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Steep Tea
About this book
Steep Tea is Singapore-born Jee Leong Koh's fifth collection and the first to be published in the UK. Koh's poems share many of the harsh and enriching circumstances that shape the imagination of a postcolonial queer writer. They speak in a voice both colloquial and musical, aware of the infusion of various traditions and histories. Taking leaves from other poets - Elizabeth Bishop, Eavan Boland, and Lee Tzu Pheng, amongst others - Koh's writing is forged in the known pleasures of reading, its cultures and communities.
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Steep Tea
an autumn kasen renga, written with Rachael Briggs
25 Augustā11 September 2012
maple, apple
steep the world in red
we sip jewel tea
the fire temple disappears
a watery moon
chili dip
on a seaweed cracker
thesis antithesis crunch
oral defence
visiting mum in Syracuse
cherry blossoms
artillery that liquefies in my hand
ā¦ or was it snow?
re-categorized from 4C to 442
swear allegiance to ā¦
(le) poisson rouge
Taka Kigawa
plays Die Kunst der Fuge
alien fauna of George Street
a kangaroo with gears for ears
you on the
exercise bike, come share
my yoga mat
can we be Lion and Thunderbolt,
Hero and King Dancer?
Iām in!
Fujisan from far away
the dance
before the dance
my skipping stone cavorts
between dust and river bottom
travelerās moon
cools her tired feet
in a red basin
uh-oh tiptoe possum
oh no stolen plum
hot off the press
New Jersey doctor delivers
new verse
Greyhound bus to Rutgers
the Syracuse University of
New Brunswick
impossible boys
hardy, kind and smart
chrysanthemums in winter
in juvenile hall
we snuck a sunbeam through
the metal detector
twigs and fluff
in the boarded-up window
also an egg
heās writing a book of poems
on women poets
whatās she knitting
in the seminar, with all those twists?
a conclusive argument
loopy loop
the clock rings 5 oāclock
schoolās out!
Teacher sets down his pencil
grabs a frisbee
this summer Bali
next summer Kyoto, yes?
Ishiharaās confections
wax, horsehair, foam
garnish with kushi
strand of hair on the pillow
drop of ice cream on his thigh
Sunday
breakfast in bed with my lover
plus or minus breakfast
Jesus I love you
no longer (x2)
bitter moon sighs
over false Solomonās seal
no more berries
the first fall wind, he says
a spirit, almost
rainclouds
did not rain on Labor Day
no thunder either
āI donāt care if the sun donāt shineā
she swings off key
overdub-dub-dub
a woman in a tub
The Singinā Rage
goddess, sing the inflammation
of my Achilles tendon
rowers are...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Eveās Fault
- The Rooms I Move In
- Found Poem
- St Thomas Preaching in Hellās Kitchen
- You Know, Donāt You
- The Wine Bottle Holder
- Backache
- A Whole History
- Useless
- The XpakintƩ and the Drunk
- The Clocks
- Gorgeous Unfinished Wood Braced in Grey Iron
- Portrait with Blue Shirt
- For Lust
- domed/doomed/deemād
- Broccoli
- Easter
- Quiet, pleaseā
- Fall: Five Poems
- Paragraph
- Suddenly, in Sweden
- What the River Says
- Kinder Feelings
- Recognition
- Attribution
- Novenary with Hens
- The Children and the Swans
- Woodwork
- The Hospital Lift
- Talking to Koon Meng Who Called Himself Christopher
- Bougainvillea
- Ashtrays as Big as Hubcaps
- Reversi, Also Called Othello
- In His Other House
- Haibun
- Carp Swimming
- Temple Art
- Hong Kong
- Black Dragon Pool
- Dragonfly
- Steep Tea
- In Death As In Life
- Singapore Buses Are Very Reliable
- Singapore Catechism
- Litany
- Airplane Poems
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Copyright