‘Public servants are the No. 1 wordsmiths’: poet Joshua Yap’s lessons on leadership in sonnet form
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Sing Lit Station director Joshua Yap with his new poetry collections published by Landmark Books.
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- Joshua Yap, a Mindef scholar poet, merges his public service and literary lives in his book Sonnets From A Servant.
- The book highlights the vital role of middle managers in sonnet form.
- Yap believes public servants are skilled wordsmiths.
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SINGAPORE – Co-founder of non-profit organisation Sing Lit Station Joshua Yap led a double life for 26 years. By day, he was a Ministry of Defence scholar in uniform, rallying troops before outfield exercises and IPPT tests.
By night, he transformed into one of Singapore’s funniest poets, a regular Facebook poster with now nine poetry collections to his name.