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, May 11, 2013

UNCERTAIN WEATHER

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UNCERTAIN WEATHER “We have known them all already, known them all”. Thus, we measure lives, abandoned hopes, laments, even si...

Friday, May 10, 2013

SOLITUDE: LEFTOVERS ON HER TABLE

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LEFTOVERS ON HER TABLE I walk alone in its corridors, like I am one of the planks, clean, clear, but cold floors stretc...

Thursday, May 9, 2013

SOMETHING ABOUT PICKING UP RAGDOLLS

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Poems of Loss Series #3: There are other love poems that speak of pain and longing, of regret and fear, of failure to sustain the happines...

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

DO NOT DISTURB

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DO NOT DISTURB You are noisy/ even when you are silent, / the world is dripping with/ Do Not Disturb signs in/ languages ...

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

A MUD DANCE DIALOGUE

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Love Poem Series #10. This is it. The last of the love poems. Is love most nearly itself when it ceases to matter? T. S. Eliot asked tha...

Monday, May 6, 2013

GROWING AWAY

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GROWING AWAY It is the room we dread to open when we go back home because we have to. You can bunk in here, nothing has chang...

Sunday, May 5, 2013

MONOLOGUES: A RIGHT TO KNOW

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MONOLOGUES: A RIGHT TO KNOW 1. When are you coming back from the front, son? Sometime soon, before mom fades away? ...

Saturday, May 4, 2013

TWO POEMS: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS MEASURING LOVE

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TWO POEMS: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS MEASURING LOVE PALABRA DE HONOR How long does wood need to steep,/to stay alive lo...

Friday, May 3, 2013

THE AUTUMN OF OUR YEARS: TWO LOVE POEMS

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THE AUTUMN OF OUR YEARS: TWO LOVE POEMS THE RENDEZVOUS A ruckus of wind behind the trees roils the primrose trail ...

Thursday, May 2, 2013

TWO POEMS ON LOST DOLLS IN WAR AND PEACE

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TWO POEMS ON LOST DOLLS (IN WAR AND PEACE) LOOKING FOR JESSICA (For Marie who lost her Doll) “Queridisima hija,...

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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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