Learning about the bulbul
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| April 15, 2013 - 12:00am
Last week I had our handyman Jess prune some branches from an old tree on the side of our front yard, which we’ve kept low and pruned so the morning sun can bless the small grass lawn past it.
Arts and Culture
Poetry in Makati, paintings in Dubai
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| April 2, 2012 - 12:00am
Within a memorable week, a couple of scintillating poetry reading events took place in Makati starting in mid-March.
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iQue Viva la Poesia!
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| February 27, 2012 - 12:00am
Granada, Nicaragua — iQue Viva la Poesia! iQue Viva la Libertad!
Arts and Culture
Rose gardens of poetry in Iran
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| October 10, 2011 - 12:00am
Tehran — Early last Thursday morning, good buddy Ricky de Ungria and I took the nine-hour flight to Doha for a three-hour stopover before taking the two-hour connecting flight to Tehran.
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Response to TOFIL
By
Isagani Cruz
| December 23, 2010 - 12:00am
Here are excerpts from the response I prepared for the awarding ceremonies last Dec. 9 of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL), which had the theme “Of Hopes and Heroes” (I have translated the Filipino portions...
Education and Home
Maxine & Mookie & Adonis
By
Juaniyo Arcellana
| January 26, 2009 - 12:00am
If someone hasn’t thought about it already there should by this time be a best first book of poetry award in a poetry-challenged country such as ours, where verses can be read while standing up in the elevated...
Arts and Culture
‘Encantos’ revisited
By
Juaniyo Arcellana
| February 25, 2008 - 12:00am
“It is death to be a poet, to love a poet, to mock a poet.” — Sufi saying
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Explorations, for the nonce
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| February 18, 2008 - 12:00am
We continue our serial report on poetry books we received last year. Last week’s part one cited Fil-Am poet-publisher Eileen Tabios’ two collections, published in California and Australia, and one by...
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At-Tariq & Nick
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| April 24, 2006 - 12:00am
My old friend the poet Jose Lansang Jr. is dead. Long live." So went the simple text message from Erwin E. Castillo, poet and novelist. A couple of days later, on April 13, some of us of the UP Sixties received...
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Our early muse
By
Alfred A. Yuson
| February 20, 2006 - 12:00am
I look forward to Monday afternoons when bosom buddy Jimmy Abad and I get together for durian cappuccino or chocolate con churros at the Ateneo college caf, upper floor. This transpires half-an-hour or so before...
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