Love’s Reckoning

Print editions

The poems, on paper

Two printed collections of Ella Tan's poems, each gathering the themes of the archive. Shipped worldwide — your address is asked for at checkout.

Love & Longing

lovelongingdesiredevotion

Poems of wanting, waiting and staying — love as it is negotiated, kept and longed for.

In this edition · 17 poems

  1. Endurance Test for One
  2. Withering Blooms
  3. The Sagrada Família
  4. Gentle Orbit
  5. Our Home
  6. Zo Blijft het Warm
  7. Kisses in the Kitchen
  8. The Demolition of Love
  9. Gaudí and Mondrian
  10. Haiku I
  11. Demolition of Tulips
  12. A Quiet Ordinary
  13. Haiku II
  14. He Loved But Could Not Stay
  15. Peachy Plans
  16. The Warmth of Mr G
  17. What He Could Not Give Equally
Buy the print edition — €15

Grief & Heartbreak

griefheartbreaklossmemory

Poems written through what breaks — loss, memory and the long work of carrying on.

In this edition · 6 poems

  1. De Witte Jas
  2. The White Coat
  3. They Called It Safety
  4. Love Will Return in Another Way
  5. A Note from the Doll
  6. Running Into a Closed Door
Buy the print edition — €15