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Best Singaporean Poems

Below are the all-time best Singaporean poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of singaporean poems written by PoetrySoup members


Singaporean Cuisine
Flavors are thriving
For Singaporean cuisine
The vibe is viving....

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Categories: singaporean, engagement, food, friendship, places,
Form: Haiku



Ode To Singaporean
You accommodated so many fellows
That they hybridized  cultures of two
That they've treated me so much well 
That they gave me an enjoyable mood

I've enjoyed...

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Categories: singaporean, 1st grade, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Variations On the Malay Pantun: the Old Man and the Short Story - Vii-Ix
Variations on the Malay Pantun : The Old Man and the Short Story - VII-IX  Continued

  for Georges VOISSET, the "Master Keeper-Nurturer" of...

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Categories: singaporean, age, humor, love, sensual,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Variations On the Malay Pantun: the Old Man and the Short Story - Iv-Vi
Variations on the Malay Pantun : The Old Man and the Short Story (Continued)

  for Georges VOISSET, the "Master Keeper-Nurturer" of the Malay Pantun

Check...

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Categories: singaporean, age, humor, satire, sensual,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Variations On the Malay Pantun: the Old Man and the Short Story
Variations on the Malay Pantun : The Old Man and the Short Story

  for Georges VOISSET, the "Master Keeper-Nurturer" of the Malay Pantun

Check out:...

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Categories: singaporean, age, humor, imagery, poetry,
Form: Pantoum



Premium Member The Malay Pantun: Post-Colonial Writing
La capinera's wintering pieces of tropic tunes
    The garden warbler's echoes of dark melodies
Post-colonial poets return by summering fortunes 
  ...

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Categories: singaporean, on writing and words,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Variations On the Malay Pantun: the Old Man and the Short Story -X-Xii
Variations on the Malay Pantun : The Old Man and the Short Story - X -XII - Continued

  for Georges VOISSET, the "Master Keeper-Nurturer"...

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Categories: singaporean, age, humor, literature, satire,
Form: Pantoum
Fariq Yusoff
I am a creator.
Jack of all trades but a master of none.
I am a procrastinator.
Just always want to have fun.
I am a poet, A composer.
With...

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Categories: singaporean, identity, self, universe,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Condolence Book
Loss fills the air
As people queue;
Death can speak

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A common thread
Links us in gloom;
Mindful faces

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Dry humid March
National mourning;
Heavy hearts

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Gratitude speaks
Multi-racial tones;
Heat wave trials

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Gun carriage cortège
Last journey...

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Categories: singaporean, blessing,
Form: Haiku
Host Nation Crass Action
Host Nation Crass Action

It is downright embarassing to review a viral video clip...
Of a group of black attired chanting in unison to a beat...
Presumably they...

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Categories: singaporean, anger, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Eloquent With Intellect Second To None
THEIR ELOQUENCE IS UNMATCHED, THEIR INTELLECT SECOND TO NONE 
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The tightening of a hangman's noose here in Bolehland gets underway....
Little by little the prosecuting team...

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Categories: singaporean, abuse, anxiety, appreciation, community,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs