Friday, February 26, 2010

DUAY-YA: LULLABIES AND WHY

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I wake up these days with an Ilocano duay-ya (lullaby) humming in my head. I could recall the title of the lullaby --- Dungdungwen Kanto (...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

ZEIT SCHINDEN: WHILE WAITING FOR A POEM

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It is a poet's constant dread. The poem will be stillborn. So one plays for time. Wait for the surprise that creation is. One recalls th...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

A BALLERINA ON THE WINDOW: A NEW POEM

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A BALLERINA ON THE WINDOW (For my ballerinas: Chloe, Sydney, and Taylor) “Adios, adios, abuelo. Te Amo. Je T'aime! Mahal Kita! Luv ya!” ...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

A THEORY OF ECHOES AND OTHER POEMS: A 2009 COLLECTION OF POEMS

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A THEORY OF ECHOES AND OTHER POEMS Posted here for a wider circulation, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published by the University ...
Monday, February 1, 2010

J.D. SALINGER, 1919-2010

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J.D.SALINGER (JANUARY 1, 1919 – JANUARY 27, 2010 (+)) Media had its final revenge on J.D. Salinger (Jerome David). When his family announced...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

POEMS: AN EARLY HARVEST, 2OO9-2010

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AN EARLY HARVEST: NEW POEMS POEMS FOR MY MOTHER IN FOUR LANGUAGES 1. EL NIDO DESOLADO (Para mi Madre) Los pajaritos estan dejando su nido; e...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

ALIVE IN HAITI: POEM 2

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(Click on image to zoom in on Text) PORT-AU- PRINCE --- French rescuers pulled a teenage girl...very dehydrated, with a broken left leg and...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

A DEATH IN HAITI

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(Click on image to zoom in on text.) FABIANNE GEISMAR, 15 Shot dead for stealing mirrors. --- Headline, The Toronto Star, Catastrophe in Ha...
Friday, January 1, 2010

RESTATING OUR RAISON D'ETRE

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Shed light, bridge the gap, and appreciate the clear picture. Missing the splendour of things because of murky expression is inexcusable...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

CA. 2010 --- ARE YOU HAPPY?

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The moving Finger writes, and having writ, moves on; Neither love, nor piety, nor wit, can cancel half a line. --- Omar Khayyam , Rubaiyat H...