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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.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

A HUMMINGBIRD'S REST




A painting by Janet Weight Reed, England
 
 
A HUMMINGBIRD’S REST

 

I could if I tried harder, I could use the rest
In this cup, the day’s trill and duty at an end:
 
A respite from humming, a pause from flitting
From flower to bramble, from rose to sunshine.

No one will find me here for now until a night
Passes through, and me quiet in a mimic cup

Passing for a hummingbird, and I a cup of tea
Turned down for eventide to find itself a rest.


---Albert B. Casuga
July 5, 2014, Mississauga

 
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