World Poetry Day: Here are some notable Cebuano poets

Kurt Romariz 03/21/2024

Today, the world celebrates the beauty of poetry as we acknowledge the mighty power of the pen and commemorate the people who notably held it. As we recall Western literary geniuses like William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan…

Grace Poe: The ‘centrist’ alternative?

Richard Heydarian - @inquirerdotnet 07/06/2021

“People are drawn to the easy and to the easiest side of the easy,” observed Rainer Maria Rilke in “Letters to a Young Poet.” The poet then emphasized the need for us to “hold ourselves to the…

One calm summer night

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 07/30/2016

Edwin Arlington Robinson published his poem, “Richard Cory,” in 1897. Whenever mention is made of this poet, people invariably think of this piece, together with another poem, “Miniver Cheevy.” The two are perhaps the most anthologized of…

‘Prose and Poetry’ by Jaime Gil de Biedma

Jaime Picornell 05/19/2016

FOR TODAY at 6 p.m.: “Las Tres Marias” opens at Qube Gallery in Crossroads, Banilad. Michelline, Beatrix and Maxine Syjuco exhibit their latest sculptures, paintings and installations, up to June 7. The Mandani Bay show gallery will…

Muse of the Moment

Gerard Pareja, Rob Gonzales 10/19/2014

Every once in a while, a muse arrives in a literary circle. Often she’ll turn up multifaceted—a poet, a thespian, an instructor, a composer, an inspiration. Such is the case of Therese Marie Villarante. An active poet…

Surigaonon poet talks love lost, life regained

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 02/13/2014

In a country dominated by the religious and the sensitive, it is easy to cringe when someone so artistically loud with words pierces right through you with raw, undesirable and uncensored truth. Sade Andria Zabala, a 22-year…

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