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"The National Education Theorem", Jolene Lum

Laid out in the GCE/SEAB Math exam paper format, this poem has 3 sections labelled ‘Lemma 1. Differentiate Citizens by Race’, Lemma 2. Differentiate Citizens by Language’ and ‘Lemma 3. Differentiate Citizens by Religion’.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Parental Spectrum", Praval Visvanath

you get the same
as your sister does

now finish your things
and maybe you’ll get
some sun

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Angles of Depression", Jolene Cheong

Find t. On a bad day, I learned that it takes 10 to 15 stories for an assured fate.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Modern Relationships", Quek Jia Qi

Nine graphs arranged in 3 by 3, each one with an x and y axis, illustrated according to their respective captions.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Your Love Life in Jeopardy", Maddie Capriana

For $100: A partially charged ion existence of both your thoughts, a dipole-dipole interaction

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Portrait of my crushes as delivery boxes", Min Lim

wrong label attached // Colour: Black / Type: Woman / Size: 34C // SPECIAL OFFER / WEEKEND ONLY*

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"whose heart is not a hungry fish?", Qamar Firdaus Saini

Written in a fish bone diagram style, thin angular lines break out from the words and connect to other phrases that add to the poem.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"intaglio madonna", Kemlyn Tan Bappe

ave maria
gratia plena
dominicus tecum
benedicta tu in mulierubus

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Truth Conditions", Margaret Devadason

A: Every photo in the family album is of someone who is not me.

B: My name is bubbling over on the stovetop of our domesticity.

C: Even a scared crow knows what’s coming.

D: I trace my lineage on the future axis.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND MEDICO LEGAL PRACTICE, VOL. 2, NO. 1", Drima Chakraborty

We do not fear loss itself, but thinking too much about it — family members given to the undertaker and forgotten until you can gather around their soft resting hole, suit-and-tie.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Loops of Our Own Choosing", Jerome Lim

This poem is presented in a flow chart. It starts with ‘DAWN ON A GIVEN DAY’ and ends with ‘REPRODUCTION’.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"millennial lit", Rodrigo Dela Peña, Jr.

A 4 by 4 table — each section a popular literary phrase that has been adapted into modern slang, emoticons and abbreviations.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Self-Portrait as Snack Packaging", Wahid Al Mamun

Ingredients: brain (heart, tongue, consciousness. warning – may speak out of turn. took an iq test aged 8 to prove a point, only to realize he’s been proving another point all along) hair, curled. (unprocessed).

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"WORD SEARCH (2)", Francine Wang

This is a crossword puzzle: There are 4 words across and 3 words down to solve. Below the crossword are the clues. The clues are the poem’s stanza.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Where did you put your phone?", Karisa Poedjirahardjo

This is poem has been placed in an image of a circular maze: it only has one starting point and the maze enters in the centre of the circle.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"What was I afraid of again?", Min Lim

I peaked in secondary school.
Five hours after waking up I’m doing nothing but not sleep.
My mother as memoir with broken spine.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Our Constant Renovation", Joses Ho

all that remains
your towel
grief-damp with
sleeping dogs
the heat of possible demolition

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
"Ghazal of Things", Jerome Lim

Collection of small items laid out in neat rows on a dark wooden floor: some of the items include military and school tags, contact lens cases and a photograph of the author.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Poetry
Soundcheck: Four Artists Reflect On Their Creative Journeys
Soundcheck: Four Artists Reflect On Their Creative Journeys

In the spirit of end-of-year reflections, four artists compare their very first poem, rap and song, to their latest releases — discovering how much they’ve changed.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Articles
The Word for World is Image
The Word for World is Image

A comic artist and illustrator draw out discussions about comics, illustration, and power.

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2020.2Daryl Qilin YamDecember 10, 2020Articles
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