, suggesting that true "prime" quality requires a slow, loving maturation process. Symbolism and Human Connection
by Goh Poh Seng
: The fruits "render both children and grown-ups content" and are meant to "make us fill with joy". fruits poem by goh poh seng
In the 1960s and 70s, Singapore’s countryside was dotted with fruit orchards—in Kampong Lorong Buangkok, along the hills of Thomson, and in the rural stretches of Changi. By the 1980s, most were gone. The poem’s repeated question, "You ask for my home?" is rhetorical. The answer is not an address but a ghost. , suggesting that true "prime" quality requires a