem as I carry it, and let memory tell me where to go." — Kim Cheng Boey
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This collection will resonate with readers interested in poetry that delves deeply into themes of migration, memory, and identity, as well as those who appreciate literary and allusive verse with a keen sensitivity to place and time.
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Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
In this new collection by a seasoned master, Kim Cheng Boey moves between Singapore and Australia, youth and middle age, places and times rendered in vivid, sensory detail, to give a haunting exploration of memory and the emigrant experience: departures and arrivals; family and home; exile, longing and loss.
'When I was younger, poetry carried me posthaste, high on the fuel of experience and freshness of thought. Now I move in slow time, listen to the poem as I carry it, and let memory tell me where to go.' – Kim Cheng Boey
'In this work of a mature artist, Kim Cheng Boey's characteristic style – literary, allusive, with a flâneur's sensibility – is on full display.' – Shirley Geok-lin Lim
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ISBN: 9780648917663
Publisher: Cordite Publishing Inc.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 June 2022
Country: Australia
Imprint: Cordite Publishing Inc.
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 250g
Pages: 102
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About the Author
Kim Cheng Boey emigrated to Australia from Singapore in 1997. His poems have featured in the literature syllabus of the GCE A Level, the HSC and the International Baccalaureate. Besides poetry, he has published a travel memoir, Between Stations, and Gull Between Heaven and Earth, a historical novel about the Tang poet Du Fu.
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