The Power of a Poem | ArtsEquator Skip to content Zakir Hossain, a celebrated poet and migrant worker in Singapore, wrote a poem, which sparked a response from the state...
5 Singapore poems not to quote out of context | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Elliot Wong October 13, 2019 By Nabilah Said (2,500 words, 7-minute read) In 1968, Lee Kuan Yew uttered the words “Poetry is a luxury we cannot afford” to a roomful of University of Singapore students...