Title: Unmarked Treasure Author: Cyril Wong Call No.: WON Review: After reading this I felt that I got a better sense of Cyril’s maturation as a writer. As friends have pointed out, the confessional mode makes the persona’s (and more often than not, the poet’s) biography front and centre of the work, and most are […]
Book Review: Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light
Title: Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light Author: Cyril Wong Call No.: WON Review: This is a refreshing step up from Unmarked Treasure – all the words here belong together, even as they change slightly like Vishnu to Mohini and back again. Like variations in the orchestra of his life, the persona articulates the […]
Book Review: Excess Baggage and Claim
Title: Excess Baggage and Claim Author: Terry Jaensch and Cyril Wong Call No.: WON Review: A collaboration between Aussie actor-poet Terry Jaensch and local poet Cyril Wong, Excess Baggage & Claim combines the richness of poetry with the accessibility of narrative … the book best read late at night, is a good choice if you […]
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Title: Satori Blues: A Poem Author: Cyril Wong Call No.: WON Review: Cyril’s new chapbook-length poem records a yearning for spiritual truth and clarity. In less experienced hands, it could so easily turn hokey. It is, instead, a sensitive account of a whole-person response to Buddhist thinkers such as Jiddu Krishnamurti, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryu Suzuki, […]
Book Review: Like a Seed With Its Singular Purpose
Title: Like a Seed With Its Singular Purpose Author: Cyril Wong Call No.: WON Review: The poems in Cyril Wong’s collection are indeed seeds – each one starts something vibrant and new growing in the world. And though he may write of disaster, it is with triumph: through he may look into the darkest corners, […]