Poetry

Overview of the Singapore Literature Bibliographies (1950 – 2015)

The National Library has compiled a set of bibliographies on Singapore Literature that covers works published in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. These provide a comprehensive listing of literary works by Singapore writers and Singapore literature from more than 50 years ago. The bibliographies have been updated from the original print versions to include works published from 2008 to 2015. The full listing of works including titles of newspapers and literary periodicals in the four languages can be easily accessed through the Resource Guides platform. More information about the specific language bibliographies including scope and coverage can be found in the respective Singapore Literature Resource Guides.

Singapore Literature in English

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Poetry

One of the most popular forms of creative writing in Singapore, the entries below include some of the earliest published works in this genre starting from the 1930s.

Library Codes

NL: National Library (Lee Kong Chian Reference Library)
PL: Public Libraries, National Library Board
RU: Repository Used Collection, National Library Board
NUS: National University of Singapore
ISEAS: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

National Library Collection Codes

RSING Adult Reference Singapore
RDET Adult Reference Edwin Thumboo
RCLOS Adult Reference Closed Access
RRARE Adult Reference Rare
YRSING Young Adult Reference Singapore
RAC Junior Reference Asian Children
RART Adult Reference Art

1930-1939

Ng, Francis. [1935] F.M.S.R.: a poem.
London: Arthur H. Stockwell.
Call No.: RCLOS 821.9 PNG -[RFL] Microfilm No.: NL16347

1950-1959

Wang, GungWu. [1950] Pulse.
Singapore: B. Lim, 1950 16 p.
Call No.: RCLOS 828.99595 WAN

Lim, Thean Soo. [1951?] Selected verses.
Singapore: University of Malaya.
Call No.: RCLOS 828.99 LIM
Microfilm No.: NL12702

Lim, Thean Soo. [1953] Poems, 1951-1953.
Singapore: Lim Thean Soo.
Call No.: RCLOS 828.995957 LIM
Microfilm No.: NL11434

Thumboo, Edwin. [1956] Rib of earth.

Singapore: L. Fernando.

Call No.: RCLOS S821 THU

Yin, C.H. [1959] To Lizzie: poems & translations.

[Singapore: s.n., 1959].
Call No.: RCLOS 808.810095957 YIN DG: SBS (EDU)

1960-1969

Wignesan, T. [1961] Tracks of a tramp: a first collection of poems, 1951-1961.
Singapore: Rayirath Publications. Call No.: RCLOS 821 WIG
Microfilm No.: NL11434

Ng, See Thong. [1964] In reverie: a collection of poems.
Singapore: Far Eastern Features Service.
Call No.: RCLOS 821.91 NG

Wong, May. [1969] A bad girl’s book of animals.

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World.
Call No.: RCLOS 828.99 WON

1970-1979

Yap, Arthur. [1971] Only lines.
[Singapore]: Federal Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.99 YAP

Yeo, Robert. [1971] Coming home baby.
[Singapore]: Federal Publications, [1971].
Call No.: RSING 828.99 YEO
Microfiche No.: NL0031/117

Tay, Chong Hai. [1971] Collected poems.
Singapore: Collie’s International.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.99 TAY
Microfiche No.: NL0036/104

Nair, Chandran. [1972] Once the horsemen and other poems.
[Singapore]: University Education Press.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.99 NAI

Wong, May. [1972] Reports.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Call No.: RSING 828.99 WON

Ong, Teong Hean. [1973] The blue leaves of poetry.
Singapore: [s.n.],
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 ONG

Mirapuri, Mervin. [1974] Eden 22.
Singapore: Woodrose Publications.
Call No.: RCLOS 828.995957 MIR
Microfiche No.: NL0053/071

Huang, Hsing-peng. [1974] Montaged contemplation & other poems.
Singapore: [s.n.].
Call No.: No holdings in NL. (Available in NUS Central Library.)

Lim, Cheah Aik. [1975] Poems.
Singapore: Lim Cheah Aik.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 LIM
Microfiche No.: NL0036/118-119

Ong, Teong Hean. [1975] The green leaves of poetry.
Singapore: T.H. Ong.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 ONG
Microfiche No.: NL0038/069

Nair, Chandran. [1975] After the hard hours, this rain.
Singapore: Woodrose Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 NAI

Un, Hon Hing. [1975] Cry and be damned: collected poems.
Singapore: Un H.H.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.99 UN

Lim, Thean Soo. [1976] The liberation of Lily and other poems.
Singapore: T.S. Lim.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 LIM

Tan, Nalla. [1976] Emerald autumn and other poems.
Singapore: [N. Tan].
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 TAN

Goh, Poh Seng. [1976] Eyewitness.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 GOH

Heng, Geraldine. [1976] Whitedreams: poems.
Singapore: Woodrose Publications.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 HEN

