The Tiger Moth Review

An independent eco journal of art + lit based in Singapore. Publishes bi-annually. EIC & Founder: @EstherVincentXM *Subs now closed* Posts by Ethan L

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

ISSUE 15 is live!

Read our e-issue here: https://t.co/4C5kPjKRtj

Issue 15 opens with Clarence Eng's poem "A Promise to Protect What Cannot Speak":
https://t.co/dqOpYVzPQR

Cover image: Spirit History © Natalie Foo Mei-Yi (Singapore)

#thetigermothreview #ecopoetry #ecolit

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

"My father says we only inherit debt./I say we inherit/the pollen carried by bees...the chorus of cicadas rattling the air/as if grief could be sung into joy."
​
Read 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙊𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙢: https://t.co/LKT7VhhSZM
​
#tmrissue15 #ecojournal #ecopoetry #optimism

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

“Does the eagle worry that someday/its nest would be destroyed?/Or does it focus on the salmon’s fin,/oscillating through the stream?”

Read 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 by @JordanProchnow: https://t.co/psH9yCuD7i

#ecopoetry

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

Of the myriad flora in the world, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮 muses that she would be a moss.
​
"I listen deeply to what it has to share. Unlearning is what I seek...so that I can listen with greater attention."
​
Read 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩: https://t.co/92uFFKJcZi

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

"How much grass do we need for greening our conscience?" 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗿 inquires, as environmental awareness is cautioned as only effective if people have enough to eat.

Read 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: https://t.co/viLDDJGtNo

#ecojournal #grass #ecopoetry

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗠𝗮's stunning eco fiction of post-apocalyptic survivors making sense of environmental upheaval is imaginative and rich in world-building 🌎

Read 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙚: https://t.co/rdnKcRvyuW
​
#thetigermothreview #tmrissue15 #ecojournal #ecofiction

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮's poem is a response to how disaster has unfortunately become normalised in his community: "The roofs should not know/the weight of our mud-caked soles."
​
Read 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬: https://t.co/sNqciV531R

#ecopoetry #flood

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

"A flash flood came roaring down the mountain, wiping away their little house...the sight finally broke the grief that had been burying Althea's mother. Their life in the village was no more."
​​
Read 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨: https://t.co/Z7V4beJFg5

#tmrissue15 #flood #loss

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

@xoakumbu's poem invokes African beliefs like Mami Wata (Queen of the Coast). It roils like the sea's discontent with mankind's intrusions, yet teems with nautical imagery that froths in the readers' minds 🌊🌊
​
Read 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙖: https://t.co/ZEHOLYo0LT

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

"Now a thousand children/are fleeing through my veins...If only Humanity/were by my side,/we could climb, step by step,/toward being a mountain."

Read 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙢: https://t.co/FVMOMjazEj

#thetigermothreview #tmrissue15 #ecojournal #war

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

𝗠𝗟 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗱𝗼𝗺's eco-fiction explores the tenuous relationship between environmental truth and manufactured romanticism that is rampant in tourism.
​
Read 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙨: https://t.co/VQobhZW2Fp

​#tmrissue15 #ecojournal #ecofiction #ecotourism

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

To grow is to scour, to purify, to hurt and to scar. The trunk of a papaya tree illuminates this truth of life in @3333sambhuram's poem: "scars on the lower trunk/where fruits and leaves once were."
​
Read 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙖: https://t.co/IhwbzwUljE
​
#ecojournal #ecopoetry #papaya

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

We love 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮 𝗢𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿's emotive piece about how the presence of plants bring solace, comfort, and a quiet dignity to aging.
​
Read 𝙈𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩-𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙮: https://t.co/pgTNNMLviH
​
#tmrissue15 #ecojournal #ecopoetry #flora #ecofeminism

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

In 𝙐𝙣-𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙙, 𝗟.𝗬. 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗻 urges compassion for urban birds: "we... impose on them/our best-practiced magic trick: vanishment...all just to save us the crushing, excruciating/cost of an inconvenient carwash."

https://t.co/fuNd9qOfbH

#tmrissue15 #ecopoetry #urbanbirds

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

Echoing the Iban people's reverence for the rhinoceros hornbill, @vinita65 effuses "What is love but to see and not hold" her subject's "sun blade-beak/piano-keys wingspan".

Read 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡: https://t.co/UL4uFguMeK
​
#tmrissue15 #hornbill

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗶-𝗬𝗶's body of work carries a feminine, chthonic, spirit that is one-of-a-kind, and we are delighted for the artwork to grace the cover of Issue 15.
​
Read 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮's prose poem: https://t.co/0HqRbLxAEJ
​
#ecofeminism

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

Filmmaker 𝗔𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗳 examines interconnectedness in the digital age "The microbes still believe/in symbiotic forms beyond the byte."
​
Read 𝙈𝙮𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢: https://t.co/CK2XD3Adhx
​
#tigermothreview #web

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

Tending to nature binds the giver and the receiver in a sacred act; one that transcends loss and blithe landscaping.
​
Read 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙪𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣: https://t.co/tdVG5znpgP
​
#thetigermothreview #tmrissue15 #ecojournal #urbanspaces

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸-𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 fills our senses with the pastoral scenes of meadows and cornfields. Inviting and nurturing, "I dream of rooting/myself in this fertile ground".
​
Read 𝙋𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢: https://t.co/RbQiIfqPlj
​
#tmrissue15 #ecojournal

[The Tiger Moth Review @MothReview]

The shore along Changi Beach is a "threshold between worlds", a fragile and beautiful ecosystem that ripples and sways to its own rhythm but is threatened by land reclamation:

Read 𝘼 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠: https://t.co/LZVmD95oJh