ramblingsoul: More Than A Feeling

Friday, April 17, 2009

More Than A Feeling

Boston Celtics fan here. and i'm very wary of the way the team will wind up during the Playoffs (starts this Sunday local time) with KG sidelined and all. but i've a feeling Doc Rivers has something up his sleeve (a la Paul Pierce's "injury" during last year's NBA Finals). Glenn Davis is playing well, yeah, but i won't be surprised if Garnett suddenly shows up ready to play in the first few home games. or maybe even start during Game 2? really. just a feeling. or more. anyway, Lebron's no doubt the MVP this year and i know some literary pillar who'll be sleeping very late this post-season, whisky in/on hand. hehe.

Renga # 17

The glaciers in their ancient creep

have lulled the polar bears to sleep,

then drift to more iambic shifts.

kuwabatake, waps, ramblingsoul

About Joel

Joel M. Toledo holds a Masters degree in English Studies (Poetry) from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he likewise finished two undergraduate degrees (Journalism and Creative Writing). He has authored three books of poetry – Chiaroscuro (UST Press, 2008), The Long Lost Startle (UP Press, 2009), and Ruins and Reconstructions (Anvil Publishing, 2011). Chiaroscuro was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Awards. Toledo was the recipient of the 2006 NCCA Literary Prize, and has won several literary awards for his poetry in English, including two Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, The Philippines Free Press Literary Award, The Meritage Press Poetry Prize in San Francisco, USA, and the Bridport Prize for Poetry in Dorset, United Kingdom. He was a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Creative Arts Residency at the Bellagio Center in Italy in March 2011 and was the Philippine representative for the 2011 International Writers Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa, USA. Toledo is the current Literary Editor of the Philippines Free Press. He teaches Literature at Miriam College.