Nine years ago, Felix Cheong declared he would stop publishing poetry. He felt, he says, that he was repeating himself, that he had nothing new to say.
Last Friday, the 53-year-old had to eat his words at the launch of B-Sides And Backslides: 1986-2018 (inset), a collection of "outtakes" from past volumes as well as new work inspired by his collaborations with classical musicians.
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