Phua, Edward. [1977] Thirty-two poems of yesterday.
Singapore: [E. Phua]
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 PHU

Thumboo, Edwin. [1977] Gods can die.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia).
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 THU

Yap, Arthur. [1977] Commonplace.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia).
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 YAP

Yeo, Robert. [1977] And napalm does not help.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia).
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 YEO

Tay, Chong Hai. [1977] The birth of a new day, and other poems.
New York: Vantage Press.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 TAY

Abdul Ghani Hamid. [1978] Breezes: selected poems 1973-1978.
Singapore: Solidarity Pub.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 ABD

Wong, May. [1978] Superstitions: poems.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Call No.: RCLOS 828.99 WON -[SEA]

Rosaly Puthuchary. [1978] The fragmented ego.
Singapore: Woodrose Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.99595 PUT

Rosaly Puthucheary. [1978] Pillow your dreams.
Singapore: Woodrose Publications.
Call No.: RSING 828.99595 PUT

Goh, Poh Seng. [1978] Lines from Batu Ferringhi.
Singapore: Island Group.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 GOH

Chin, Hock Seng & Soon, Edwin. [1978] Between now & awakening: poems.
Singapore: Distributed by Chopmen Enterprises.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 CHI

Yeo, Bock Cheng. [1978] The shadow, and other poems.
Singapore: Woodrose Publications.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 YEO

Tan, Nalla. [1978] The gift, and other poems.
Singapore: Federal Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 TAN

Singh, Kirpal. [1978] Twenty poems.
Calcutta: P. Lal.
Call No: RSING 828.995957 KIR

Thumboo, Edwin. [1979] Ulysses by the Merlion.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 THU

Chow, Alvin. [1979] Just then.
Singapore: Martevick Distributors.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 CHO

1980-1989

Pillay, Vettivaloo Kandasamy. [1980] In dedication to my divine master Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Call No.: RCLOS S820 PIL

Tay, Simon. [1980] Prism.
Singapore: [S.H. Tay].
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 TAY

Pushpa Bhagat. [1980] Guru, Gita and Gopal.
Singapore: Chopmen.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 PUS

Mohd Ibrahim. [1980] The marriage of the rocks, and other poems.
Singapore: Chopmen.
Call No.: RSING S821 MOH

Lee, Tzu Pheng. [1980] Prospect of a drowning.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LEE

Ong, Teong Hean. [1980] The purple leaves.
Singapore: Art Corner.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 ONG

Woo, Keng Thye. [1980] Risen ash.
Singapore: Sam Boyd Enterprise
Call No.: RSING S821 WOO

Yap, Arthur. [1980] Down the line.
Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 828.995957 YAP

Chew, Yen Fook. [1981] As long as rivers flow.
Singapore: Y.F. Chew and Samydorai.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHE

Lee, Wen. [1981] A waking dream.
Singapore: Select Books.
Call No.: RSING S828.07 LEE

Goh, Poh Seng. [1982] Bird with one wing: a sequence of poems.
Singapore: Island Press.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 GOH

Lee, Bessie. [1982] In love a sweetness ready.
Singapore: B. Lee.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LEE

Tay, Simon. [1985] “5”.
Singapore: Dept. of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 TAY

Chia, Joyce. [1986] A JC original.
Singapore: J. Chia. Call No.: No holdings in NL. (Available in NUS Central Library.)

Zaman, Viqar. [1986?] Poems 55
[Singapore: V. Zaman, 1986?].
Call No.: No holdings in NL. (Available in NUS Central Library.)

Enriquez, Leon. [1986] A tincture of iodine and other poems.
Singapore: L.A. Enriquez.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 ENR

Yap, Angeline. [1986] Collected poems.
Singapore: Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore.
Call No.: RDET S821 YAP

Yap, Arthur. [1986] Man snake apple & other poems.
Singapore: Heinemann Asia.
Call No.: RSING S821 YAP

Singh, Kirpal. [1986] Palm readings: poems.
Singapore: G. Brash, 1986. 75 p. by Singh, Kirpal.
Call No.: RSING S821 KIR

Kagda, Sakina. [1987] Fragrant journeys: poems of travel.
Singapore: Intellectual Pub.
Call No.: RSING S821 KAG

Lee, Tzu Pheng. [1988] Against the next wave.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LEE

Rasiah Halil. [1988] Perbualan buku catatan seorang gipsi.
Singapura: RH Pub.
Call No.: RSING S899.2305 RAS

Boey, Kim Cheng. [1989] Somewhere-bound.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING S821 BOE

Yeo, Robert. [1989] A part of three: poems 1966-1988.
Singapore: Select Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 YEO

