https://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/poetry-friday-ashes-by-nerisa-guevara/
If you wish to know more about Nerisa, click here to be taken to her blog.
About the Poet: Nerisa del Carmen Guevara finished her M.A. in English Studies Creative Writing at University of the Philippines (U.P.), Diliman. She has attended the Dumaguete, Iligan, U.P. Writing Workshops and has been a panelist for UST CCWS and UST CCWLS Creative Writing Workshops in her capacity as Junior Associate (UST CCWS 2003-2006) and Resident Fellow for Poetry (UST CCWLS 2010-2013). She has received A Palanca Award for Poetry in 1999 and a Silver Cup Award for Dance Solo in the 2004 April Spring Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea. She teaches Literature and Creative Writing in the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters where she has been running the Poetry Workshop called The Baguio Soul Project: Journey into the Self Through Words these past eleven years.
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Oh, yes, and I need to circle back here and catch up on recent posts! This was just a lovely offering today – thank you. Such sparse and yet sensual writing – gorgeous.
I love these lines: “Like in the myths/You are a princess that will become/The firm face of fruit/Flower’s white mouth.” They seem to be wistful and hopeful at the same time. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for introducing me to a new poet!
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This poet seems like someone we should find out more about, Myra. That 2nd poem is quite a love poem. Thank you!
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Oh, yes, and I need to circle back here and catch up on recent posts! This was just a lovely offering today – thank you. Such sparse and yet sensual writing – gorgeous.
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I love these lines: “Like in the myths/You are a princess that will become/The firm face of fruit/Flower’s white mouth.” They seem to be wistful and hopeful at the same time. Thank you for sharing!
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The second poem caught me. “You are where things grow” — yes! What if we approached one another always with that thought?
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