Bonds is a collection of 50 poems translated from Lim Swee Tin’s Akrab, an anthology that won the Commendation Prize of the Putra II Poetry Awards, 1983.

The poems deal mainly with issue of solitude and anxiety, as well as humanity, friendship, environmetal degradation and the glory of times past.

Drawing on the legends and history of the nation, this collection of poetry poignantly expresses these concerns in a beautiful, concise, gentle and convincing style.