It Takes So Much To Be Nothing: Pomes 2018-2024

It Takes So Much To Be Nothing: Pomes 2018-2024Jack Malik delights in his anxieties of influence, often invoking his poetic godfathers from Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Frank OHara, to Salleh Ben Joned and Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim. Yet through the dizzying flights of sense and form, these poems reach for a sense of placeIpoh, Kangar, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Section 14, Petaling Jaya. Jack Maliks new poetry collection is a celebration of playful chaos punctuated by moments of satori, like a prayer

in the process

the people he's met along the way

from the ancient tales of Aesop

disappearances and potential revolution

British spy Noor Inayat Khan found herself the only undercover radio operator left in that city

but on the enduring influence of his critical writings

a melancholy tale shot through with glimmers of joy

when we are deep in the act of looking at the shelves

Tetapi kita ada di situ—di samping penyair santun Rahimidin Zahari—mengerjakan sebidang tanah kenangan

to deal with disagreements in a harmonious and tolerant manner

tolerance and flexibility regarding gender

fantastical imagination of Mariana Enriquez