A Chinese-Malaysian living in London, L. Kiew earns her living as an accountant. She holds an MSc in Creative Writing and Literary Studies from Edinburgh University. Her debut pamphlet The Unquiet came out with Offord Road Books in February 2019.
Breath Unspools
I unzip the door of lianas, step
through, casting off the city;
rain threads tarmac.
Shrive-light braids the canopy and
here seedlings weave welcome.
Green mantles the dusk pool,
is a sprung floor for jiving
mosquitos and water beetles.
Cicadas syncopate,
come the dark.
The moon sets moth traps
for new velvets,
beating devoré
and the hushed weft
of a deathhead’s wings.
L. Kiew
