The ink that never dries
Alfian Sa’at
By writing poetry from death row, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman sets out to prove that he’s more than just a condemned prisoner.
Tag: Poetry
Thank You (Dedicated to Those Who Care)
Pannir Selvam Pranthaman
A poem by Pannir Selvam Pranthaman.
Black cat
Domar Batucan Recopelacion
A poem from Domar Batucan Recopelacion
After the war, The river remembers, Letters from the diaspora
Aisha Khalid
Poetry by Aisha Khalid.
Angel
Julienne Maui Castelo Mangawang
A poem from Julienne Maui Castelo Mangawang
On the streets
Leigh Doughty
A poem by Leigh Doughty
Thirst for love
Alvin Larida
A poem by Alvin Larida, translated from Kinaray-a.
Elsewhere than Here
Brandon K. Liew and Daryl Lim Wei Jie 林伟杰
Poetry from Brandon K. Liew and Daryl Lim Wei Jie 林伟杰
Irises
Eileen Chong
A poem from Eileen Chong
Who telegraphed the UN that our country is in good hands?
Maung Htike Aung
A poem by Maung Htike Aung.
The Dawn of Independence (August ‘47)
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
A poem from Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Delphi
Alyza Taguilaso
A poem by Alyza Taguilaso
Silos / Renga
Mariyam Haider and Emilie Collyer
A renga by Mariyam Haider and Emilie Collyer. Commissioned as part of a collaboration between RMIT’s nonfiction/lab and Mekong Review.
Friend
John Brixter Tino
Poetry from John Brixter Tino
Poetry and music
Jhilam Chattaraj
An interview with Sudeep Sen, a poet who has edited influential anthologies and offered poems to a polarised world in times of crises.
Tanka Studies (水上人描繪))
Yago Tse
A poem by Yago Tse.
When grandmother’s gone
Jeric Olay
A poem by Jeric Olay.
The fate of a barrio farmer
Jeric Olay
A poem by Jeric Olay.
Heartbreak in Southeast Asia
Anthony Tao
A poem by Anthony Tao
Recovering flames
Jake Dennis
A poem from Jake Dennis
Narrow Circles
Maung Day
A poem from Maung Day
Ibun
Kulleh Grasi
Poetry from Kulleh Grasi
In Search of Poetry
Zakariya Amataya
Poetry by Zakariya Amataya, translated by Preeyaporn Charoenbutra and Sunida Supantamart.
In Autumn Gale and Rain
Cleo Adler
A poem in commemoration of Bleak House Books, an independent bookshop in Hong Kong, which ceased operations in October 2021. The store is set to reopen in upstate New York in the spring of 2023.
Cabin
Johanna Carissa Fernandez
A poem from Johanna Carissa Fernandez.
Winter City
Ivan Stacy
A poem from Ivan Stacy
Evening at the Dhaba
Daniel J. Dolley
A poem from Daniel J. Dolley
‘Mangisalat’, ‘Notes from the Bathyscaphe Trieste’ and ‘Bulul’
Ralph Fonte
Poetry from Ralph Fonte
‘My Rong tongue’, ‘Prodigal daughter’ & ‘The colour of silence’
Abrona Aden
Poetry from Abrona Aden
Poetry
Alton Melvar M. Dapanas
Poetry by Alton Melvar M. Dapanas
Dead Things
Prerna Kalbag
A poem from Prerna Kalbag
tanaga (on forgotten Filipino values)
Lawdenmarc Decamora
Poetry from Lawdenmarc Decamora
Edge :: Intersection
Hon-Wai Wong
A poem from Hon-Wai Wong
‘Variations of death’, ‘Notes on the back of a hurricane’
Trish Shishikura
Poetry from Trish Shishikura
The singer-songwriter
Jee Leong Koh
A poem from Jee Leong Koh
Beware of killers who blend in with caterpillars
Patiwat Saraiyaem
A poem from Patiwat Saraiyaem
flight path
Jonathan Chan
A poem from Jonathan Chan
Four poems
Dipika Mukherjee
Four poems by Dipika Mukherjee