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Love’s Reckoning.
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Love’s
Reckoning

Poems by Cecilia Tan — the bloom, the kingdom, the light changing, and the quiet aftermath in which the woman remained.

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A Quiet Ordinary

C. Tan

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By Cecilia Tan

From the collection Love’s Reckoning

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A Quiet Ordinary

C. Tan

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Haiku I

April 23rd, 2025 — five days after the first kiss

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Haiku II

April 23rd, 2025

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Kisses in the Kitchen

For Gijs — May 2025

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Peachy Plans

May–June 2025

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Gaudí and Mondrian

A portrait of us

Essays

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On Love's Reckoning

A record of a love that was real — and the poems written in its light and its silence.

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Why I Write in the Dark

On the discipline of paying attention when attention costs you something.

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The Demolition of Love — A Tragedy in Five Acts

17 October 2026

Stadsschouwburg Utrecht — Lucasbol

€18

Poetry reading

Hamlet Reimagined — Five Soliloquies

7 November 2026

Café De Spuyter — Amsterdam

€12

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