Poems En Route

by Marne L. Kilates

1999 National Book Award Winner Filipino poetry in English "For me who chose to write in the national language, Marne L. Kilates is one of the few poets writing in English whose work affects me this much. Unlike others who are tempted to engage in mere word-smithing, he prefers to deliver high poetic thought, spectilly about his being Filipino in such words that, beyond being lyrical, are painful and sweet. Speaking with 'Filipion-ness' in this borrowed tongue, his poetry is the bridge I would cross anytime on the twin rivers of our consciousness." --Mike L. Bigornia "With Poems en Route, Marne "A solid gold poet with a 21-jewel movement." --Franz Arcellana Kilates steers us progressively from plane to leverage--through toponyms and namedrops, via proems and paens to place and portage--with the delighful diligence of chronicler. Heroes of history attend our perambulation, as well as the stereotype gone mythic amide the commonplace. We greet "the comfort of distance" acknowledge with a nod the contrapuntal affirmation, indeed so fetchingly introduced, of "the process of pause, the stasis of a precipice." Never too late, we realize we had not left the rites of elevation in the first place, where Kilates continues to unscroll ther meridians of memory" --Alfred Yuson "Writing distinguished poetry for more than a decade, Marne Kilates again expresses a social conscience, a sense of history, a feel for the continaed lyric impulse and the facile narrative gait, in a second volume which brings forth in the reader this singular excitement of watching a mastwork emerge to take its place in our country's literature." --Ophelia A Dimalanta

Genres: Poetry

184 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Poet, translator, editor, and sometime book designer, Marne Kilates (given name, Mariano) was born on November 5, 1952, in the town of Daraga, Albay province, the Bicol Region in the Philippines. He has lived his youth in the shadow of the mountain, Mayon, the landmark of conical beauty and volcanic unpredictability.

Reviews

[Marne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hahaha! It was amazing (according to the star rating system of Goodreads)! Really amazing that Vic Nierva, the Goodreads librarian, has uploaded an image of my book! Thanks a heap, Vic!