finish writing a book of poems

I found it. Something happened, I don’t know what. Anyway, it’s back.

can’t find this goal here in my page?! Where is it?! I can’t understand what happened!

with the challenge of doing the poem about necrophilia. I have been reading some articles in the internet but I haven’t found a literary piece that tackles the topic except Edgar Allan Poe’s “Anabel Lee”. But it’s not enough. I haven’t been inside a morgue ever in my life or near a coffin for more than five minutes. The nearest thing I could do know the smell, taste, etc of a corpse is to read about it. I’m not that keen on getting myself acquainted with a corpse anytime soon.

So far I have 3 poems now. I still have to do 47 more. My friends have been giving me a list of topics to write about. So far, the most challenging one is about necrophilia. I have no idea how to go about writing a poem about it. I don’t know which stance to adopt:the dead body, the necrophilic or the spectator. It’s difficult but I’m determined to write about it.

It’s running from February 2007 to 2008. It is in lieu of the centennial celebration of the University of the Philippines. I found out all about it quite by accident and now that’s what all I think about during my idle hours.

I’ve been writing poems in Filipino in highschool. And I can say that I’m quite good about it. In fact, I’ve been awarded the Poet of the Year Award once. But, that was then. Now is a different story. It was four years now since I have written a single line, or stanza, or haiku, or anything! I’ve been busy with other things. And now I’m trying to go back to it and I’m having a hard time. The words just won’t come as easily as before. But I’m trying. And even if I don’t win anything out of it (the contest is open for all Filipino citizens, of all ages. It’s like the lotto where my possibility of winning is next to none.), it would be okay. All I want is to do this and prove to myself that I haven’t lost my touch. Winning would just be a bonus. Hahahaha… But I’m not really counting on it. My professor in literature is joining the contest, too.