Name: After You
ISBN: 9789810772741

Cyril Wong

After You

Faith Ho 

these poems feel so intimate, a personal and specific snapshot of life and love that somehow in its microscopic purview touch something universal - i am honoured to access that, for a moment.

personally really enjoy cyril wong's style of poetry - simple but not superficial, a beauty and startling quality to the words (also some really good imagery and concepts). "confessional poet" is quite apt. 

(shall not be cliche and say human condition but really, isn't it? tfw ur friends look at romance in books/shows/vids and go "im so lonely" n u don't get it but then u read this and you don't exactly feel lonely but also u think damn to feel this) 

favourite poems:
- an explanation 
- writing exercise 
- insomnia
- aubade reloaded 
- after 

and the last stanza of ars poetica: 
"ask for poetry
that teaches us to live
love and depart 
without flinching"

After You

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