Songs From A Distance
An anthology of 31 poems by migrant workers
Songs From A Distance is a compilation of 31 poems composed by migrant workers in Singapore. We were commissioned by Potato Productions and TCW2 to design this anthology that was launched at Singapore Writers Festival 2017. Written in Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, English, Mandarin Chinese, Punjabi, Tagalog, and Tamil, these poems offer readers a glimpse into the thoughts and dreams of Singapore’s invisible workforce. An endeavour that celebrated the literary talent of migrant workers, the publication also opened up a new and exciting literary genre. Recurring themes such as identity, migration, displacement and distance were intimately explored in the poems, along with grim realities of the migrant workers that were presented in a way that preserved authenticity.