Poetry Speaks: Cheng Tim Tim’s Selections—Reading Felix Chow, Reading Hong Kong

Connecting the Dots “Tin Shui Wai” by Felix Chow I never knew English poetry could look like this, something so close to daily life. I invite you to read the poem below aloud, which con…

Connecting the Dots “Tin Shui Wai” by Felix Chow I never knew English poetry could look like this, something so close to daily life. I invite you to read the poem below aloud, which contains the sounds from many Hongkongers’ teenage years: So MK by Felix Chow They sat on mallside bannisters smoking IQOS. Screaming spring. Contact-covered eyes behind a greasy, fringy frame. Bright-haired street signs all bedecked with Off-White Thrasher hoodies pairs of Yeezys costing half a month of part-time salary. Fuccbois. The best of them. Neway sing K 2am. Famjs with their monthly catch take

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