Robert Yeo is a poet, playwright, novelist and librettist. Regarded as a pioneer of Singapore literature, he was honoured with the prestigious South East Asian Writers Award in 2011 for literary excellence in the ASEAN region.Featuring over 100 poems personally selected by Yeo, including some of his uncollected poems, this volume presents the best of his work and also includes one previously unpublished libretto, Kannagi."The wonderful thing is, as a poet working in mid-career at the height of his power, Yeo's distinctive voice will accompany us into the next millennium, to gently remind us of who we are, where we are, where we have come from and where we are going." - Aaron Lee, The Straits Times, Singapore