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.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

THE WRATH OF DAYS DESCENDING

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  EARTH DAY POEMS AND THE WRATH OF DAYS by Albert B. Casuga It’s when I’m weary of considerations,/ And life is too much li...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

HEAVEN CAN WAIT (For All the Holy Innocents)

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HEAVEN CAN WAIT Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. --- St. Mark ...
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Friday, December 27, 2013

A LOVE AFFAIR

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    HIS LOVE AFFAIR Sit. Feast on your life. ---Derek Walcott “Love After Love Although this invitation will prolong our...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

LIKE A PRAYER TO WHAT IS EMPTY

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    DISASTER POEMS. What is it like to pray and be unheard, benignly ignored, suffered? Defile this Earth and despoil its treasures....
Friday, December 20, 2013

AFTER AFTER: A LONGING

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AFTER AFTER: A LONGING 1. After after , is there anything or anyone left to sing the hammock songs? After aft...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

THE QUIET DISTANCE: TWO POEMS ON HER CHRISTMAS MANGER (BELEN DE PASCUA)

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    The Manger recalling the Nativity scene in Bethelem was the true symbol of Christmas that no Christmas tree (pine or prefab f...
Monday, December 16, 2013

THE WEE LASS IN THE SNOW: YOKED HAIKUS

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  THE WEE LASS IN THE SNOW: YOKED HAIKUS The lass on my lap Said: I won’t play with snow Today, abuelo . Even snowmen ...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

REMEMBERING FATHER: TWO SEASONS

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REMEMBERING FATHER: TWO SEASONS 1. A SWIMMING LESSON   For Father (Francisco F. Casuga+) How much of those happy times ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

THAT I MAY...AN UNFINISHED POEM FOR THANKSGIVING

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    An unfinished poem for Thanksgiving. An attempt to include digital language, for which I am grateful (as one of the obscured or ...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

SOMEWHERE A QUERY: AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?

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Photo by Philippine Artist Bobby Wong Jr. SOMEWHERE So we reverberate to each other’s calling: /silence is a desert hung w...
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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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