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tea by Angeline Yap

 

a path
a grass hut
a scroll on the alcove wall
a single floral spray

A bowl offered with deep courtesy
a peace imparted in silence
a quiet grace
a gift

Published in Closing My Eyes to Listen (2011)

Angeline Yap has contributed her poems to various publications since the 1970s, and was a featured poet at Singapore's first poetry festival, Wordfeast 2004. She has been working with young people in small groups, writing workshops and mentorship schemes for almost twenty years, encouraging young writers through the Creative Arts Programme, the NAC's Mentor Access Project, as well as through school visits. She regularly serves as a judge for arts competitions—drama, creative writing, poetry performances etc. She was also honoured in 2009 by the Creative Arts Programme for her outstanding contributions to the programme. Her poems, including Blue, have been set to choral music and performed by such groups as the Singapore Youth Choir.

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Poems on the MRT is an initiative by the National Arts Council, in partnership with SMRT and Stellar Ace. Produced by Sing Lit Station, a local literary non-profit organisation, this collaboration displays excerpts of Singapore poetry throughout SMRT’s train network, integrating local literature into the daily experience of commuters. Look out for poems in English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil in trains on the East-West, North-South and Circle Lines, as well as videos created by local artists and featuring local poets in stations and on trains. The Chinese, Malay, and Tamil poems are available in both the original languages and English. To enjoy the full poems, commuters may read them on go.gov.sg/potm.

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