“Poems are meant to be read aloud.”
That is what Dr. Edwin always said in class, especially during simulated teaching. And that is what Wong Phui Nam said too. The opportunity to meet the writer of ‘Anike’ is a golden opportunity not to be missed.
Reading his text, ‘Anike’ and his poem ‘Bukit China’, I already made up my mind that he may be somebody who is ‘big’. But my assumption is proven wrong when I meet him. Standing in front of me, less than one meter, he is just a simple man, might be because his profession as an economist.
In the meeting, he told us some strategies on how to read poem, which I am not going to discuss here.
His poem, ‘Bukit China’ (which I read and study during Malaysian Literature course) is rather difficult to understand. His description and diction made me become a bottom-up reader.
However, when I read ‘Anike’, the same thing does not happen. Maybe because I prefer to read drama compared to poem. Besides, my perception about poem is it is difficult to understand, except only the writer and God knows its meaning.
Anyway, I enjoy meeting him and read his latest work, ‘Anike’.
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