Lin, Hsin Hsin. [1989] Take a word for a walk.
Singapore: Select Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIN

1990-1999

Wang, Anna. [1991] A-musing 69.
Singapore: A. Wang.
Call No.: RSING S821 WAN

Leong, Liew Geok. [1991] Love is not enough.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEO

Lee, Tzu Pheng. [1991] The brink of an amen.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Lin, Hsin Hsin. [1991] From time to time.
Singapore: Select Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIN

Lin, Hsin Hsin. [1992] Love @ 1st byte.
Singapore: World Scientific.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIN

Koh, Buck Song. [1992] A brief history of Toa Payoh and other poems.
Singapore: Imperial Publishing House.
Call No.: RSING S821 KOH

Boey, Kim Cheng. [1992] Another place.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING S821 BOE

Moo, Joash. [1992] Nannu.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No: RSING S821 MOO

Lim, Catherine. [1992] Love’s lonely impulses.
Singapore: Heinemann Asia.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIM

Rosaly Puthucheary. [1992] Dance on his doorstep.
Singapore: Crescent Design Associates.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S822 PUT

Shiau, Daren. [1993] The door god: [and other poems]. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 SHI
Microfilm No.: NL27661

Wong, Nai Seng. [1993] The story begins.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 WON
Microfilm No.: NL27635

Leo, David. [1993] Somewhere a tiny voice.
Singapore: Pagesetters Services.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEO

Ahmad Md Tahir. [1993] Voices.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 AHM
Microfilm No.: NL27951

Lim, Selina Sheuh Li. [1993] A collection of 42 poems. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 LIM
Microfilm No.: NL 27661

Bhatia, Umeij. [1993] Frozen orchids. [n.d].
Call No.: RSING S821 BHA

Chua, Tze Wei. [1993] 80 poems. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 CHU
Microfilm No.: NL27953

De Almeida. [1993] Poems by Idas. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 DEA
Microfilm No.: NL27916

Kiu, David Lin Zer. [1993] Spirits are people with minds. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 KIU
Microfilm No.: NL27952

Peck, Soo Hong. [1993] Vestal verses. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 PEC
Microfilm No.: NL27661

Pereira, Mary Delfin. [1993] Emas on earth & other poems. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 PER
Microfilm No.: NL27660

Goh, Sin Tub. [1993] Moments in a Singapore life.
Singapore: UniPress.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 GOH

Heng Siok Tian. [1993] Crossing the chopsticks and other poems.
Singapore: UniPress.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 HEN

Lee Jeffrey. [1993] The sea is never full. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 LEE
Microfilm No.: NL27635

Lim, Leong Keng. [1993] Window into a zoo.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 LIM
Microfilm No.: NL27661

Low, Clinton. [1993] Decadence. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 LOW
Microfilm No.: NL27636

James, Larry Steward. [1993] The rose of Sharon. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 JAM
Microfilm No.: NL27652

Jek, Elaine Su-Yin. [1993] Permission to dance. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 JEK
Microfilm No.: NL27952

Hashikin Maraican Mohamed Latiff. [1993] Stars behind the clouds. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 HAS
Microfilm No.: NL27944

Sim Desmond. [1993] Places where I’ve been. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 SIM
Microfilm No.: NL27656

Tan, Soo Hong. [1993] Days and places to poetastry. [n.d].
Call No.: RCLOS S821 TAN
Microfilm No.: NL27945

Tan, Paul Kim Liang. [1993] Curious roads.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 TAN
Microfilm No.: NL27944 (manuscript)

Thumboo, Edwin. [1993] A third map: new and selected poems.
Singapore: UniPress.
Call No.: RSING S821 THU

Toh, Hsien Min. [1994] Iambus: poems.
Singapore: UniPress.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 TOH.

Tan, Paul Kim Liang. [1994] Curious roads.
Singapore: EPB Publishers.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Sim, Desmond. [1994] Places where I’ve been.
Singapore: EPB Publishers.
Call No.: RSING S821 SIM

Enriquez, Leon. [1994] A Singapore tale: an expression in verse and art, places.
Singapore: Concepts & Resources.
Call No.: RSING S821 ENR

Ho, Poh Fun. [1994] Katong: and other poems.
Singapore: UniPress.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 HO

Lau, Aileen Guek Lin. [1994] Face to faith: poems.
Singapore: Pagesetters Services.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LAU

Lee Jeffrey. [1994] The sea is never full.
Singapore: EPB Publishers.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LEE

Goh, Vivien. [1994] Vandawall.
Singapore: Brit Aspen Pub.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 GOH

Lin, Hsin Hsin. [1994] Sunny side up.
Singapore: Select Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIN

Lim, Theodore. [1995] The secrets of an eastern myth: a collection of poems.
Singapore: UniPress.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LIM

