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Levity of Water opens on February 10, 2018, 5pm at the Conspiracy Garden Café, Visayas Avenue, Quezon City. Bring poems to read, songs to sing, and souls to soar. Exhibit runs until February 28, 2018.
If you are not familiar with the term Spoken Word, it is poetry recited and performed on stage that centers on the beauty of world play, intonation, and voice inflection. It includes diverse types of poetry such as: poetry slams, jazz poetry, hip-hop, traditional poetry readings, and even comedy routines and prose monologues. Though oral […]
A well-known poet and beloved icon of the civil rights movement of America, Maya Angelou had a difficult yet colorful life. As a child, she went through her parents’ separation, being sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend, and becoming mute for five years as a result of her belief that she caused the death of […]
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the major contributors of the American Romantic Movement and was considered an author, poet, literary critic, and editor. Dubbed “The Master of Horror,” Poe became famous for his macabre short stories and poems that will still give anyone the chills. Born on this day in 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, […]
When the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, many rejoiced, some were outraged, while others welcomed it with resignation. “Why is this well-acclaimed musician awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?” some people asked. Well here are five truths that show why Bob Dylan deserves the accolade: 1. Literature started as an oral […]
Last August 23, 2016, the Adamson University Electronics Engineering Students Society, conducted AMPlify! (Arts, Music, & Poetry), an event that aims to share knowledge in the arts through workshops, seminars, and performances from local artists. This awaited event for engineering students of the university were divided into two parts – Volume I for the workshops and […]
Most lyrics lose their meaning once the technical aspect of music is taken away from it. But once in a while, we encounter a few lyrics so damn good it just becomes poetic material.