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First, a poem must be magical, then musical as a sea-gull and it must hold fire as well.

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Jose Garcia Villa

Jose Garcia Villa
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Born: August 5, 1908
Died: February 7, 1997 (aged 88)
Bio: Jose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken.
Known for:
  1. The anchored angel
  2. Doveglion
  3. Charlie Chan Is Dead (1993)
  4. Appasionata: Poems in Praise of Love (1979)
  5. Selected Poems and New (1958)

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