Most Read... Rebecca WattsThe Cult of the Noble Amateur
(PN Review 239)
John McAuliffeBill Manhire in Conversation with John McAuliffe
(PN Review 259)
Eavan BolandA Lyric Voice at Bay
(PN Review 121)
Patricia CraigVal Warner: A Reminiscence
(PN Review 259)
Vahni CapildeoOn Judging Prizes, & Reading More than Six Really Good Books
(PN Review 237)
Tim Parksin conversation with Natalia Ginzburg
(PN Review 49)
Next Issue Hal Coase 'Ochre Pitch' Gregory Woods 'On Queerness' Kirsty Gunn 'On Risk! Carl Phillips' Galina Rymbu 'What I Haven't Written' translated by Sasha Dugdale Gabriel Josipovici 'No More Stories' Valerie Duff-Strautmann 'Anne Carson's Wrong Norma'
Poems Articles Interviews Reports Reviews Contributors
PN Review 276
PN Review Substack

This poem is taken from PN Review 276, Volume 50 Number 4, March - April 2024.

Three Poems Tim Tim Cheng
Majesty

WWT London Wetland Centre, June 2022

I keep saying Jubilee as Jollibee,
meal deals preferred to monarchy.

The sky has never been this messy:
Scared by air parades, birds flee.


Self-Portrait of My Granny in the Voice of Anti-Japanese Drama’s Protagonists

I, full of passion and education,
was trained in martial arts. I could jump high –
up to the sixth floor. I loved my nation
despite having five passports. You asked why
I couldn’t handle my grandchild’s homework
and never moved to another country.
The point is, the Japanese are the worst.
It’s true, the show, our soldiers fought bravely.
With bare hands, we could halve our enemy.
...


Searching, please wait... animated waiting image