Histories: Poems

by Charlie Samuya Veric

At once memoir, theory, verse, Histories by Charlie Samuya Veric reveals a sensibility remarkable for its breadth and ambition. This is poetry of great integrity, unburdened by the conventions of writing programs, workshops, contests, coteries. Above all, it is poetry at its most private, probing deep into the lyric imagination of an observer who speaks in a genial tongue. Here is poetry as the achievement of personal autonomy in which the fragments of lived life are hauntingly illuminated.

Genres: Poetry

115 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Born in Aklan, Veric was educated in Diliman, Katipunan, and New Haven where he earned his doctorate in American Studies from Yale University. A widely published author, he teaches at the Ateneo.

Reviews

[june · Rating 4 out of 5]

“but the heart is a poor explanation”

that intro will haunt me for the rest of my life so good, dare i say i was more moved from that intro than the poems themselves but i dont think it would work without the poems. anw baguio air elevated this reading.

[justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

had me convinced in the intro. beautiful poems

[Oward Bodie · Rating 5 out of 5]

#the52bookclub Challenge #36. FINAL SENTENCE IS LESS THAN 6 WORDS LONG

[Inna Mercado · Rating 3 out of 5]

(I actually read Boyhood not Histories. Adding this for the count.)