About
Sep 4th, 2008 by hames-1977
THE PAGE
A quiet introspection of intimate things that I find in life, interpreted in a larger than life perspective. Something that is closer from the heart.
THE AUTHOR
Hames is his pseudonym. He is a licensed architect by profession in the Philippines, but considers music, art and literature as his major interests aside from design and architecture. He is now currently working in Qatar.
He had been a literary editor of the “Premiere”, a high school publication of Makati High School from 1992-1994. He continued his passion for writing even during college, contributing literary articles to the university publication “The Work” of Tarlac State University. And eventually, he became the literary editor and an associate editor of the publication dwelling on topics of student activism, campus politics, social issues and current events through poetry, short stories, essays and feature articles.
He had been a member of Munad- a visual artist group in Tarlac and Dulaang TSU - the university theater guild. He had also been an active member of CEGP-College Editors Guild of the Philippines, LFS- League of Filipino Students and NUSP- National Union of Students in the Philippines.
His many poetry submitted to Poetry.com in 2005 became part of its anthology of selected poems released for publication in Virginia, United States of America.
In 2007, he helped organize a Christian publication of “Stairway”- the monthly church paper of Jesus, Streams of Blessing Church Dubai in United Arab Emirates.
Thanks a lot for including my site in your blogroll; although it appears to me that we have contradicting persuasion and belief in what they refer to as the almighty.
I wish you all the best in your writing.
John, it is just okay if we have contradicting views about religion. I love diversity of opinions and i don’t intend to twist anyone’s belief.
This blog thing, is a healthy exercise for the mind. Silently, after all the merits of an argument has been raised by two opposing sides, at the end of day, we know from ourselves, the someone on the other side has a point somewhere.
We can just accept that all of us have our different point of views, our different individualities and different set of truths. It depends if you agree or disagree, maybe because, in each of us, there are some sort parallelisms in our life experiences.
Thanks for visiting my page. Honestly, I admire the way you write in such intensity of thought. And the power of your words is so affecting and a bit persuasive.
Marvin,
I have completed reading all your poems and articles and I have to say that you flew me in a magic carpet ride to the many beautiful directions of your mind’s travels and your soul and heart’s magnificent journeys.
Your words filled my basin brimful of inspirations. It is rare for us to find in this lifetime somebody who connects to our thoughts in a strange way, but that rare thing happened to me while reading your works and you understand why through the comments I left in them.
I look forward for more and lasting collaborations with you here and if God allows us in other venues.
You mentioned you are intereted to become a contributor in my poetry corner: A Quiet Place To Rest at Laarnians.com I mentioned you already to the creator of the website. Please visit the site:
http://laarnians.com/
And register so I could recommend your status be upgraded to author and you could freely contribute your great works. The community is a dynamic group of filipinos from around the world and I believe your being part of it would add to the excitement and inspiration.
Please let me know of anything through my email add or leave me a message at my web nook for any questions.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
Looking forward to your new posts, Marvin!
I’m a voracious reader, and I feel so satiated reading your articles.
I’m re-reading most of them, checking if I missed something.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
Hi Marvin!
I am here again…i simply could not stop myself from reading your poems…i must admit i almost deleted you from my friends list…because i was telling myself aaah this marvelous writer has no time for a nuisance like me…but i did not because you write so well that i can not just turn away…i really thought you never read my comments until this morning i saw my name on your blogroll…amazing..it is such an honor…thank you very much indeed…
I too have just found myself on your blogroll! I really don’t know why! But I do know we clearly share an intense love of words ~ the whirlpool of their reality, illusions and delusions and all the shades of greyscale in between!
zen,
at first, i just wanted to be quiet and solitary. but it seems now, that i need to connect with my readers. i have learned from jeques, without him telling me, that the joy of the poet transcends the power of words when it had a lasting impression to another, in this case, the reader.
i think now, that it is not right for a poet to appear isolated and distant, since the readers reaction are not just vain babblings but an honest mirror. the readers have muster an inspiring amount of courage for them to put forward their voices, be it appreciation or contradiction. it helps the poet to think through and constructively become better writers.
happy reading.
best of times,
marvin
gemma,
it is my gratitude too, to include you in my blogroll. you deserve that space in my blogworld. yeah, there is such power in the written words that stretches beyond one’s lifetime. our affinity to it would make us saner persons whose objective is to magnify the beauty of the moment, in its honesty and purity.
yeah, i believe that there are some grey areas in between, which we, poets should try to clarify.
best of times,
marvin