Kirpal Singh

writing home"here in the wilderness of australiawriting home becomes easyin spite of the spreading wild firesthere is less heat, more certainty.writing home, writing thisi think of those without real homes__ur city, people say, provides houseswhich do not, often, bring one home.

Be Good-Do Good-Be One

i bring my kiasu friend to the airportleavings are never easy, not for longand though we both saw blur along the waymemories flooded present tensions.in the curry of his life no lemak remainedso now the predictable exit signalledthe end of his roundings, his bombings__e can bluff like hell, ma, he got style__nd left me thinking about home, my kampong.