Since January 2018, every issue of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine features
an English-language section of poetry.
Editor: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
ISSUE 48: Extradition (currently accepting submissions)
[Call for English-language Poems] In Issue 48 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine 聲韻詩刊 (August/September 2019), we will publish an English-language section on "Extradition". In poetry, tell us what you think about the topic.
Poems can be sent to swpoetry@gmail.com before 30 June 2019 with the subject line "VV: Extra: [your initials]" for consideration. Each poet can submit up to TWO poems. Editor of this section: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho.
Note: Only poets whose work is accepted will be notified. If you do not hear a response within two weeks, please assume that your work has not been selected for publication.
[Call for English-language Poems] In Issue 48 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine 聲韻詩刊 (August/September 2019), we will publish an English-language section on "Extradition". In poetry, tell us what you think about the topic.
Poems can be sent to swpoetry@gmail.com before 30 June 2019 with the subject line "VV: Extra: [your initials]" for consideration. Each poet can submit up to TWO poems. Editor of this section: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho.
Note: Only poets whose work is accepted will be notified. If you do not hear a response within two weeks, please assume that your work has not been selected for publication.
ISSUE 49: Coffee (rescheduled; forthcoming)
T. S. Eliot: 'I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.'
—"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
In Issue 49 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (October/November 2019), we will publish an English-language section on "Coffee".
T. S. Eliot: 'I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.'
—"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
In Issue 49 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (October/November 2019), we will publish an English-language section on "Coffee".
- ISSUE 47: Loneliness in the City (forthcoming)
In Issue 47 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (June/July 2019), we will publish an English-language section on "Loneliness in the City". What are some of the possible relationships between the individual and a city? What are cultural expressions that speak specifically to the city experience? How does one find and lose oneself in the city? Is unconditional self-love or love for others possible in the city?
ISSUE 46: Intercourse & Intertextuality
In Issue 46 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (double issue: April/May 2019), we published an English-language section on Intercourse & Intertextuality.
/// POETS featured in the INTERCOURSE & INTERTEXTUALITY section: Stvenson George ◍ Matt Turner ◍ Lucas Klein ◍ Alex Dreppec ◍ Gleb Shulpyakov ◍ Haochi Kiang ◍ Linda Ashok ◍ Low Kian Seh ◍ Quenntis Ashby ◍ Anna Yin ◍ Felix Lo ◍ Stephanie Han ◍ Ilaria Maria Sala ◍ Ang Jin Yong ◍ Piera Chen ◍ Yunte Huang ◍ Michael O'Sullivan ◍ Joshua Ip ◍ Suzanne Lai ◍ Chris Song ///
In Issue 46 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (double issue: April/May 2019), we published an English-language section on Intercourse & Intertextuality.
/// POETS featured in the INTERCOURSE & INTERTEXTUALITY section: Stvenson George ◍ Matt Turner ◍ Lucas Klein ◍ Alex Dreppec ◍ Gleb Shulpyakov ◍ Haochi Kiang ◍ Linda Ashok ◍ Low Kian Seh ◍ Quenntis Ashby ◍ Anna Yin ◍ Felix Lo ◍ Stephanie Han ◍ Ilaria Maria Sala ◍ Ang Jin Yong ◍ Piera Chen ◍ Yunte Huang ◍ Michael O'Sullivan ◍ Joshua Ip ◍ Suzanne Lai ◍ Chris Song ///
ISSUE 45: Ecopoetry
In Issue 45 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (double issue: April/May 2019), we published an English-language section on Ecopoetry—poems that are environmentally conscious.
/// POETS featured in the Ecopoetry section: Craig Santos Perez ◍ Bernard Kean Capinpin ◍ KIng Llanza ◍ Marc Nair ◍ Lian-Hee Wee ◍ Andrew Barker ◍ Thomas Leonard D. Shaw ◍Anurak Saelaow ◍ Stephen Page ◍ John Oliver Ladaga ◍ Cheng Tim Tim ◍ Gino Pastoriza Paradela ◍ Sally Dellow ◍ Susan Lavender ◍Kevin Cowdall ◍ Lian Sing ◍ Crispin Rodrigues ◍ James Walton ◍ Vinita Agrawal ◍ Michael Liaw ◍ Akin Jeje ◍ Rodrigo Dela Peña Jr. ◍ Grace Wong ◍ Jim Pascual Agustin ◍ Joan Gelfand ◍ Paola Caronni ◍ Loren Goodman ///
In Issue 45 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (double issue: April/May 2019), we published an English-language section on Ecopoetry—poems that are environmentally conscious.