Peck, Soo Hong. [1995] Vestal verses: a collection of verses.
Call No.: RCLOS S821 PEC
Microfilm No.: NL27636

Perera, Sanjay. [1995] A leap in the dark.
Montreux: Minerva Press.
Call No.: RSING 828.995957 PER

Wan, Lucy [1995] The heart write to speak.
Singapore: Lucy S.C. Wan.
Call No.: RSING S821 WAN

Wan, Lucy. [1996] Brush with poetry.
Singapore: Lucy S. C. Wan.
Call No.: RSING S821 WAN

Jenkins, Roger. [1996] From the belly of the carp: Singapore River voices.
Singapore: EPB Publishers.
Call No.: RSING S821 JEN

Cheong, Colin. [1996] Void decks: and other empty places.
Singapore: EPB Publishers.
Call No.: RSING 812 CHE

Boey, Kim Cheng. [1996] Days of no name.
Singapore: EPB Publishers Pte. Ltd.
Call No.: RSING S821 BOE

Goh, Kasan. [1996] H2O and other proselyrics.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S823 GOH

Lee, Tzu Pheng. [1997] Lambada by Galilee and other surprises.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Lin, Hsin Hsin. [1997] In bytes we travel.
Singapore; River Edge, NJ.: World Scientific.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIN

Heng, Terence. [1997] Live a manic existence with a cup of sanity in your hand.
Singapore: Terence Heng.
Available at the National Library’s Legal Deposit collection

Leo, David. [1997] One journey, many rivers.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEO

Lee, Aaron Soon Yong. [1997] A visitation of sunlight: poems 1990-96.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Pang, Alvin. [1997] Testing the silence: poems.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 PAN

Tan, Lucy. [1997] Lucy Tan’s 108 fragments–.
Singapore: The Bookshop Etc.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Yong, Shu Hoong. [1997] Isaac.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDTSH S821 YON

Wong, Shin Ming. [1997] And other poems.
Singapore: Raffles Editions.
Call No.: RSING S821 WON

Tan, Nalla. [1998] The collected poems of Nalla Tan.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING/RSEA/RDET S821 TAN

Gwee, Li Sui. [1998] Who wants to buy a book of poems?
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 GWE

Tan, Paul Kim Liang. [1998] Driving into rain.
Singapore: Raffles Editions.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Alfian Sa’at. [1998] One fierce hour.
Singapore: Landmarks Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 SAA

Wan, Lucy. [1998] Occidentally oriental strokes.
[Singapore]: Lucy S C Wan.
Call No.: RSING 745.61 WAN -[REC]

Kucinta Setia. [1998] Odes to edibles: an anthology of Singapore dialect poems.
Henley Beach, S. Aust.: Seaview Press.
Call No.: RSING S821 SET

James Puthucheary. [1998] No cowardly past: James Puthucheary writings, poems, commentaries.
Kuala Lumpur: INSAN.
Call No.: RSING/RDET 959.504 NO

Sin, Damien. [1998] Saints, sinners and Singaporeans: a collection of poems.
Singapore: Angsana Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 SIN

Singh, Kirpal. [1998] Cat walking and the games we play.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 KIR

Cheong, Felix. [1998] Temptation, and other poems.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHE

Chia, Grace. Womango. [1998] Singapore: Rank Books, 1998.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHI

Goh, Poh Seng. [1998] The girl from Ermita & selected poems, 1961-1998.
Gibsons, B.C.: Nightwood Editions.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 GOH

Cheong, Felix. [1999] I watch the stars go out.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHE

Anuar, Hedwig. [1999] Under the apple tree: political parodies of the 1950s.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 ANU

Jenkins, Roger. [1999] From the belly of the carp: Singapore River voices.
Singapore: Raffles.
Call No.: PL SING S821 JEN

Heng Siok Tian. [1999] My city, my canvas.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 HEN

Lim, Min. [1999] Mining for the light.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LIM

Yap, Wy-En [1999] When heaven meets earth.
[Singapore: Yap Wy-En].
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 YAP

Yeo, Robert. [1999] Leaving home, mother: selected poems.
Singapore: Angsana Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 YEO

2000-2009

Shiau, Daren. [2000] Peninsular: archipelagos and other islands.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 SHI

Jupri Arshad. [2000] Teenage years: a collection of short stories & poems.
Singapore: Arza Dynamic.
Call No.: RSING S823 TEE

Leong, Liew Geok. [2000] Women without men.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S823 LEO

Chan, Kit. [2000] I write a page: poems.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHA

Goh, Poh Seng. [2000] As though the gods love us.
Roberts Creek: Nightwood Editions.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 GOH

Wong, Cyril. [ 2000] Squatting quietly: poems.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 WON

