Another year of lockdown is over Twelve months of unspeakable surprises And weary weeks of isolation. Close to twelve months Of wearing assorted masks And frenzied washing of hands…
Category: Arts and Culture
Islander in the City:
ODE TO DUSK
By Pablo A. Tariman Catch me another dusk As the day is done And the high bright sun Has settled where it should In the bowels of the sea.…
Islander in the City:
MY GRAND REUNION WITH MY SOUL THROUGH POETRY
(Excerpts from a lecture delivered by the author on the subject — Responding to the Pandemic Through Poetry – sponsored by the University of the Philippines Baguio City, Feb. 22,…
Islander in the City:
WAR AND PEACE AND VIOLINIST ERNESTO VALLEJO
This year marks the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Manila, also known as the Holocaust of 1945. On that year, members of Manila’s prominent families became victims of war-time…
Islander in the City:
POST-VALENTINE MEMOIRS
At 72 and even at my younger age, I was never fond of Valentine’s Day. But there is something fluttering in my heart when i see this picture of Mayor…
Islander In The City:
ONCE UPON A VIRUS
“HIV, Ebola, and Zika are ugly, nasty viruses. David Goodsell makes them look beautiful, even alluring.” A science news It took a virus To isolate people From each other.…
Islander in the City:
NOT A BAD POETRY COMEBACK
When did my love affair with poetry start? In the island, I was reading Edna St. Vincent Millay and Walt Whitman courtesy of an American Peace Corps volunteer named William…
Islander in the City:
GEORGE ROBERT SHAW, THEODORE ROOSEVELT JR. & NELLY GARDEN
What historic photo did I see in Manila Nostalgia on FB last week? Playwright George Bernard Shaw at the Governor’s Palace (called Malacanan later) with then Governor General Theodore Roosevelt,…
Islander in the City:
ARTHUR ESPIRITU: ‘2020 WAS A ‘SURREAL YEAR’
The year 2020 is many things to cultural watchers. It was the end of live concerts at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, it was the end of live shows…