/// POETS featured in the Ecopoetry section: Craig Santos Perez ◍ Bernard Kean Capinpin ◍ KIng Llanza ◍ Marc Nair ◍ Lian-Hee Wee ◍ Andrew Barker ◍ Thomas Leonard D. Shaw ◍Anurak Saelaow ◍ Stephen Page ◍ John Oliver Ladaga ◍ Cheng Tim Tim ◍ Gino Pastoriza Paradela ◍ Sally Dellow ◍ Susan Lavender ◍Kevin Cowdall ◍ Lian Sing ◍ Crispin Rodrigues ◍ James Walton ◍ Vinita Agrawal ◍ Michael Liaw ◍ Akin Jeje ◍ Rodrigo Dela Peña Jr. ◍ Grace Wong ◍ Jim Pascual Agustin ◍ Joan Gelfand ◍ Paola Caronni ◍ Loren Goodman ///
ISSUE 44: 1818
In 1818—two centuries ago—two important literary works, Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” and Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, appeared. In Issue 44 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (November/December 2018), we published an English-language section honouring these two tammyholaiming.com/1818-2/works.
/// POETS featured in the 1818 section: Joshua Ip ◍ Anthony Tao ◍ Lian-Hee Wee ◍ Rebecca Ng ◍ Eileen Chong ◍ Kenneth Pobo ◍ Andrew Barker ◍ Lydia Kwa ◍ Akin Jeje ◍ Steven Schroeder ◍ Jade Hui ◍ Cheng Tim Tim ◍ David W. Landrum ◍ Stvenson George Tupas ◍ Lune Loh ◍ Ankush Banerjee ///
Read Tammy Lai-Ming Ho's 1818 editorial here.
In 1818—two centuries ago—two important literary works, Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” and Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, appeared. In Issue 44 of Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine (November/December 2018), we published an English-language section honouring these two tammyholaiming.com/1818-2/works.
/// POETS featured in the 1818 section: Joshua Ip ◍ Anthony Tao ◍ Lian-Hee Wee ◍ Rebecca Ng ◍ Eileen Chong ◍ Kenneth Pobo ◍ Andrew Barker ◍ Lydia Kwa ◍ Akin Jeje ◍ Steven Schroeder ◍ Jade Hui ◍ Cheng Tim Tim ◍ David W. Landrum ◍ Stvenson George Tupas ◍ Lune Loh ◍ Ankush Banerjee ///
Read Tammy Lai-Ming Ho's 1818 editorial here.
ISSUE 43: YOUNG VOICES (September 2018)
/// POETS featured in the YOUNG VOICES section: Christian S. Baldomero ◍ Troy Cabida ◍ Jessica Chan ◍ Cheng Tim Tim ◍ Lawdenmarc Dacamora ◍ Tiny Diapana ◍ Shehzar Doja ◍ Dave Drayton ◍ Juan Miguel Estocio ◍ Angela Gabrielle Fabunan ◍ Pinky Ho ◍ Priyanka Kapoor ◍ Rachel Mendis ◍ Gino Pastoriza Paradela ◍ Mayumi Paras ◍ Zoria Petkoska ◍ Phoebe Poon ◍ Rohith ◍ Mitsu Sahay ◍ Jaime Santirso ◍ Aishwarya Shrivastav ◍ Lakan Umali ◍ Dexter G. Yim ///
Read Tammy Lai-Ming Ho's YOUNG VOICES editorial here.
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ISSUE 41: FOOD (May 2018)
/// POETS featured in the FOOD section: Leung Ping-kwan ◍ Giovena Songwenjia Wang ◍ Michael Anthony Ingham ◍ Eileen Chong ◍ Jun Pang ◍ Alistair Noon ◍ Ana Padilla Fornieles ◍ Jason S Polley ◍ Nguyễn-Hoàng Quyên ◍ Danton Remoto ◍ Belle Ling ◍ Zoria Petkoska Kalajdjieva ◍ Phoebe Poon ◍ Michael Tsang ◍ Sithuraj Ponraj ◍ Lawrence Pettener ◍ Cheng Tim Tim ◍ Nicole Lai ◍ Jiaoyang Li
◍ Paola Caronni ◍ Kit Fan ◍ Sally Yue Lin ◍ Shikhandin ///
Read Tammy Lai-Ming Ho's FOOD editorial here.
