a heart rendered
like wax, to
insignificance,
to giving up–
a heart rendered
like time, an
amnesiac, spaced
in uniform–
a heart rendered
like love, saying
hello, a teaspoon
of honey–
a heart rendered
like current, in its
own course, feeding
to ocean.
Nurul Alam NA was born on 25 December 1986 in Nawabganj Upazila (Sultanpur) of Dhaka District. He has shown an affinity for writing since childhood, and during his studies, his first poem ‘Freedom’ was published in a magazine. After moving to Singapore in 2009, he found his love for literature in “Banglar Kantha”, the only Bengali language magazine in Southeast Asia, and was soon appointed as the magazine’s Information Technology Editor. His poems, stories and reports have been published in various online magazines besides Banglar Kantha.
Pamela Seong Koon has published poems in various anthologies, such as My Lot Is A Sky, Inheritance, ASingBol, and various editions of SingPoWriMo. She is also part of a Singaporean poetry collective called ATOM.
