Category Archives: politics

More Words, Just Words

Posted on June 4, 2017 by sandstarsblog

Posted in collection: silent verses, poetry, politics | Tagged bystander, eloquence, encumbrances, fake news, idealism, lies, news, newspapers, paralysis, poem, propaganda, silent verses, transformation, truth, University of the Philippines, words, writing contest | Leave a comment

The Actions of the Fox

Posted on May 27, 2017 by sandstarsblog

Posted in collection: silent verses, poetry, politics | Tagged acquiescence, acton, courage, defiance, dog, fox, poem, silent verses, timidity, typewriter, University of the Philippines, writing contest | Leave a comment

Fiasco

Posted on May 19, 2017 by sandstarsblog

Posted in collection: silent verses, poetry, politics | Tagged dictator, farce, ferdinand marcos, fiasco, fiesta, martial law, poem, pseudonym, silent verses, University of the Philippines, writing contest | 2 Comments

Panda Alert!

Posted on April 15, 2017 by sandstarsblog

It certainly would be a surprise to find a panda at one’s door! If you were in such a situation, what would you do? 🙂 The photo below is of Ibzy and Imzy, romancing the panda! No! Actually, they are simply … Continue reading →

Posted in essay, haiku, photography, poetry, politics | Tagged bamboo, China, confrontation, cooperation, haiku, panda, Permanent Court of Arbitration, philippines, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, surprise, The Curve, treats, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea | 7 Comments

Wait Out The Squall

Posted on January 28, 2017 by sandstarsblog

Forest stands On edge of its roots Where wily Foxes romp around And make of Grass The trampled Trash,

Posted in collection: at the edge of things, poetry, politics | Tagged dystopia, Focus Philippines Magazine, forest, poem, squall | Leave a comment

Prime Time

Posted on November 19, 2016 by sandstarsblog

1 Presidents of the World The man i see on news time always is Smiling white teeth and all In a time now when kidnapping Is a profitable preoccupation Cosmos falling falling down Descended plutonium blasting The inhibitions in us

Posted in collection: at the edge of things, essay, poetry, politics | Tagged assassinations, at the edge of things, benigno aquino, dictatorships, ferdinand marcos, geopolitics, joaquin chamorro, nicaragua, philippines, prime time, somoza | 1 Comment

The Fish of the Current

Posted on November 19, 2016 by sandstarsblog

And what have become of your historic compromise between your christians and your valid communists, parliamentary procedures and your program of government?

Posted in collection: at the edge of things, essay, poetry, politics | Tagged aldo moro, at the edge of things, geopolitics, historic compromise, italy, luciana bohne, poem | 1 Comment

At the Mercy of the Churning Seas

Posted on November 19, 2016 by sandstarsblog

We live in very interesting and painful times. But lest we think that this is only true today, let’s not be naive. Two poems in the poetry collection At The Edge of Things (1979) are being posted this week to … Continue reading →