De Witte Jas
by Ella Tan · 8 September 2026
By Ella Tan.
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Poems about memory
Kitchens, streets and small returning images — poems that keep what happened close.
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The White Coat
by Ella Tan · 8 September 2026
A cold, plain poem about the distance between a man's public reputation and the house he goes home to. This is a work of fiction; characters and circumstances have been fictionalised.
Running Into a Closed Door
by Ella Tan · 24 August 2026
A poem about longing for closeness that keeps its distance — fragments of warmth, a kitchen of kisses, and the silence that follows.