Ambit's Gambit is Albert B. Casuga's blog for his poetry, fiction, essays, literary theory, literary criticism, art criticism, and commentary on life, living, and the human condition.
ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently.
He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.
A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems (2009, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)
The Aeshetics of Literature (De La Salle Univeristy Publications, 1972)
Narra Poems and Others (San Beda College Publications, 1968)
In a Sparrow's Time (Infocom, Canada. 1990)
Still Points (Selected Poems), 1972, (Flores & Associates, Manla)
Songs for My Children (Selected Poems), 1996, (Infocom, Canada)
A. B. Casuga's works are anthologized in A Habit of Shores by G. H. Abad (UP Press), Introduction to Poetry by Edith Tiempo et al (Silliman University), and has been published in journals and magazines in Philippines, Canada, United States, and Australia.
Thursday May 23, 2013
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Rain in the wee hours has left the lilac with leaves bent over, showing
their pale backs. Above, the white missiles of black cherry blooms.
Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize
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American author Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize.
The award, worth £60,000 (approximately $90,000), was presented to Davis
ye...
Boy Scouts' Gay Policy Vote Prompts Activist Rally
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By Marice Richter
GRAPEVINE, Texas, May 22 (Reuters) - Gay rights activists and members of
conservative groups gathered in the Texas town of Grapevine o...
Syntagma
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by Dawn Nikithser In Athens, the old gods still sleep on marble Artemis
bares her belly to the sky while Hephaestus slinks near taverna kitchens,
seeking t...
Steel Toe Review Print Volume
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The online magazine Steel Toe Review has just put out volume 2 of their print series. Some of the best work they published online in 2012 is featured in this...
Housing Choices
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I have the issue of housing running round and round in my brain. Let's
untangle the strands:
--One reason I have housing on the brain is because of the Okl...
Welcome Wagon
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Welcome Wagon
Terror’s Hollow Woods aren’t trying to scare you.
I know, spiders lower from the trees
right in front of your face,
the path is messy with mu...
Gun-happy
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Up very early, and now beginning to be settled in my wits again, I went
about setting down my last four days’ observations this morning. After
that, was tr...
Poetry finally joining e-book revolution
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Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the
largest gaps in the e-book catalogue – poetry. Adrienne Rich, Allen
Ginsberg, Lan...
Time Regained!
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James Gleick
Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe
by Lee Smolin
We say that time *passes*, time *goes by*, and time *f...
A Conversation with Matthew Olzmann
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Matthew Olzmann is the author of Mezzanines (Alice James Books), selected
for the 2011 Kundiman Prize. His poems have appeared in New England Review,
Ken...
MARSH HAWK BOOKS REVIEWED BY GALATEA RESURRECTS!
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Some Marsh Hawk poetry books are featured/reviewed in the new issue of Galatea Resurrects #20 (A Poetry Engagement), edited by Eileen Tabios:
Neil de la Fl...
Mothers and Memories
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Mothers’ Day is a day for remembering. My most immediate memory of Inay is
of her death in February 2009, a few days after her 89th birthday. It was
“the e...
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*PASALUBONG *(take-home goodies from trip)
I was cleaning up my clogged emails when I found this response of mine to a
distinguished fellow Kapampangan fro...
PLEASE AWAKE TO ... THE AWAKENING!
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My newest book, *THE AWAKENING: A Long Poem Triptych & A Poetics Fragment*(theenk Books, Palmyra, NY, 2013) includes an updated version of my essay
on *“Bab...
Irene's Luncheon For 4 Guys & 3 Dolls
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—Irene's Luncheon For 4 Guys and 3 Dolls—
Tony Ablen blew into town. His birthday was just a few days ago. Mario
Aldeguer was leaving soon for a holiday ...
DTI warns public against biz scam soliciting money
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued a warning anew to the
public against an on-going scam supposedly soliciting funds for the
national and lo...
Judson Mitcham
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Judson Mitcham's work has appeared in many journals, including *Poetry*, *Georgia
Review*, *Hudson Review*, and *Harper's*. He has published three
collect...
Kelly Ward talks up the spring!
