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Merlita Lorena Tariman

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MEMOS

To the Woodcarvers of Betis 1 if i could feel the cold hardness of wood, would i also know your will, woodcarver, your will to hew a soul out of a...

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The 2024 NICK JOAQUIN LITERARY AWARDS’ 82 GRAPHIC SALUTE AWARDEES

“Publication is the first hurdle of a writer who wants the public to read his or her work. Publication is the first level of...

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National Artists to lead in NJLA 2024

Three of the country’s National Artists will be on hand to lead close to a hundred short story writers and poets in celebrating the...

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Patterns

The chisel as creator Lends shape to wood, to stone. Shape being the truth of character, Reality of body and bone, Sculpted fact of form, The confidence of matter. The...

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A Celebration of Cycles

A Pilgrim’s TaleOur space is reshaping.The process is pronouncedin rambling rites of this mountainof fire and ash; of granite and flux. Sullen hour and we...

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Poetry

Passion of Waterfalls

Let me remember the passionthat propels you to caress the napeof the cliff as you slither towardthe rim of the ridge. And then you execute...

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ARC OF OUR VOICE

Woman Woman is daylightWoman is God’s gardenWoman is rib of creation Woman is legend Woman is myth and miracle Woman is spring Woman is hope Woman is faith Woman is love Woman...

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Health

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