Pantone 125

This two-poem anthology arose from the accidental advocacy of one poet, coming off the back of her love for walking about in the less beaten paths in Singapore. The first, “green”, was written after a walk on the Bukit Timah railway tracks. In a convoluted and unexpected manner, it partly set the scene for a series of discussions which led eventually to the preservation of the KTM tracks as a green corridor. The second piece, “brown”, was written after a pre-dawn stroll in Bukit Brown Cemetery, just as debates began about preserving it. Sadly, the authorities remain adamant that plans for an expressway to run through the site will go ahead.