Christine Chia (b. 1979)

1. BIOGRAPHY

2. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

3. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

4. SELECTED POEMS

• The Law of Second Marriages

• The Last Leaf (A Ghazal)

• wakeful

5. SELECTED VIDEOS

SELECTED POEMS

wakeful

the tropical winter rain
chilled with the monsoon wind
charms me from sleep
with its patter.

Each surface:
concrete, leaves, asphalt,
the miraculous
human body running.
the feet splashing,
surrenders
a symphony of sounds that rises
to the wakeful ear.

If listening is an act of love,
will you open your window?

by Christine Chia
from Separation: a history (2014)

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