One Glance Is Enough for Us to Know: Three Poems

Words Without Borders features three new poems by Cheryl Ong. The first reflects on a couple who, after difficult years, realize they were always meant for each other. The second imagines stepping into a seventeenth-century still life painting, only to be left with the bitterness of a lemon peel. The third wonders whether we could turn our shocks and horrors into constellations, and still remain people who hope and love. The collection, titled 'One Glance Is Enough for Us to Know,' explores love, time, and the weight of memory.

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