Paradise

Timeless

It has slipped the laborious arcs of trade-routes, sealing the spices’ scent from ferreting ships, sitting beyond the itinerary’s telescope. Only when the mind has peeled off reason and history will you see it, and perhaps then give away all these cloud-capped towers and Utama’s crown for a place where we can begin again, in the opposite direction from what we are. BOEY KIM CHENG (1965 – present) is an acclaimed Singaporean poet whose publications comprise a portion of the literature syllabus for university entrance exams in the city state. His works deal with feelings of displacement and nostalgia in the modern metropolis, triggered by its rapid transformation from a pre-1965 British trading port at the sacrifice of heritage and history.