// MATH PAPER PRESS

MATH PAPER PRESS, an imprint of BOOKSACTUALLY is a small press publisher of poetry, new wave novellas, full-length novels, and essays. Its eclectic range of literary and visual works also

includes photography collections, memoirs and young adult fiction.

MATH PAPER PRESS also distributes books by small selected presses.

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// SONNETS FROM THE SINGLISH poems by Joshua Ip

 

   

sonnets from the singlish is a collection of 44 poems on love, language and the pursuit of laughter. the poems are loosely translated from the english-based creole language colloquially spoken in singapore, widely known as singlish. the poems were originally composed in the sonnet form, an archaic italian fourteen-line rhyming verse form that follows the rhythmic rules of iambic pentameter. people still write like this primarily for ease of formatting. they are most tolerable when read out loudly in a singaporean accent.

Published by MATH PAPER PRESS (2012) Distributed by MATH PAPER PRESS

ISBN-13: 978-981-07-1550-2 Retail Price: SGD 16.00

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chope

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seems half the work of weddings nowadays is all about the asking. bigger better bangs and bucks, and every suitor sets a higher bar for better men to raise: flash mobs and fireworks and fighter rides – the shock and aww is how a bride computes your manhood, though the snazziest of suits will sink without a rock of proper size. is there an issue of sincerity if over coffee, talk turns by and by towards the prospect of a hdb? would it be disrespectable if i, while at a hawker stall, drop to a knee, and place a tissue packet on your thigh?

conversaytion

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“not say i want to say, but then this one who say one?” “i say one lor, arbuthen.” “this one you say one? liedat also can?? today you say ho say, later bueh gum then you say i saw who confirm?” “you say what what lor. anyway i say one thing is one thing one. not like you everything also say people like mm sam mm say.” “you say some more?” “you say first one ma.” “wan to come outside say? say louder?” “dun wan. ok la, i say wrongly, ho say bo? take it i never say la.” “then say so! your mouth damn suey. you dun wan me to say then dun say me – not say i want to say.”

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Math Paper Press is a small press publishing by BooksActually that deals with short experimental novellas, poetry and essays.

Math Paper Press also distributes books by selected small presses.

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