Ambit's Gambit (Albert B. Casuga Literary Blog)

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.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

BETWEEN HERE AND THERE

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BETWEEN HERE AND THERE How hard is it to understand what the heart really wants? The body’s feathered/ with nostalgic veins resembling...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

CONCEITS: THREE POEMS

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CONCEITS When you are alone,/ who are you with./... Thinking is a type of/ telling, of tattling./... How much do you hurt/ right now...
Monday, June 25, 2012

OBLIVION

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Photo by Jongjong Espanto, San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines OBLIVION (For My Hometown, San Fernando) "La muerte no...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

RESOLVE

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RESOLVE Nothing to do but ride this out, observe: we’re here, we’re here, still here.---From “Passing Storm” by Luisa A. Igloria, Vi...
Friday, June 22, 2012

COUNTERPOINTS

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COUNTERPOINTS A red admiral butterfly that keeps changing sizes turns out to be two butterflies, wary of each other, wary about per...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

GETTING BLANK BACK

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GETTING BLANK BACK Erasing is not/not drawing,/ just moving/ around what/ you think you/ didn’t mean..../ We can’t get/ blank back,/...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A DEATH IN EDEN

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  A DEATH IN EDEN “…turning course of a river that goes curving,/ advances and retreats, goes roundabout,/ arriving forever:”--- Oct...
Monday, June 18, 2012

CASTLES IN OUR HEARTS: TWO POEMS FOR MOTHER

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CASTLES IN OUR HEARTS: TWO POEMS FOR MOTHER (For Sra. Nenita Buenaventura vda. de Casuga + R.I.P.) The house was/ not falling dow...
Friday, June 15, 2012

GRIEF: THE OTHER FORM

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GRIEF: THE OTHER FORM (Remembering Mother) "Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form." ~ Rumi ...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

AN UNCERTAIN QUIET

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AN UNCERTAIN QUIET (For Mother*) But there is silence now at the phoebe’s nest–-/ the fledglings have flown–-Icarus-like must te...
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ALBERT B. CASUGA
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.
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