1. David McKirdy
(December 2017/Contributors)

David McKirdy is one of Hong Kong's best-known poets. He was born in Scotland, raised in Hong Kong and confused in England when he arrived there for the first time as a twenty-year-old. Once he re

2. Three Poems
(December 2017/Poetry)

by David McKirdy STAR STRUCK Star struck tourists cliché their way across the harbour in kitsch historic style having scanned the brochures and watched Nancy Kwan as Suzie Wong sashay across t

3. A Hong Kong Poetic Modernity: Eight Hong Kong Poets
(March 2016/Reviews)

by Michael Tsang   David McKirdy and Peter Gordon (editors), Eight Hong Kong Poets, Chameleon Press, 2015. 136 pgs.   In 1993, the now defunct Big Weather Press published a pioneering p

4. Nostalgia Is What It Used to Be: Comedy and the Colonial Upbringing in Dave McKirdy's Poetry
(September 2014/Reviews)

by Andrew Barker   David McKirdy, Accidental Occidental, Chameleon Press, 2011. 94 pgs. David McKirdy, Ancestral Worship, Chameleon Press, 2014. 88 pgs.   There are two poems from Dave McK

5. Three Poems from Ancestral Worship
(June 2014/Poetry)

by David McKirdy   Shining Mr. Lee the shoe-shine boy is a proud man still working at 82 still paying his way. He'll shine my shoes for free because I give him 'face' c

6. David McKirdy
(June 2014/Contributors)

David McKirdy grew up in Hong Kong in the 1960s and he came to poetry late in life after completing a degree in the arts at HK Open University in 1997. His work has been published in numerous antholog

7. Six Poems from Ancestral Worship
(March 2012/Poetry)

by David Mckirdy OUTWARD BOUND Hannibal crossed The Alps, for conquest and glory. We, adventurers of a different stripe, crossed the sea, destination Hong Kong on the P & O liner S.S. Carthage.

8. David McKirdy
(March 2012/Contributors)

David McKirdy is one of Hong Kong's best-known poets. He was born in Scotland, raised in Hong Kong and confused in England when he arrived there for the first time as a twenty-year-old.

9. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
(March 2012/Front page)

..., Vineet Kaul, Linda Whittenberg, Arthur Leung, Vinita Agrawal, Judith Huang, Kathlene Postma, David W. Landrum, David Mckirdy Encountering poetry winners: José Manuel Sevilla, Ranjani Murali,...

10. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
(June 2014/Front page)

...ue includes an editorial by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming titled "A Touch Of Cruelty In The Mouth" and poems from David McKirdy's new collection, Ancestral Worship.   The following writers/art...

11. Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
(December 2017/Front page)

...​, ​Chris Song​, ​Tse Hao Guang​, Joshua Ip, Collier Nogues​, ​Lim Lee Ching​, Peter Kennedy​, David McKirdy, James Shea​, Marco Yan​, Reid Mitchell​ and ​Karen Cheung PEEL ...