ISSUE 39-40 (Double Issue):
CHA Tenth Anniversary Special Feature (March 2018)
【A】Cover: Zoran Poposki
EDITORIAL
Tammy Lai-Ming Ho ／Varied and Plenty: Ten Years of Cha Poetry and a New Beginning at Voice & Verse
Photographs by Aaron Anfinson
Daryl Qilin Yam／A Contingent of Birds
Piera Chen／Advice
Toh Hsien Min／After Catullus
Joshua Marie Wilkinson／After Reading Gozo Yoshimasu
Eleanor Goodman／Alleyways, Shanghai
Ouyang Yu／Bad English
Natalie Linh Bolderston／Aubade
Jeffrey Javier／Blackout
Shikhandin／Bones
Bernice Chauly／But we would have to write letters
Nick Admussen／Can Send Not Receive
Kathlene Postma／Chinese Box
Judith Huang／Chinatown Bus
Janice Ko Luo／Close Quarters, 1962
Grace Chia／Dog Paddling
Henry Wei Leung／Disobedience
Jason Eng Hun Lee／Dragons Rising
Arthur Leung／Earthen Houses
Michael Tsang／Epicentre
Divya Rajan／Factory Girls
Wawa／Farming in the Air
Reid Mitchell／Flowers are as Permanent as Brick
Stuart Christie／Father and Son
Joshua Ip／first date at jumbo eafood
Boris But／Forgotten Golds
Elbert Lee／Ginger Flower Woman
Aryanil Mukherjee / Hand Movements of a Puppeteer
Eliot Weinberger／From a Hymn to the Goddess of the Three Cities
Russell C. Leong／Forms of Flesh
Lai Kuen Seimao Chan／From “Dead Cat Soushi” (after Makuranosoushi’s The Pillow Book)
May Huang／Hong Kong
Shirley Geok-lin Lim／Hong Kong in Black Today
Jennifer Wong／Home
Marc Vincenz／Hunchback Rat of the Red Star Hotel
Joshua Burns／Huang Yong Ping
Reid Mitchell／I Planted A Banana Tree Outside My Window
Louise Ho／Fact/Fiction
Louise Ho／Muse
Marjorie Evasco／In the Desert
Isabela Banzon／Kids Everywhere and You and Me in Nowhere
Alan Jefferies／Last Stand
Luca Lum／Letter to Ru Yi, the River-Merchant’s Wife
Michael Gray／Letter to Queen Victoria from the People of Hong Kong, 2012
Shirley Lee／Letter to a Prominent Korean Man And to You
Sumana Roy／Love: Made in China
Theophi Kwek／Love Poem
Andrea Lingenfelter／Master of Nets
Alvin Pang／Magnetic
Tegan Smyth／Mother Tongue
Gilbert Koh／Not Home
Blair Reeve／Of Horologists & Jazzologists
Adam Radford／Old Shikumen Gate
Andrew Barker／On Encountering Jean-Claude Van Damme
Bob Bradshaw／On Giving Birth to Your Daughter
Ocean Vuong／Paramour
Kate Rogers／On The Flight To Manila
Jim Pascual Agustin／Photographs Under Plastic Sheets
Anna Yin／Raspberries
Sithuraj Ponraj／Ravana
Nicholas Wong／Panda, Macao, Gondolas
Jee Leong Koh／Razminovenie, or Nonmeeting
Akin Jeje／Reach
Antony Huen／Remembering Hong Kong as 39 Everyday Objects
Greg Santos／Siem Reap, Cambodia
Lian-Hee Wee／Revolution Without Text
Bill Lantry／Silk Road
David McKirdy／Shining
Martin Alexander／Smashing up the Grand Piano
Viki Holmes／smoking double happiness at the grand stage dinner & dance
Phoebe Tsang／Song for a Commuting Gravedigger
José Manuel Sevilla／Sonia Wants to Rent an Apartment
Gillian Sze／Sonnet II
Phill Provance／St. Petersburg Has Many Churches
Michael O'Sullivan／Stranger
Mantz Yorke／Sunset, Kowloon
Mang Ke (Translated by Lucas Klein)／Street
B.B.P. Hosmillo／Subjections
Anuradha Vijayakrishnan／Suicide Note
David W. Landrum／Tan Yunxian 1461-1554
Grace Chin／The Clothesline
Kate Rogers／The Borrowed Children
Alistair Noon／The Expat’s Partner: An Email
Miho Kinnas／Sudoku
Henrik Heog／The Flame and The Fist (Inez Beverly Prosser)
Paul Christiansen／The Ice-Makers of Trần Hưng Đạo Street
James Shea／The Phrase You Gave Me
Ricky Garni／The Tarsier
Ng Yi-Sheng／The Queen of the Night
Bryan Thao Worra／Zelkova Tree
Gregory J. Dunne／Treasure
Kit Fan／To the Shadow-Millions
Cathy Candano／Exercise: Unlearning “Heart”
Robert Masterson／To the State Electrical Worker
May Dy／We
Eddie Tay／Whose Woods These Are
Jason S Polley／Welcome to the Xiang Gang Museum
Cyril Wong {Cy Rai}／What We Are Given
Dena Rash Guzman／When I Was the Chinaman’s Granddaughter-In-Law
Catherine Edmunds／Where the Red Stone Crumbles
Mai Mang (Yibing Huang)／You Are Island
Arian Tejano／When A Ladyboy Loves A Foreign Man
Luisa A. Igloria／Who Was Your First Love?
Jennifer Feeley／Why Not Say
