Literature production
THIS ARTICLE is among my first writings after my entries to the Palanca Awards this year.
I hold my Palanca entries above most of my...
Flower power
THERE’S a vase of cut roses on the long dining table where I’m writing this.
This article is written in advance because I will be...
In transit
AFTER 15 months, I’m still “in transit” on my way to the Philippines.
In transit in quotation marks because “in transit on the way” is...
Writing mood music
I AM OKAY writing my columns in silence.
Not that I really need to concentrate.
I mean, I do my thinking and reflection while having coffee.
Then,...
Under pressure
FOR A LONG, long while, I had a writing block for a story or a play, and even poetry for the Palanca.
I didn’t want...
How to be a poet in the 2020s
THIS COLUMN is coming out on the day before the deadline of the 2022 Palanca Awards. I’m in a writing frenzy for a possible...
When I say ‘I love you’
SERIOUSLY, who do I hurt when I say “I love you”?
Can we pipe in the song “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” here?
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When...
How the rich cope
RIGHT NOW, I’m discovering the vocal stylistics of The King’s Singers.
I’m playing from Amazon Music, of course.
I mean, if I got Amazon Prime membership,...
Little deaths
TO BE very honest, I’ve been super lazy in the last few weeks.
The rains in New Jersey last week didn’t help.
Nor the promise of...
World’s most gorgeous ass
THERE is a part of me that truly enjoys wherever in the world I am.
But there’s also a part of me that dreams of...