L. Kiew

L Kiew is a poet of chinese-malaysian heritage. Her debut pamphlet The Unquiet was published by Offord Road Books in 2019. She was a 2019/2020 London Library Emerging Writer.

Connect with L. Kiew: Twitter @l_kiew www.lhhkiew.co.uk/

Wayang kulit

Let me introduce you to my elders: silhouettes finely cut from leather of water buffalo or sometimes goat, characters cast by stance and headdress.

Their shadows embrace and dance against the bright screen, my skin lit with their stories. We are who we are because who came before.