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Poems on the MRT

White Fire by Christine Chia

 

they watched the sun
rising over the trees
the blooms catching
white fire
as the music floated
free

Published in The Law of Second Marriages (2011)

Credit: Vipul Singhvi

Christine Chia wrote The Law of Second Marriages and Separation: a history. She co-edited the groundbreaking SingLit anthologies, A Luxury We Cannot Afford, and a sequel, A Luxury We Must Afford. Her work has appeared in Washington Square Review, The Straits Times, and the Wild Rice play, Another Country, the short film Let Me Kill My Mother First, and on an Instagram-famous shophouse wall in Joo Chiat. Her first play, Margie's Dreams, was featured in Centre 42's First Acts and Script Circle.

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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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