00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612423568 Buklod 20230619154520.0 m go j ta 150609s2014 xx r |000 0|eng d 9789715067386 (iLib)UPD-00261913871 DLC DML rda eng DMLUC PL 6058.9 B38 2014 Bautista, Cirilo F. author. Things happen poems 2012 Cirilo F. Bautista. Manila University of Santo Tomas Publishing House 2014. xi, 202 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "This is Cirilo F. Bauthjista's 11th book of poems, all writen in 2012 in ans inspired stretch of imagination. They are narrative transcriptions of social and personal experiences that have affected his views of humanity - suffering, pain, hunger, war, love - they are here, interpreted as only Bautista can. Bautista, declared National Artist for Literature in 2014, shows the craft and artistry that put him in the forefront of Philippine literary development."--Back cover. Prologue -- Old men in the city -- So many naked children -- The guardian angel -- The Pensioner -- Window shopping -- Two whispers -- Detective Fiction -- Between dreams -- The patriot -- Pornography -- When I look into myself -- Elegy -- A sudden sadness -- From the undertow -- On language -- Visitation -- Two men -- A mountain solitude -- The last poem in the world -- A review of history -- My father's house -- A judgment day -- The wedding poem -- The picture -- These are not happening -- The dam -- The way to progress -- Burnt offering -- Out of the fog -- My father and the angel -- Mourners of San Mateo -- Loss of balance -- A small confession -- One bright morning -- The glance -- Pilgrims -- During the war -- Our lady of the snakes -- concerning poetry -- Grief -- Mrs. Berta after the war -- Skulls, clavicles and arms -- In the car -- There was an old man -- Style -- Losing -- Man with a mission -- The icon -- Death and love -- Storm -- Exile -- A request -- More secret than carved stone -- All the seasons -- Botolan scenery -- Fugitive -- At the top of Mount Santo Tomas -- Do you like Vic Damone? -- Body talk -- Chiaroscuro -- Too much rain -- The day you were born -- Spy -- The bill -- The castle captain -- The question -- Embassy -- Henry Miller in Paris -- A rite of ancestry -- Tiger totem -- Monday morning -- You -- Old skin -- Nothing equals everything -- In praise of sardines -- Just lightning and dark clouds -- A little romance -- Front gate -- Art and war -- Religion -- The souvenir -- The care of sheep -- I'll take you home -- Bright edges -- In between -- Epilogue: things happen. Philippine poetry (English) Philippine poetry (English) Collections. Book FI UPD DCAL PL 6058.9 B38 2014 UPD DMLF PL 6058.9 B38 2014 Book