Creative Knot
Cursor blinking.
Blank white screen.
Crooked green lines
saying, “Fragment (consider revising)”.
That’s four lines now
on a mostly-blank screen
There’s that crooked green line again
saying, “Capitalization”.
And I have lost my thoughts
Staring blankly
at a blinking cursor
on a blank white...
Source: Filipino Freethinkers
Foolish Heart
See! I just can’t get enough of him! He really keeps my thinking caps on! I just can’t get enough of him! What do I do?????
I know from you I need to stay away
It’s my foolish heart I can’t make obey
Placing my heart on a very thin line
Wondering if you’ll ever really be mine
I don’t...
Source: Queen Biyachessa
Teaching Poetic Form in Philippine Studies
I am on a search for some English material on the balagtasan. As I have previously blogged, I gave a cursory introduction to my students a couple of weeks back. What few specific things I know of balagtasan come from the transcript of a lecture given by Virgilio Almario at the Center for Southeast Asian...
Source: poeta y diwata: barbara jane reyes blogs here
Spellbound
-An attempt on poetry-
In the stillness of the night,
I felt my heart beating fast.
heard the thumping in my head,
suffocating, drowning me.
Read On…
Finish that Poetry Assignment –Fast!
Reading poetry is not painful. Actually, it can be enjoyable, like listening to music or looking at a picture.
Here’s how you can enjoy reading poetry… and get a higher grade in your next critique paper.
Mary
Pure as white, soft as cotton
A light of pathway wherein there is safety.
A woman who will guide you,
Love you and show you what life is,
A woman called Mary.
My Mary was dull, fragile and castled.
The Mary that didn’t show her love,
nor her care for me.
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Makoy is 26 yr old IT guy who loves to write, thrilled with movies as much as his favorite American food, fascinated with politics, current events and money matters, an entrepreneur in the making, and a certified Ortigas blogger.
