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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.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A LESSON



A LESSON


The female robin leaves her nest in the cedar and lands at the edge of the driveway, gives herself a thorough shake and takes a shit.---Dave Bonta,The Morning Porch


One day, feminists will learn this good lesson--
Find your nest, fortify it, create all the love
You will ever need, live life with unbridled passion,
Watch the clowns sent in, make your move,
From the heights or depths, learn to defecate
Like the robin, and shake off fears, it's not too late.

On her own, Eve has just begun to reclaim
A paradise lost, occupy it, and must proclaim
Ascendancy not as the rib but as the ribbed staff.


Albert B. Casuga
05-15-12
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