We Contain Multitudes

Softblow poetry journal celebrates twelve years of publishing poetry in English, from the widely acclaimed and deeply experienced, to the freshly youthful and urgent. Curated by two of the founding editors, Cyril Wong and Jason Wee, We Contain Multitudes reflects the poet-editors’ omnivorous literary appetites and interests, and includes poems written especially for this anthology by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil, Michelle Cahill, Yasmin Belkhyr, Sharlene Teo, among others.Featuring Singaporean talents such as Ann Ang, Boey Kim Cheng, Christine Chia, Grace Chua, Tania De Rozario, Jee Leong Koh, Chandran Nair, Pooja Nansi, Ng Yi-Sheng, Daryl Qilin Yam, Jerrold Yam, Arthur Yap and Yong Shu Hoong; and international voices such as Aazam Abidov, Sherman Alexie, Kimberly Blaeser, Ingrid de Kok, Kristine Ong Muslim, Mariko Nagai, Murat Nemet-Nejat, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Simon Perchik, Marge Piercy, Jeet Thayil, Tim Tomlinson and Ocean Vuong.Full list of contributors:Aria Misha AberAazam AbidovReshma AquilSherman AlexieShane AllisonAnn AngArlene AngAaron AnstettEseohe ArhebamenGlenn BachYasmin BelkhyrStephen BlackKimberly BlaeserBoey Kim ChengJenny BoullyTimothy BradfordDavid BrennanMichael BroderBlake ButlerSam ByfieldMichelle CahillCarol ChanKristin ChangChristine ChiaWendy Chin-TannerEileen ChongGrace ChuaChua Hock MengJackie ClarkThomas CochranEmily Rose ColeMichael CollinsJennifer ComptonJasmine Ann CoorayBrandon CourtneyBruce CoveyJen CrawfordM.T.C. CroninBarbara CullyRachel DacusMaxwell DahlquistJa'net DanieloJohn Gallaher & Kristina Marie DarlingKristina Maria DarlingPeter DavisIngrid de KokTania De RozarioWilliam DelmanAndrew DemcakNandini DharBenzie DioJoe DresnerT.F.D.Eran E. EadsRobert EastwoodTheresa EdwardsEe Tiang HongMarjorie EvascoMichael FarrellJennifer H. FortinLeora FridmanBasim FuratJ.M. GambleJohn M. GaniardBrent GoodmanGwee Li SuiJeff HandyPaul HardacreDavid Harris-GershonScott HartwichAnne HeideEd HigginsMelissa HoHoang Xuan SonAlicia HoffmanAnne Cecelia Holmes & Lily LadewigL.K. HoltDan HornsbyB.B.P. HosmilloJane HuffmanJoshua IpRich IvesTerry JaenschMohamed JeeshanSalleh Ben JonedAseem KaulWerner KhoJohn KinsellaKoh Beng LiangGilbert KohJee Leong KohKoh Tsin YenKoh Xin TianBill KushnerLeon Yuchin LauGregory LawlessAaron Lee Soon YongEd Bok LeeLee Jing-JingWei Fen LeeYew Leong LeeGenevieve LehrLeong Liew GeokJoel LewisRosanna LicariLyn LifshinDawn LimDésirée LimLoh Guan LiangEric LowDouglas LumanMai Van PhanAaron ManiamSharanya ManivannanChris MartinMayo MartinBernadette MayerIan McBrydeTodd MercerLinda Lancione MoyerPaul MurphyMariko NagaiChandran NairPooja NansiMurat Nemet-NejatGaston NgNg Yi-ShengAlistair NoonEric Thomas NorrisAimee Ann NortonAlexandra OliverChristopher Ujine OngKristine Ong MuslimAnthony OpalAl OrtolaniAlicia Suskin OstrikerLaksmi PamuntjakAllan Justo PastranaSimon PerchikKevin PetersMarge PiercyArjun RajendranMani RaoJim RedmondJustin RungeGregory Vincent St. ThomasinoJaya SavigeL.A. SeidenstickerNasri ShahTom SheehanAndrew ShieldsBrandon ShimodaPeter Jay ShippyTrish ShishikuraHal SirowitzJoon SongCorey SpencerLeigh SteinJordan StemplemanAlex StolisAdam StraussC.P. SurendranR.L. SwihartEileen R. TabiosEszter TakacsPaul TanEddie TayTeng Qian XiSharlene TeoJeet ThayilCaitlin Elizabeth ThomsonAmos TohToh Hsien MinJoel M. ToledoTim TomlinsonStefani TranGeoff Kagan TrenchardTse Hao GuangTenzin TsundueChris TyshMihir VatsaOcean VuongLucy WaingerBenjamin WalkerBetty Warrington-KearsleyLewis WarshJason WeeHelen WickesCyril WongJane WongWong Phui NamFiona WrightJenny WuDaryl Qilin YamJerrold YamAngeline YapArthur YapYeow Kai ChaiYong Shu HoongMark YoungLawrence Lacambra YpilOuyang YuJessica ZhangZhuang Yusa