Yap, Arthur. [2000] The space of city trees: selected poems.
London: Skoob Pacifica.
Call No.: RSING S821 YAP

Wong, Cyril. [2001] The end of his orbit: poems.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 WON

De Souza, Dudley Patrick. [2001] A Singapore wilderness & other poems.
Singapore: Bradbury Prints.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 DES

Lo, Christina. [2001] Memories.
Singapore: C. Loh.
Call No.: RSING S821 LOH

Toh, Hsien Min. [2001] The enclosure of love.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 TOH

Tay, Eddie. [2001] Remnants: poems.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAY

Koh, Buck Song. [2001] The worth of wonder.
Singapore: Times Books International.
Call No.: RSING S821 KOH

Alfian Sa’at. [2001] A history of amnesia: poems.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 ALF

Wooi-chin, J-son. [2001] Homing pigeon.
Singapore: Unipress.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 WOO

Yeow, Kai Chai. [2001] Secret manta.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 YEO

Yong, Shu Hoong. [2001] Isaac revisited: poems.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 YON

Yong, Shu Hoong. [2002] Dowhile: poems.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 YON

Yap, Wy-En. [2002] Life’s bus-stop.
Singapore: Integrated Press.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 YAP

Chew, Beng Lian. [2002] Gems of thoughts.
Singapore: Chew B.L.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHE

Lee, Melvin. [2002] Star, forest, rain and other poems.
Singapore: The Publishing Consultant.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Wong, Cyril. [2002] Below absence: poems.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 WON

Kensai & Ng Kwang Cheng. [2002] Maiden: poetry by Kensai.
Singapore: Firstfruits.
Call No.: RSING/YRSING/RDET S821 KEN

Sng, Christina. [2002] The darkside of Eden.
[Singapore]: Allegra Press.
Call No.: RSING S821 SNG

Koh, Beng Liang. [2002] Last three women.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 KOH

Lee, Madeleine. [2003] A single headlamp.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 LEE

Koh, Buck Song. [2003] The ocean of ambition.
Singapore: SNP Editions.
Call No.: RSING S821 KOH

Fernando, Raymond Anthony. [2003] Poems from the heart.
Singapore: Armour Pub.
Call No.: RSING S821 FER

Keerthi, Rahul. [2003] Unriven.
[Singapore: s.n.].
Call No.: RSING S821 KEE

Cheong, Felix. [2003] Broken by the rain.
Singapore: First fruits.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHE

Pang, Alvin. [2003] City of rain.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 PAN

Thumboo, Edwin. [2003] Friend.
Singapore: Landmark Books and the Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore.
Call No.: RSING S821 THU

Ong, Teong Hean. [2004] Gathering of leaves: (phases of life lived).
Singapore: Ong T. H.
Call No.: RDET S821 ONG

Chia, Daniel Wei Xin. [2004] Teeny thots.
Singapore: JC Wealth Management.
Call No.: RSING S821 DAN

Lim, Jaclyn. [2004] Glass fragments.
Singapore: Jaclyn Lim.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIM

Lim, Jit Jin. [2004] Reflections.
Singapore: Candid Creation.
Call No.: RSING S820 LIM

Lin, Hsin Hsin. [2004] Between the lines.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIN

Heng, Siok Tian. [2004] Contouring.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 HEN

Heng, Terence. [2004] From where I’m standing.
Singapore: Landmark Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 HEN

Boey, Kim Cheng. [2004] Another place.
Singapore: Times Editions.
Call No.: RSING S821 BOE

Fernando, Raymond Anthony. [2004] Feelings: a collection of heartfelt poems.
Singapore: Armour Pub.
Call No.: RSING S821 FER

Tan, Jing Quee. [2004] Love’s travelogue: a personal poetry collection.
[Singapore]: May Pub.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Kamariah Ahmad. [2004] Let’s celebrate: Islam in poems and art.
Singapore: UMM Haritha Art Works.
Call No.: RSING 759.5957 KAM

Lee, Madeleine. [2004] Fiftythree/zerothree.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Wong, Cyril. [2004] Dedications: 8 poems.
[Singapore]: J. Wee.
Call No.: PL SING S821 WON

Wong, Cyril. [2004] Unmarked treasure: poems.
Singapore: Firstfruit Publications.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 WON

Solvere. [2004] True love: four seasons.
Singapore: Lim Swee Keng.
Call No.: RSING S821 SOL

Tan, David. [2005] A guide to life from beyond.
Singapore: David Tan.
Call No.: RSING S821 DAV

Tay, Eddie. [2005] A lover’s soliloquy.
Hong Kong: Sixth Finger Press.
Call No.: RSING/RDET S821 TAY

Loy, Lily. [2005] Lalang, durian & mown grass: (a miscellany).
Singapore: Leaves & Pages Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 LOY

