Author: Isaac Tang
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‘Scorn Not the Sonnet’: The Versatility of this Beloved Poetic Form
By Isaac Tang As you read the different poets, one poetic form appears again and again. Superficially, the form looks to be the same. The form is also short – fourteen lines to be exact – and therefore fits neatly into half, or even a third of the page. It is unassuming and appears to…
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Why Poetry is Better Than Prose
By Isaac Tang Even before I published my first volume of poetry Glimpse of the Divine, I wondered whether I would reach a substantial audience. For poetry, on a whole, appears to be declining as a literary form in the modern world. I believe that most people underappreciate it and find it fit for little…
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Dr Wu Lien-Teh: A Glimpse into Early 20th Century Asia
By: Isaac Tang Wu Lien-Teh is a name that perhaps sounds more familiar now, after the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the globe and triggered mass lockdowns, mask wearing and “social distancing” rules. Dr Wu is credited with spectacularly suppressing the Manchurian plague in Northeastern China at the beginning of the 20th century (1910-11) with various…
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My Favourite Christian Poets
By: Isaac Tang There was a time when I was thirteen or fourteen when I thought I had lost interest in reading. The typical books teenagers were supposed to like were either dystopian science fiction or romances, neither of which were to my taste. Thankfully, the end of this drought came with the discovery of…
Isaac Tang - Poet, Author, Composer 