We Contain Multitudes

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Softblow poetry journal celebrates twelve years of publishing poetry in English, from the widely acclaimed and deeply experienced, to the freshly youthful and urgent. Curated by two of the founding editors, Cyril Wong and Jason Wee, We Contain Multitudes reflects the poet-editors’ omnivorous literary appetites and interests, and includes poems written especially for this anthology by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil, Michelle Cahill, Yasmin Belkhyr, Sharlene Teo, among others.

Featuring Singaporean talents such as Ann Ang, Boey Kim Cheng, Christine Chia, Grace Chua, Tania De Rozario, Jee Leong Koh, Chandran Nair, Pooja Nansi, Ng Yi-Sheng, Daryl Qilin Yam, Jerrold Yam, Arthur Yap and Yong Shu Hoong; and international voices such as Aazam Abidov, Sherman Alexie, Kimberly Blaeser, Ingrid de Kok, Kristine Ong Muslim, Mariko Nagai, Murat Nemet-Nejat, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Simon Perchik, Marge Piercy, Jeet Thayil, Tim Tomlinson and Ocean Vuong.

Full list of contributors:

Aria Misha Aber
Aazam Abidov
Reshma Aquil
Sherman Alexie
Shane Allison
Ann Ang
Arlene Ang
Aaron Anstett
Eseohe Arhebamen

Glenn Bach
Yasmin Belkhyr
Stephen Black
Kimberly Blaeser
Boey Kim Cheng
Jenny Boully
Timothy Bradford
David Brennan
Michael Broder
Blake Butler
Sam Byfield

Michelle Cahill
Carol Chan
Kristin Chang
Christine Chia
Wendy Chin-Tanner
Eileen Chong
Grace Chua
Chua Hock Meng
Jackie Clark
Thomas Cochran
Emily Rose Cole
Michael Collins
Jennifer Compton
Jasmine Ann Cooray
Brandon Courtney
Bruce Covey
Jen Crawford
M.T.C. Cronin
Barbara Cully

Rachel Dacus
Maxwell Dahlquist
Ja'net Danielo
John Gallaher & Kristina Marie Darling
Kristina Maria Darling
Peter Davis
Ingrid de Kok
Tania De Rozario
William Delman
Andrew Demcak
Nandini Dhar
Benzie Dio
Joe Dresner
T.F.D.

Eran E. Eads
Robert Eastwood
Theresa Edwards
Ee Tiang Hong
Marjorie Evasco

Michael Farrell
Jennifer H. Fortin
Leora Fridman
Basim Furat

J.M. Gamble
John M. Ganiard
Brent Goodman
Gwee Li Sui

Jeff Handy
Paul Hardacre
David Harris-Gershon
Scott Hartwich
Anne Heide
Ed Higgins
Melissa Ho
Hoang Xuan Son
Alicia Hoffman
Anne Cecelia Holmes & Lily Ladewig
L.K. Holt
Dan Hornsby
B.B.P. Hosmillo
Jane Huffman

Joshua Ip
Rich Ives

Terry Jaensch
Mohamed Jeeshan
Salleh Ben Joned

Aseem Kaul
Werner Kho
John Kinsella
Koh Beng Liang
Gilbert Koh
Jee Leong Koh
Koh Tsin Yen
Koh Xin Tian
Bill Kushner

Leon Yuchin Lau
Gregory Lawless
Aaron Lee Soon Yong
Ed Bok Lee
Lee Jing-Jing
Wei Fen Lee
Yew Leong Lee
Genevieve Lehr
Leong Liew Geok
Joel Lewis
Rosanna Licari
Lyn Lifshin
Dawn Lim
Désirée Lim
Loh Guan Liang
Eric Low
Douglas Luman

Mai Van Phan
Aaron Maniam
Sharanya Manivannan
Chris Martin
Mayo Martin
Bernadette Mayer
Ian McBryde
Todd Mercer
Linda Lancione Moyer
Paul Murphy

Mariko Nagai
Chandran Nair
Pooja Nansi
Murat Nemet-Nejat
Gaston Ng
Ng Yi-Sheng
Alistair Noon
Eric Thomas Norris
Aimee Ann Norton

Alexandra Oliver
Christopher Ujine Ong
Kristine Ong Muslim
Anthony Opal
Al Ortolani
Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Laksmi Pamuntjak
Allan Justo Pastrana
Simon Perchik
Kevin Peters
Marge Piercy

Arjun Rajendran
Mani Rao
Jim Redmond
Justin Runge

Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino
Jaya Savige
L.A. Seidensticker
Nasri Shah
Tom Sheehan
Andrew Shields
Brandon Shimoda
Peter Jay Shippy
Trish Shishikura
Hal Sirowitz
Joon Song
Corey Spencer
Leigh Stein
Jordan Stempleman
Alex Stolis
Adam Strauss
C.P. Surendran
R.L. Swihart

Eileen R. Tabios
Eszter Takacs
Paul Tan
Eddie Tay
Teng Qian Xi
Sharlene Teo
Jeet Thayil
Caitlin Elizabeth Thomson
Amos Toh
Toh Hsien Min
Joel M. Toledo
Tim Tomlinson
Stefani Tran
Geoff Kagan Trenchard
Tse Hao Guang
Tenzin Tsundue
Chris Tysh

Mihir Vatsa
Ocean Vuong

Lucy Wainger
Benjamin Walker
Betty Warrington-Kearsley
Lewis Warsh
Jason Wee
Helen Wickes
Cyril Wong
Jane Wong
Wong Phui Nam
Fiona Wright
Jenny Wu

Daryl Qilin Yam
Jerrold Yam
Angeline Yap
Arthur Yap
Yeow Kai Chai
Yong Shu Hoong
Mark Young
Lawrence Lacambra Ypil
Ouyang Yu

Jessica Zhang
Zhuang Yusa