One can only hope. That’s a line often uttered. Even I like it. That’s also what one says to oneself when submitting a piece of work for someone else to assess, to judge. That’s what I did when I posted “Duterte’s dead” here and when I entered it at the Goodreads.com poetry competition. It got honorable mention at least. But I was hoping it would at least be a finalist, just so more readers could read it. Well the decision’s out, now Goodreads members get to vote. And “Duterte’s dead” may live another day somewhere else, for some other reader to find.
At least it has been read here by over 500 visitors since it got posted. Thank you, dear readers.
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Jim Pascual Agustin writes and translates poetry. Sometimes he tries his hand at essays and stories. In 2011 the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House in Manila released BAHA-BAHAGDANG KARUPUKAN (poems in Filipino) and ALIEN TO ANY SKIN (poems in English). The same publisher released his most recent poetry collections SOUND BEFORE WATER and KALMOT NG PUSA SA TAGILIRAN. In 2015 a new poetry collection in English, A THOUSAND EYES was released. His first collection of short stories in Filipino, SANGA SA BASANG LUPA, was released in 2016. UK publisher The Onslaught Press launches his latest poetry collection, WINGS OF SMOKE, worldwide in February 2017.
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March 30th, 2017 at 14:10
I saw the contest yesterday and was disappointed by the choices, and that yours was not among the finalists, Jim. It is such an important poem.
March 30th, 2017 at 16:52
Thanks, Sarah. Disappointments are part of the game, I guess. 🙂
March 30th, 2017 at 14:13
PS. Try New Verse News or Immix for it.
March 30th, 2017 at 16:53
Thank you. I’ll check them out. Not a lot accept “published online” poems though.