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, February 23, 2014

A HAMMOCK GAME: LAYING STRAIGHT SOME KNOTTED STRINGS

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    Things we do while we wait. Soon enough, we will have straightened those knotted threads. That done, we should be ready. Are we?...
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LEFT UNSAID

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Ashes in my mouth, like loves left unsaid. Nothing to take back, nothing to give.       LEFT UNSAID   I have lost my passion: w...

SUMMING UP: A WAITING GAME

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    A line from Eliot would be a good epitaph: "Hurry up please it's Time./Now Albert is coming back,/ make yourself a bit...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

HIS ENTREATY

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  ENTREATY It is what we do when we are in an open sea, locked in roiled waters on uncertain weather: you row like my life dep...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

OMNI SOLI SEMPER

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    OMNI SOLI SEMPER Keep your eyes wide open if you want to dream---Paolo Coelho The ones we talk about or ache to recall t...
Monday, February 17, 2014

ON RANDOM DAYS

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    ON RANDOM DAYS The day does what it always does:/ goes away... /We need time to keep starting over. --- From “Counting C...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

HOLES AND MANHOLES

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    HOLES AND MANHOLES   Tiny holes riddle the leaves of a heal-all plant, turning it to orange-tinged lace. What sma...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

THEIR TEMPS PERDU: THREE POEMS

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THEIR TEMPS PERDU: THREE POEMS Come hither, anyway, hide your pain in the cup/ of my hands, find that reprieve from a judgm...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

WHAT REMAINS BEHIND

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WHAT REMAINS BEHIND   “…Wither is fled the visionary gleam?/ Where is it now, the glory and the dream?/ Though nothing can bring...
Sunday, February 9, 2014

RITUALS: THREE YOKED POEMS

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RITUALS (For Marisa Keiko, aka Sofia)   1. Coming to the Water Wriggling and wailing as hard as she could, ou...
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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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