Poetry

Sporting Life

When athletes aren’t fully appreciated, they have one real choice: Grind harder

Not every athlete gets the cheers and respect they deserve, but they have no option but to keep working hard and trying to convince people.

Stolen letters that Romantic poet John Keats sent to his beloved are found

The book was stolen and its location became a mystery for nearly 40 years.

Book review

Poetry collections by Cyril Wong and Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal examine self and identity

Poets Cyril Wong (left) and Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal.

BookTalk

Books connect Banyan Group director Ho Ren Chun to friends and family

Mr Ho Ren Chun, director of corporate development at Banyan Group, fits in short stories and poetry into his travel time.

Book Talk

‘Pain demands to be felt’: Author John Green’s quote a constant reminder to writer Sherry Toh

Sherry Toh contributed an essay to disability studies anthology Not Without Us (2023).

‘This is our time’: Acclaimed poet to honour NY Mayor-elect Mamdani with inaugural poem

Cornelius Eady, who will be the inaugural poet at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in ceremony as mayor of New York.

Merry Christmas in verse: Singapore poets on taxes and the holidays

(Clockwise from top left) Lee Tzu Pheng, Yong Shu Hoong, Marylyn Tan, Theophilus Kwek, Aaron Maniam and Wahid Al Mamun have penned poetry about taxes and Christmas.

ST Christmas poems: Walking Down Canal Street, New Orleans by Wahid Al Mamun

ST Christmas poems: TAXMAN by Lee Tzu Pheng

ST Christmas poems: Balancing Act by Yong Shu Hoong

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