Bloodlust : Philippine protest poetry (from Marcos to Duterte) /
Bloodlust : Philippine protest poetry (from Marcos to Duterte) /
Alfred A. Yuson and Gemino H. Abad, editors.
- 177 pages 23 cm.
The idea for this fresh anthology of Philippine protest poetry came early in 2017, when it became increasingly evident that the president elected some eight months previous had no intention to backtrack from his declared war on drugs that resulted in a determined assault on human rights, indeed, on the lives of Filipinos. As the reprehensible death toll from extra-judicial killings (EJKs) drew condemnation from the rational sector of Philippine society, artists and poets joined many other progressives in expressing disgust over the government's lethal obstinacy, as much as its apparent acceptance by everyone else for whom the reputed end justified the unconscionable means. --Introduction of the Book.
9789715750455
Patriotic poetry, Philippines (English).
Political poetry, Philippines (English).
PL 5533 / .B623 2017
The idea for this fresh anthology of Philippine protest poetry came early in 2017, when it became increasingly evident that the president elected some eight months previous had no intention to backtrack from his declared war on drugs that resulted in a determined assault on human rights, indeed, on the lives of Filipinos. As the reprehensible death toll from extra-judicial killings (EJKs) drew condemnation from the rational sector of Philippine society, artists and poets joined many other progressives in expressing disgust over the government's lethal obstinacy, as much as its apparent acceptance by everyone else for whom the reputed end justified the unconscionable means. --Introduction of the Book.
9789715750455
Patriotic poetry, Philippines (English).
Political poetry, Philippines (English).
PL 5533 / .B623 2017
