Moving House by Theophilus Kwek Jean Boase-Beier The reading becomes archaeological as

The reading becomes archaeological as layers and layers of meaning

for the elegy and the urgency and the prophecy

In these dark and final meditations and flashes of passion

Staying close to the original throughout

Yet its difficulty—and sheer variety—leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed

Moving House by Theophilus Kwek Jean Boase-Beier The reading becomes archaeological asTheophilus Kwek's first UK collection is concerned with the individual and the collective stories that become history. The poems set out from formative moments in the poet's memory, to pivotal moments in the colonial past of Southeast Asia, and finally the political upheavals of the present. Hospitality, precarity, migration these are some of the themes that recur as the poet makes his own journey from Singapore to Europe and back again. Moving House