It is with great pleasure that i introduce the official editor of our poetry/writing newsletter to everyone.

Meet Asra Siddiqui, an experimental writer known amongst the team here for her profound vocabulary and deep thought. It will be her that will have the pleasure of viewing the articles and works submitted to our newsletter. She will also be posting updates here.

And as a sample speaks more than a thousand words, an excerpt from a poem of hers; Quantum :

III. woe to the sonnet

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Its temperate sun and lack of frost
With winds so gentle lava outflows them
But summer itself is too long
And near to fading an unmentionable course
In visions of Heaven, summer is
The darling of the earth, sometimes it just
Makes you sick to your stomach.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
When birds breathe easily and the light
Can see its immovable lamppost shadow
Unyielding upon sidewalks not coated with rain.
Yet her visage has too golden an eye,
Her lines too slanted a complexion
By chance or hookety crook
Also seems to have too hot a disposition
To give life.

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We have gotten our first staff member!

Introducing Edward Yong, our literary consultant. A poet originally based in the UK conversant in eight languages, he recieved his BA(hons) in Classics and his Master of Arts in Late Antique & Byzantine Studies from King’s College London.

He writes Latin and Greek poetry, and teaches in one of Singapore’s elite schools.

Sample of his poetry in Ancient Greek:
Χαλεπὸν τὸ μὴ φιλῆσαι•
χαλεπὸν δὲ καὶ φιλῆσαι•
χαλεπώτερον δὲ πάντων
ἀποτυγχάνειν φιλοῦντα.

Transliterated:
Khalepon to mê philêsai
khalepon de kai philêsai
khalepôteron de pantôn
apotunkhanein philounta.

In English:
Hard to not love;
Hard too, to love;
Hardest when you
Lose a love.

 Hello all, I’m Kevin Ng (T.Y.) and this is my new blog on my quest to set up a company and publication dedicated to helping aspiring poets worldwide.

As a poet from sunny, urbanised, and some say “straitlaced” Singapore, I’ve run into my own fair share of problems in the years that i’ve been writing. From this materialistic, meritocratic island, I intend to raise awareness and, where possible provide personalised assistance for aspiring poets everywhere, create our very own poetry newsletter, and much more! Although it is far more likely we’ll somehow manage to completely ignore all that and just chat for fun

 
For those people who’ve always wanted to know where Singapore really is (it is not in China)(or India!):

 
[ From: http://www.brettdavenport.com/photos/singapore/Map_Singapore.jpg]

Working with our partners, I hope to be able to complete the arrangements for the e-zine and newsletter soon, so stay tuned!

I’m contactable at kevnty [at] live [dot] com if there is anyone interested in joining our team. =)