What does it mean to be free? Spoken word poetry.
Tag: nationalism
An Observation
The night before the self-styled Fight of the Century (the Pacquaio-Mayweather boxing event), I watched some of the best scenes from two of my favorite action films of all time, Ip Man and Ip Man 2. In this scene in the sequel, the humble protagonist goes against the odds and fights the arrogant and almost completely unlikable Twister. It’s a…
Haikus to Freedom
I was reading the Inquirer a week and a day ago, and I thought of airing some opinions on Philippine news. With some poetry. I. to think of the world quite odd: easy to clamor easy to forget The Philippines is perhaps one of the few “democratic” countries where a corrupt president –overthrown by a mass…
Sulatin: Ngayon, o ang kinabukasan ng EDSA
Mahirap tahakin ang pagtutuklas at pagbabahagi ng iba’t ibang pamamaraan at kadahilanan ng mga sakit na ngayon tumatagos sa bansa. Marahil na walang tiyak na sagot ang mga problemang hindi natin masolusyonan. Bagkus ito ang aking susubukan ngayong sagutin gamit ang sariling salita at isip: bakit nga ba naghihirap ang lipunan natin ngayon? Ilang dekada…
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