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                    [Title] => The ‘Poetic Heart’ pulses in Dubai
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It was a surprise invite that had me back in Dubai two weekends ago, to participate in the fourth edition of “The Poetic Heart: Connecting Humanity 2015” — two days of poetry readings, interspersed with musical performances, that had over a score of attendees representing nearly a dozen nationalities and languages.

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In Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, “For we are also His offspring.” Acts 17:28

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Now 72, Cirilo F. Bautista towers over the writers of his generation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/301/b5pk.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 868215 [Title] => See the world, with words [Summary] =>

Be a writer and see the world!

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 832598 [Title] => 26 Filipino poets in English [Summary] =>

Giving the metaphorical digit to that cliché that says lists can only be odious, I join the welcome chorus in these pages for the 26th anniversary of this wonderful paper.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 823366 [Title] => Marjorie Evasco joins world's elite at Poetry Parnassus 2012 [Summary] =>

In Greek mythology, Mount Parnassus was the abode of Orpheus and the Muses, a place sacred to the gods Apollo and Dionysus, home to the winged horse Pegasus, and over the centuries it has come to be associated with poetry and literature, music and learning.

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Granada, Nicaragua — iQue Viva la Poesia! iQue Viva la Libertad!

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Tehran — Early last Thursday morning, good buddy Ricky de Ungria and I took the nine-hour flight to Doha for a three-hour stopover before taking the two-hour connecting flight to Tehran.

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An interesting exchange came up at the Writing Across Cultures symposium I attended recently at the City University of Hong Kong, which brought together writers from around the region under the Adelaide-based Asia Pacific Writing Partnership.

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We turn over this week’s space to a guest writer, the young Pedro Dumancas, who sent us a rather insightful piece titled “The Return of the Poets” — where he astutely recognizes the apparent sunrise industry involving poetry readings and performances, as well as their possible relationship with sociopolitical conditions.

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