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Tan Yuu Shane: “(dis)orientation”
Max Pasakorn 11/28/25 Max Pasakorn 11/28/25

Tan Yuu Shane: “(dis)orientation”

i’m always on the cusp of it // coming and / leaving / a space / that never fully wants me /

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Milton Wong: “Heat Injury En Route to the Bus Stop”
Max Pasakorn 10/3/25 Max Pasakorn 10/3/25

Milton Wong: “Heat Injury En Route to the Bus Stop”

I’d been anticipating heat death but not like this.

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Kinjal Johri: “A Love Like an Excavation”
Max Pasakorn 8/22/25 Max Pasakorn 8/22/25

Kinjal Johri: “A Love Like an Excavation”

We talk of George Harrison and Thai Horror / and the way desire hollows a body out, turns the soul into a sinkhole / hungry for a love like an excavation.

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Muhammad bin Zailan: “Silent Fissures”
Max Pasakorn 7/18/25 Max Pasakorn 7/18/25

Muhammad bin Zailan: “Silent Fissures”

Sometimes, when I lie beside you, your breath rattles like wind straining / against a warped door.

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Eneida P. Alcalde: “Urqupiña, 2002”
Max Pasakorn 6/20/25 Max Pasakorn 6/20/25

Eneida P. Alcalde: “Urqupiña, 2002”

Here I am / hungry to bite, // hungry to fight.

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Czander Tan: “Manila Skyline”
Max Pasakorn 4/25/25 Max Pasakorn 4/25/25

Czander Tan: “Manila Skyline”

I wonder if dance could ever be an objective criteria or a family tree

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Choo En Ting: “The Revenant”
Max Pasakorn 3/21/25 Max Pasakorn 3/21/25

Choo En Ting: “The Revenant”

at the end, the comma / is carrying a coffin

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noonherd: “xmm v sweat”
Max Pasakorn 1/24/25 Max Pasakorn 1/24/25

noonherd: “xmm v sweat”

your worksheet got pilot g6 smudge my fault ah everyday / i live like this one

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Nnadi Samuel: “Pixelated Bodies”
Max Pasakorn 9/13/24 Max Pasakorn 9/13/24

Nnadi Samuel: “Pixelated Bodies”

imagine you are the last thing / to draw breath in a lodge once peopled with laughter.

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Chrystal Ho: “At the Hamadryas Baboon Exhibit ”
Max Pasakorn 3/22/24 Max Pasakorn 3/22/24

Chrystal Ho: “At the Hamadryas Baboon Exhibit ”

Isn’t it beautiful, how the world lives and heaves?

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Naoumi Lugtu: “81” Square Arm Sofa”
Max Pasakorn 3/8/24 Max Pasakorn 3/8/24

Naoumi Lugtu: “81” Square Arm Sofa”

Here’s a synthetic proposition: not everyone who is married is in love.

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Belle Koh Han Lyn: “Some Kind of Crossing ”
Max Pasakorn 2/23/24 Max Pasakorn 2/23/24

Belle Koh Han Lyn: “Some Kind of Crossing ”

In the street where I walked with my parents before I became myself, I see her porous figure clearly.

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Zhao Yushan: “Kissing Game”
Max Pasakorn 2/2/24 Max Pasakorn 2/2/24

Zhao Yushan: “Kissing Game”

secretary licking NDA / NDA licking whispers / whispers licking moustache

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Anurak Saelaow: “Cosmic Permutation”
Max Pasakorn 12/15/23 Max Pasakorn 12/15/23

Anurak Saelaow: “Cosmic Permutation”

i’ve walked backwards nightly through these walls.

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Qamar Firdaus Saini: “Pale Lights (This Will Destroy You Remix)”
Max Pasakorn 12/8/23 Max Pasakorn 12/8/23

Qamar Firdaus Saini: “Pale Lights (This Will Destroy You Remix)”

how many poems can you give a heart before it takes?

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Valen Lim: “Zuihitsu”
Max Pasakorn 12/1/23 Max Pasakorn 12/1/23

Valen Lim: “Zuihitsu”

My head, a barbed-wire bed. My head, a minefield ballet.

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Cheng Him: “Froggy Froggy Jump Like Hell”
Max Pasakorn 11/17/23 Max Pasakorn 11/17/23

Cheng Him: “Froggy Froggy Jump Like Hell”

you got ask fish if they know what is wet?

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Kimberley Chia: “Requiem for Leaving”
Max Pasakorn 11/10/23 Max Pasakorn 11/10/23

Kimberley Chia: “Requiem for Leaving”

When I say I cannot love you it is not an invitation.

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Pamela Seong Koon: “Strobes”
Max Pasakorn 10/27/23 Max Pasakorn 10/27/23

Pamela Seong Koon: “Strobes”

tonight i will sleep with everything i have.

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Daryl Lim Wei Jie: “Sexpose”
Max Pasakorn 10/20/23 Max Pasakorn 10/20/23

Daryl Lim Wei Jie: “Sexpose”

Clones are acceptable to me if they r friendly and courteous

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