Landscape II

By DJ Workz - November 28, 2017



LANDSCAPE II
Carlos A. Angeles

Sun in the knifed horizon bleeds the sky,
Spilling a peacock stain upon the sand,
Across some murdered rocks refuse to die.
It is your absence touches my sad hands
Blinded like flags in the wreck of air.

And catacombs of cloud enshroud the cool
And calm involvement of the darkened plains,
The stunted mourners here: and her, a full
And universal tenderness which drains
The sucked and golden breath of sky,
comes bare,

Now, while the dark basins the void of space,
Some sudden crickets, ambushing me near,
Discover vowels of your whispered face and subtly cry.
I touch your absence here
Remembering the speeches of your hair.

(1963)




Meet the Writer

The poet Carlos A. Angeles, born on May 25, 1921 in Tacloban City, Leyte, graduated from Rizal High 1938 and went on to study at various universities, first in pre-medicine and next pre-law. He had one semester at Ateneo de Manila, two at UP in 1941 (where he became a member of the UP Writers' Club), and one quarter at Central Luzon Colleges. He did not return to school after World War II, but he led an impressive career as chief of the Philippine bureau of International News Service from 1950 to 1958, guest of the US State Department on a Smith-Mundt leader grant, press assistant under the Garcia administration, and public relations manager of PanAm Airlines from 1958 to 1980. He also served in the board of directors of International PEN, Philippine chapter.
In 1964, the same year that poetry was first considered in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Angeles' collection of poems, A Stun of Jewels (Manila: Alberto S. Florentino, 1963), received first prize in the prestigious contest. Comprised of 47 poems and dedicated to Angeles' wife, A Stun of Jewels also won the Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature.
Angeles has been living in the USA since 1978. Married to Concepcion Reynoso, he has seven children and 18 grandchildren, all residing in the States. (http://panitikan.com.ph/authors/a/cangeles.htm)

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