Yeow Kai Chai (b. 1968)

1. BIOGRAPHY

2. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

3. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

4. SELECTED POEMS

• Secret Manta

• August Moon

• Quarterly Report no. 7: Epiphytes and Vetiver Control

• Biomechanical And Histomorphometric Comparison Between Zirconia Implants With Varying Surface Textures And A Titanium Implant In The Maxilla Of Miniature Pigs

• From A To Z, A Zoetrope Spins In Commemoration Of Your Independence

• From A to Z, an Insomniac Zoetrope Spins through Changi Airport Terminal 3 from Midnight to Dawn

5. SELECTED VIDEOS

6. TRACK CHANGES: “A RIFF ON DUALITIES”

SELECTED POEMS

From A to Z, an Insomniac Zoetrope Spins through Changi Airport Terminal 3 from Midnight to Dawn

Billboard above: Natalie Portman bats.
Bleating lamb: Hushaby, inconsolable babe.

Airsick bacchanal: Grouchy sucks nicotine.
Bidding adieu: Maid’s hangdog daze.

Echolocation tracker: Sniffer smells danger.
Flammable flux: Foul waft flares.

Gates closing: Gizmos scanning pilgrims.
Unlatched pouch: What’s this here?

Night blinkers: With melatonin pill.
Jet-lag high jinks: Jessie J jamming.

Clock jack: Skipping, skidding, spooks!
Exuvial telly: Dilating eyeball rolls…

Mazzy moon: Zombies munch miserably.
Fender bender: Zones on collision.

Gloaming soon: Billow clouds loom.
Pupal passenger: Clasping penguin plushie.

Quiet requiem: Querelle squeals, aquiver.
Revolution arose: Ukraine rips asunder.

Toss aside: Aerosol. Tissues. Slushie.
Satellite orbiting: Silent security monitor.

Duty mugwumps: Gulp Dunkin’ Donuts.
Louvres vent: Loverly divesting vestiges.

Dawn unwrung: Stowaway, wound-up, winces.
Syntax redux: Excuse, exhale, Sphinx.

Daddy hymnal: Casually espy humanity.
Grazer dozer: Lazy Ziploc Zen.

by Yeow Kai Chai
from In Transit: An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel (2016)

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