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Check out Kelly Ward’s spring interview on The Acrobat’s tumblr page where
she talks about her upcoming book “Keep It Beautiful.”
Looking For Liling
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—Looking For Liling—
In my youth, the Civil Liberties Union would commemorate the World War II
martyrdom of their fellow civil libertarians (my brother Raf...
FROM BIN LADEN TO FACEBOOK now on Kindle!
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I learned something from the 2003 release of “Seeds of Terror: An
Eyewitness Account of al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast
Asia.” It was p...
Snapshot Poem | 22 April 02013
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In the late evening, when I go to close the shutters, I see the cold moon
in the eastern sky. Snow, still, in shadowed places. My dog is going deaf.
He tak...
KAKUWANAN 7: ANG TUNAY NA STELLA L.
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“KAKUWANAN” 7
Unang nalathala sa
*MAXIMO: Ang Magasin ng Makabagong Macho*
Abril 2003
*KAKUWANAN*
*Jose F. Lacaba*
*Ang Tunay na Stella L.*
May *...
Reflections on Writing the Law
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Spring 2013
Richard Smith
Reflections on Writing the Law
An Essay
As the Supreme Court considers gay marriage, a leading political and moral
issue of our t...
The Nightmare
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*The Nightmare*
Remember that long drive back from the Lakes,
all lightning-lit through rolling rain?
Some nights I dream us on that stretch again,
the...
Poem for My Friends
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This Poem is For You, My Friends
By Mila D. Aguilar
The gods who would take over
Our God’s universe
Are big and small.
One is tall, lanky
Proud of gait
T...
International Human Rights Day December 10, 2012
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International Human Rights DayDecember 10 *“Blessed are they who maintain
justice; who constantly do what is right.” (Ps 106:3)* More than ever
before, in ...
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NO.47 • DECEMBER 2012 • THE LAST OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT ISSUE • PHOTO:* CLARK
MORNING* (BY THE EDITOR)
(Scroll down and click *Door Handle *icon to vi...
Remembering Alex Esclamado
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Filipino community advocate Alex Esclamado passed away due to pneumonia
last November 4, 2012 in Maasin, Leyte. He is known for being the founding
National...
Mall-Asia, Truly Asia
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Penman for Monday, June 25, 2012
EVERY TIME I visit Malaysia, I can’t help thinking that this is the country
we could have been, had our history taken ano...
Paris, a Most Beautiful City
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[image: http://lizardmeanders.blogspot.com/]Paris is a city full of beauty,
whether it is in its architecture, its museums, or its natural
surroundings. Y...
Corona is removable for TRO lifting travel ban
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The breaking point, it is widely known, has been the Temporary Restraining
Order (TRO) the Supreme Court issued on November 15, 2011 effectively
lifting th...
P-Noy’s survival is the question now
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s Senate impeachment trial has
taken a dramatic turn, and the question now seems to shift from Corona’s
own po...
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*THE ABYSS*
by Felix Fojas
The abyss is
dark and deep
The abyss is
an endless
downward tunnel
The abyss is
a bottomless pit
The abyss is
a black hole in s...
Media groups launch ‘Roadshow vs. Impunity’
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MEDIA GROUPS from all over the country have launched a series of activities
to press the Philippine government to address the continuing problem of
media m...
my days are flocks of starlings
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my days are flocks of starlings wheeling dark waves of loud chatter inside
them I grope for the memory of you I think you are a small flame embedded
in sil...
WELCOME TO THE PBB ARCHIVE
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*poet'sPicturebook* has reincarnated into the new
*Electronic Monsoon Magazine*.
To view the PPB cover archive, click *Older Posts* below.To go
to the new...
Govt may scrap MRT buyout
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*Private group proposes to expand system*
*BY DARWIN G. AMOJELAR *SENIOR REPORTER
THE Aquino administration may scrap the planned buyout of the Metro Rai...
Poems for Summer
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Beat the heat with poems by Rita Dove, William Meredith, Lynda Hull, Jack
Spicer, Liam Rector, Joshua Beckman, Derek Walcott, Mark Jarman, and more.
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