Maniam, Aaron. [2005] Morning at memory’s border.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 MAN

Md. Badrun Nafis. [2005] New beginnings.
Singapore: Zuzy Anggriany.
Call No.: RSING S821 MD

Lee, ,Madeleine & Wong, Eleanor. [2005] Y Grec.
Singapore: Firstfruits.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Sim, Kian Kok. [2005] Rhapsody of a Singapore muse.
Singapore: Rank Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 SIM

Sim, J.E.K. [2005] Songs of Singapore: post-modernist masks & voices.
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions.
Call No.: RSING S821 SIM

Yong, Shu Hoong. [2005] Frottage: poems.
Singapore: Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 YON

Yeo, Vivienne. [2005] If you’re not, why not?: fifty poems.
Singapore: Epigram.
Call No.: RSING S821 YEO

Yeow, Kai Chai. [2006] Pretend I’m not here.
Singapore: Firstfruits.
Call No.: RSING S821 YEO

Ng Yi Sheng. [2006] Last Boy.
Call No.: RCLOS 821.91 NG
Call No.: RSING S821 NG

Lim, Catherine. [2006] Humoresque.
Singapore: Horizon Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LIM

Hu, Michael. [2006] The gathering: a collection of short stories and poems.
Singapore: Candid Creation Pub.
Call No.: RSING S828 HU

Boey, Kim Cheng. [2006] After the fire: new and selected poems.
Singapore: Firstfruits.
Call No.: RSING S821 BOE

Tan, Paul Kim Liang. [2006] First meeting of hands.
Singapore: Firstfruits, 2006.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Wong, Cyril. [2006] Like a seed with its singular purpose.
Singapore: Firstfruits.
Call No.: RSING S821 WON

Wong, Cyril. [2007] Tilting our plates to catch the light.
Singapore: Firstfruits.
Call No.: RSING S821 WON

Seah, Jasmine & Koh, Jennifer. [2007] Light is like water.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No: RSING S821 SEA

Zohaib Yazdani. [2007] The deep hearted poet: read his story, discover his deep mind.
Singapore: Zohaib Yazdani.
Call No.: RSING S821 ZOH

Tan, Colin. [2007] The evidence of the senses.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Bani Haykal. [2007] Sit quietly in the flood.
Singapore: Word Forward.
Call No.: RSING S821 BAN

Cheng, Emile S. T. [2007] Just musing: anthology of poems.
Singapore: Emile S.T. Cheng.
Call No.: RSING S821 CHE

Jaensch, Terry & Wong, Cyril. [2007] Excess baggage & claim.
Yarraville, Australia: Transit Lounge Pub.
Call No.: RSING S821 JAE

Mohamed Jeeshan. [2007] The event of being.
Singapore: Mohamed Jeeshan.
Call No.: RSING S821 MOH

Nair, Marc Daniel. [2007] Along the yellow line.
Singapore: Word Forward.
Call No.: RSING S821 NAI

Nansi, Pooja. [2007] Stiletto scars.
Singapore: Word Forward.
Call No.: RSING S821 NAN

Mooney-Singh. [2007] The laughing Buddha cab company.
Singapore: Word Forward.
Call No.: RSING S821 MOO

Koh, Jee Leong. [2007] Payday loans: poems.
Hoboken, N.J.: Poets Wear Prada.
Call No.: RSING S821 KOH

Lee, Aaron Soon Yong. [2007] Five right angles: poems.
Singapore: Ethos Books.
Call No.: RSING S821 LEE

Sim, Teo Hong. [2008] Rhapsodies of Singapoean’s youthful dreams.
Singapore : Sim Teo Hong.
Call No.: RSING S821 SIM

Shi Ying. [2008] Selected poems of Shi Ying / translated by Zhang Zhizhong.
Mongolia : Bishrelt Tenger Co Ltd, 2008.
Call No.: RSING S821 SHI

Lim, Victor. [2008] Diamonds from heaven.
Singapore : Forces Publications (1963).
Call No: 821 LIM

Toh, Hsien Min. [2008] Means to an end.
Singapore : Landmark Books
Call No: 821 TOH

Puthucheary, Rosaly. [2008] Footfalls in the rain.
Singapore : Select Pub.
Call No: 821 PUT

Puthucheary, Rosaly. [2008] Mirrored mirages.
Singapore : Select Pub.
Call No: 821 PUT

Chee, Jesslyn. [2008] 5 takes.
Singapore : Singapore Chinese Girls’ School
Call No: 821 CHE

Nambiar, Pratap. [2008] Straight from the heart : a collection of poems.
Singapore : Ethos Books with National Arts Council,
Call No: 821 NAM

