Desmond Kon
a haiku is this weight of oxygen involve the beat, ears delay the sequence - hello and goodbye, island they said don't say soul they said liquid, fluid, lea skipping stones, no calm modernism is an oscillation of haiku pier on the green line through the emerald ballroom a dance of bouquets street finds in basement gourmet chefs picking lobsters one mud crab escapes apples, then toffee to separate the taste, angst in a sutra, lost spice bar at a glance fingers in your fingers, soft welcome, poppy fields illusionism is a waveform of haiku hollow as chest voice shallow sounds, cough, oration downstream translation this piano duet our spectacle, new form pulse, phrase, half-sung, wedge wisdom like fresh shells spotted carp in a swim, black marking blister pearls Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé has edited more than 10 books and co-produced 3 audio books, several pro bono for non-profit organizations. A recipient of the Singapore Internationale Grant and Dr Hiew Siew Nam Academic Award, he has recent or forthcoming work in Copper Nickel, Cricket Online Review, Folly, Orion Headless, Pank, Presence, Mascara Literary Review, Nano Fiction, Notes from the Gean, Titular and Walnut Literary Review. Also working in clay, Desmond sculpts commemorative ceramic pieces for his Potter Poetics Collection, these works housed in museums and private collections in India, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
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