Arthur Yap (1943–2006)

1. BIOGRAPHY

2. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

3. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

4. SELECTED POEMS

• location

• statement

• paraphrase

• conceptual art

5. SELECTED VIDEOS

6. DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY: “is much too enough”

SELECTED POEMS

conceptual art

is enough.

when a picture is removed
the patch of wall it clung to
shows a contrasted freshness, exactly
the size of the picture.

the resulting afterimage,
to be sure, is precise,
is exact, is clear.
to be sure, it effloresces,
is out of tone with wall,
is, strangely, too loud.

is,
too, enough.

by Arthur Yap
from commonplace (1977)

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