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i am jose claudio: May 2009
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I am jose claudio. Saturday, May 30, 2009. The green heart above is from an interesting blog on hearts, http:/ heartaday.wordpress.com. And here's a poem by w.h. auden i stumbled upon today in a chinese blog. O Tell Me The Truth About Love. Some say that love's a little boy,. And some say it's a bird,. Some say it makes the world go round,. And some say that's absurd,. And when I asked the man next-door,. Who looked as if he knew,. His wife got very cross indeed,. And said it wouldn't do. Or underneath t...
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merchant of menace: Lyrics and Noise
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Will those feet in modern times. Walk on soles made in China? Will those feet in modern times. See the bright prosaic malls? Will those feet in modern times. Recognise the heavy burden. Will those feet in modern times. Pardon me for my sins. One might think that the song might be going somewhere. The rest of the lyrics are some variation on those in the lines listed above. And so, in trying to make sense of them, in any kind of literary way, one is left saying, "Huh? This then...
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Taga sa Bato: ANG NABALING PLUMA
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Friday, October 10, 2008. Disyembre’y nagkumot ng lamig at dilim. Habang lumulukob ang laksang bituin. Ikaw pala Adrian, ang nakagupiling. Bakit biglang-bigla nang kami’y lisanin? Di inaakalang dagling tatabasin. Sa tangkay ng buhay, karugtong-damdamin. Lider kang tumanglaw sa aming panulat. Karugtong ng pusod ang mithi’t pangarap. Doon sa Dingalan na kanlungang-pugad,. Pinagpala kami ng iyong paglingap. Naroong umusok ang tamis at askad. Ng mga pagtutol sa bayang may sugat. Nakauunawa ng iyong paghagkis.
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Taga sa Bato: MGA MANGGAGAWANG TSINO SA IBAYONG DAGAT
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Sunday, November 23, 2008. MGA MANGGAGAWANG TSINO SA IBAYONG DAGAT. Sa nobelang ito'y nalimbag ang dinanas ng mga "Huangke" o tawag ng mga Tsino sa kababayang naghahanapbuhay sa ibayong dagat."Huaquiao" naman ang Tsinong nasa ibayong dagat o "Hwakiao" sa Hokkien.batay na rin sa nagsalin ng akda. Ito ang unang nobelang Tsino na nabasa ko, na kung hindi naisalin sa wikang Filipino ay di ko mauunawaan ang hirap na dinanas ng mga manggagawang Tsino mula pa noon. Naglaman ng mapait na karanasan ng mga manggag...
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Taga sa Bato: SANDATANG PANULAT
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. May hatid na init ang lamig ng Hunyo. At luksang habagat,pagdalaw sa iyo. Ang dagat ng apoy naging masilakbo. Along humahampas bilang pagsaludo. Bituin sa gabi maliyab ang sikdo. Ningas ng silahis nag-aalimpuyo. Marahil ang iyong pagyao'y may hatid. Na bakas na dapat naming matangkilik. Sa isang panahon ng pagmamalabis,. Ng kapangyarihang pinaghari'y lupit. Iyong sinalungat ang dahas ng tubig. Upang mangibabaw katwirang nilupig. Hindi ka nasindak sa kulungang rehas. Nilikhang tauh...
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Bite that tomato!: June 2008
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Because it's so oohlala. Monday, June 30, 2008. Have always bothered me. I always felt the restriction in each, an almost tangible pull of a force coming from someplace else. When a person says he or she's engaged, I have this distinct need to ask,. In what, exactly. And if someone says, he or she is committed to someone, my mind immediately summons an image of an asylum building - cold, impersonal, prison-like. Tomato Maria and the Definitive Nightcap. Links to this post. Links to this post. From a drin...