Koh, Jee Leong. [2009] Equal to the earth : poems.
[S.l.] : Bench Press.
Call No.: RSING S821 JEE

Sie, Ha Wai. [ 2009] An eye for a story : a collection of Peranakan-themed works.
Singapore : [Published for Singapore Chinese Girls’ School by Ethos Books],
Call No: 821 SIE

Webster, Jonathan. [2009] Return to origins : the poet and the tao : Edwin Thumboo’s Uncle never knew.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 WEB

Tan, Jing Quee. [2009] Our thoughts are free : poems and prose on imprisonment and exile.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 TAN

Koh, Gilbert. [2009] Two baby hands.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 KOH

Sng, Boh Khim. [2009] Simply this, simply his : portraits of Sng Boh Khim.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 SNG

Webster, Jonathan. [2009] Essays on Edwin Thumboo / J.J. Webster … [et al.]
Singapore : Ethos Books,
Call No: 821 WEB

Cheong, Felix. [2009] Sudden in youth : new and selected poems.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 CHE

Wee, Soon Li. [2009] The fantasy man.
Singapore : Li Schneider Pte Ltd
Call No.: RSING S821 WEE

2010-2015

Yong, Shu Hoong. [2010] From within the marrow.
Singapore : Firstfruits Publications.
Call No.: RSING S821 YON

Lau, Wilson. [2010] Discover the poet in you : journey to journal 2.
Singapore : Wilson Lau,
Call No: 821 LAU

Mohamed Pitchay Gani Bin Mohamed Abdul Aziz. [2010] Verses of angels = kalimat dari langit.
Singapore : Angkatan Sasterawan ’50 : Trainee Teachers’ Club,
Call No: 821 VER

Joo Hock. [2010] What I feel like saying.
Singapore : Joo Hock
Call No.: RSING S821 JOO

Kuttan, Sanjay C. [2010] Where fires rage.
Singapore : Straits Times Press
Call No.: RSING S821 KUT

Siah, J. [2011] My reflections.
Singapore : Joanna Siah, 2011?
Call No.: RSING S821 SIA

Kwek, Theophils. [2011] They speak only our mother tongue : poems.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No.: RSING S821 KWE

Koh, Jee Leong. [2011] Seven studies for a self portrait : poems.
[S.l.] : Bench Press,
Call No.: RSING S821 JEE

Chua, Damon. [2011] Traveler’s tale and other poems.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 CHU

Valles, Eric Tinsay. [2011] A world in transit : poems.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 VAL

Wong, Cyril. [2011] Satori blues : a poem.
Singapore : Softblow Press
Call No: 821 WON

Pang, Alvin. [2011] Moving words 2011 : a poetry anthology.
Singapore : The Literary Centre
Call No: 821 MOV

Xiangri, Sanhe. [2011] My sun, moon, star.
Singapore : Xiang Ri San He
Call No: 821 XIA

Koh, Jee Leong. [2011] Seven studies for a self portrait : poems.
[S.l.] : Bench Press,
Call No: 821 KOH

Goh, Jonathan. [2011] Laments of the Lanorei : a collection of assorted songs and poems.
[Singapore : Jonathan Goh]
Call No: 821 GOH

Mooney-Singh, Chris. [2011] The bearded chameleon and other poems.
Fitzroy North, Vic. : Black Pepper
Call No: 821 MOO

Chong, Eileen. [2012] Burning rice.
Melbourne : Australian Poetry.
Call No: 821 CHO

Tan, Iris. [2012] Be in the moment : a little book of poems for loved ones.
Singapore : Candid Creation Pub.,
821 TAN

Fernando, Jeremy. [2012] Requiem for the factory.
Singapore : Delere Press.
Call No: 821 FER

Peters, Ann. [2012] Farrer Park : rhyming verses from a Singapore childhood.
Singapore : Epigram Books
Call No: 821 PET

Boey, Kim Cheng. [2012] Clear brightness : new poems.
Singapore : Epigram Book.
Call No: 821 BOE

Yeo, Robert. [2012] The best of Robert Yeo.
Singapore : Epigram Books.
Call No: 821 YEO

Ho, Ren Chun. [2012] Shrines & streetlights.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 HO

Leo, David. [2012] Ubin dreaming : (you’ve been dreaming).
Singapore : Ethos Books,
Call No: 821 LEO

Puthucheary, Rosaly. [2012] My burning hill.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 PUT

Tan, E. [2012] Songs about girls / Euginia Tan.
[Singapore : Euginia Tan, 2012
Call No.: RSING S821 TAN

Alfian Sa’at. [2012] The invisible manuscript : poems.
Singapore : Math Paper Press.
Call Number: S823 ALF

Ho, Ren Chun. [2012] Shrines & streetlights / poems.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call Number: S821 HO

