In recent poems, I have abandoned the theme of not being able to write for an even more obsessive subject, the nature of language, particularly English, in the formation of my imagination and being.
Shirley Geok-lin LimThe crows that are predatory are something you have to deal with. For me, they also become associated with cancer cells.
Shirley Geok-lin LimI don't really get into the power sufficiently, and that's also a problem for me.
Shirley Geok-lin LimThe one difference I have noted is that it's made me more tender to my students and to young people particularly. It's made me mellower. I began to have a different perspective, because I may not be around much longer to be hassled by life's pressures.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim