Bring the sun

the long version

This is a collection of 50 poems from the doyen of Singapore poetry, culled from three of his earlier works which are now out of print. Says Jonathan Webster of the City University of Hong Kong, "Edwin Thumboo is an artist with a message. For him, the art of poetry lies in the poet's technique. Each of his poems is a highly textured, grammatically intricate work of art with multiple layers of meaning and metaphor."