Verse in Conversation

By TF Badilla

This little book of verse goes as a collection of Isko Tabonon comments on several Pinoy Penman posts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: TF Badilla
• Release date: Oct 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215291214

TF Badilla

Husband (of one! : ). Father of five. Former teacher, former brewery quality assurance chemist. Poetry enthusiast.

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This Design That’s Called Poetry

(Applies to Fiction as Well)

Poetry does not

wait for the birds to sing songs—

it does not wait for

words to stumble and

to fall upon the shores of

sense or of nonsense.

Penmanship requires

the Penman; it is not an

accidental art—

it is the dart that

finds the bull’s eye—it is the

song that finds the bird.

Fish filet—not the

one that got away.

Let’s Get Cynical

(Randian I Do Could Make for Runaway Brides. And Grooms.)

Ayn Rand’s virtuous

selfishness is argument

without measured science—

like Aristotle’s

opinion: his iron balls

should fall faster than

the chicken feather.

The Ayn universe finds self-

preservation the

absolute in good—

and Self, the