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arnoldii rafflesia, by Joshua Ip

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*P.S. This is a "twin cinema" poem. i.e. the first and second columns can be read vertically, independent of each other, relating two different stories. The lines can also be read horizontally as a whole poem, relating yet another story.

Tipp-Ex-Sonate, by Andre Letoit

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*P.S. This anti-apartheid poem by Andre Letoit, written under the pseudonym Koos Kombuis, stumped students at a Cambridge examination. The poem comprises only punctuation marks. I added this poem into the list because I think it is an interesting way of highlighting the silences of the Other (which is what the poem is about), and also to draw attention to grammar and punctuation. There is also a lot of room for interpretation.