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Cyril Wong

Self-Interview

What has changed in your writing over the last ten years?

On one hand, you could say that my writing is becoming less “confessional” over time; my earlier poems about family and intimate relationships have given way to more “wandering” poems about desire or the values of emptiness and beauty.…

Poetry

Zero Hour

By Cyril Wong

You had woken up in an empty house built in the middle of greenery that spread out for miles; a table in the living room was weighed down with food and drinks that would be replenished when you were asleep or simply looking away; and every so often, you marveled to yourself about how you never had to work or go hungry again; how there were so many toilets in the house that never got stuck or anything; and how nice that the water was always warm when you bathed, with fresh clothes waiting miraculously on a wooden stool at the foot of your luxurious bed, even though there was nobody you could actually see or thank;…

Topical Poem

Wendy Videlock

By Dear Moon,

You've seen it all,
the crawling of the great lake,
the Isis age, the blue divide,
the rising of the great wall,
the dull herd, the changing guard,
the collaring, the canyoning,…