Yuna, A. [2013] Simple love poetry.
Charleston, South Carolina : Yuna Angell
Call No: S821 ANG

Tan, E. [2013] Playing pretty.
Singapore : Euginia Tan.
Call No: S821 TAN

Tan, Jollin. [2013] Bursting seams.
Singapore : Math Paper Press by BooksActually.
Call No: 821 TAN

Loh, Chin Ee. [2013] Teaching poetry to adolescents : a teacher’s guide to Little things.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 LOH

Wong, Cyril. [2013] The dictator’s eyebrow.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No: 821 WON

De Rozario, Tania. 2013] Tender delirium : poems.
Singapore : Math Paper Press.
Call No: 821 DER

Thumboo, Edwin. [2013] Edwin Thumboo : time-travelling : a poetry exhibition.
Singapore : National Library.
Call No: 821 THU

Yap, Arthur. [2013] The collected poems of Arthur Yap.
Singapore : NUS Press.
Call No: 821 YAP

Lee, Madeleine. [2013] One point six one eight.
Singapore : Published under the imprint Ethos Books by Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd.,
Call No: 821 LEE

Lee, S.Y, Aaron. [2014] Coastlands.
Singapore : Ethos Books, [2014] Call No: S821 LEE

Ng, Leonard. [2014] Changes and chances.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: S821 NG

Lee, Chery;l Julia. [2014] We were always eating expired things : poems.
Singapore : Math Paper Press
Call No: S821 LEE

Kon, Desmond. [2014] Sanctus sanctus dirgha sanctus : four monostitch sestinas.
Singapore : Red Wheelbarrow Books.
Call No: 821 KON

Nair, Marc Daniel. [2014] Animal city.
Singapore : Red Whellbarrow Books.
Call No: 821 NAI

Chia, Christine. [2014] A luxury we cannot afford : an anthology of Singapore poetry.
[Singapore] : Math Paper Press
Call No: 821 CHI

Kon, Desmond. [2014] I didn’t know Mani was a conceptualist.
Singapore : Math Paper Press
Call No: 821 KON

Lam, Kevin. [2014] Red pulse II : poetry to a local beat.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 LAM

Nansi, Pooja. [2014] Love is an empty barstool.
[Singapore] : Math Paper Press
Call No: 821 NAN

Valles, Eric Tinsay. [2014] After the fall : dirges among ruins.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 VAL

Chia, Christine. [2014] Separation : a history.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 CHI

Yam, Jerrold. [2014] Intruder.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 YAM

Chua, Hui Ying. [2014] Sampan.
Singapore : Ethos Books.
Call No: 821 CHU

Gui, Weihsin. [2014] Common lines and city spaces : a critical anthology of Arthur Yap.
Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Call No: 821 GUI

Tan, Paul Kim Liang. [2014] Seasonal disorders.
Singapore : Landmark Books.
Call No: 821 TAN

Lee, Anne Tzu Pheng. [2014] Standing in the corner : poems from a real childhood.
Singapore : Landmark Books.
Call No: 821 LEE

Lee, Anne Tzu Pheng. [2014] Soul’s festival : collected poems 1980-1997.
Singapore : Landmark Books.
Call No: 821 LEE

Gwee, Li Sui. [2014] One thousand and one nights.
Singapore : Landmark Books.
Call No: 821 GWE

Goh, Poh Seng. Selected poems of Goh Poh Seng.
Singapore : National Library Board, Singapore.
Call No: 821 GOH

Leong, Kwok Thye. Time belongs to God & other poems.
Singapore : Scripture Union.
Location: PUBSG

Chong, Eileen. [2014] Peony.
World Square, N.S.W. : Pitt Street Poetry
Call No: 823 CHO

Yeo, N.L. [2015] 1 kilogram of nougat.
Singapore : Rough Layout Press
Call No.: S821 YEO

Kon, Desmond Zhicheng-Mingdé. [2015] Babel via negativa : hybrid scripting.
Singapore : Ethos Books : Squircle Line Press
Call No.: S821 KON

Ng, Francis P, Teo K.L. [2015] Finding Francis : a poetic adventure.
Singapore : Ethos Books
Call No.: S821 NG

Gwee, Li Sui. [2015] Who wants to buy an expanded edition of a book of poems?.
Singapore : Landmark Books
Call No.: S821 GWE

Wong, David Hsien Ming. [2015] For the end comes reaching.
Singapore : Math Paper Press
Call No.: RSING S821 WON

Sim, Teo Hong. [2015] Glimpses of brilliance : marking Singapore’s golden jubilee of nationhood
Singapore : Sim Teo Hong
Call No: RCLOS 821 SIM

Koh, Jee Leong. [2015] Steep tea.
Manchester : Carcanet Press.
Call No: 821 KOH

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