It was far from perfect, I know. But my first talk just went fine, nonetheless. I goofed up on a few lines, but I do hope I was able to inspire young people to write. It was my first, though I offer no excuses. It was a golden opportunity to make a difference… I just [...]
Tags: Combined Hearts High School Edition, guest speaker, poem, reflection, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, speech, Winners, writer, writing
I have but one goal for 2011 as far as writing and blogging is concerned – to get my own book published. It was in 2009 when I got a taste of how it was to be part of a printed book via Inspirational Thoughts and Stories from Blogger All Over the World, and again, [...]
Tags: book, dream come true, poem, poetry, reflection, Roy, The Struggling Blogger
This post is about recalling how I started writing, and where I intend to go. As I mentioned in a separate post, everything started with a single verse… a single notebook… not the electronic notebook that you know now, but the traditional notebook where you write your lectures, journals and what-have-you. What was started more [...]
Tags: ambition, book, dream, original composition, poem, published, REFLECITON book, reflection, roots, songs
As I was about to wrap up my guest posting marathon, I had an even crazier idea – that was to challenge myself in poetry. So I made an announcement in my Facebook profile, inviting all my friends to “Challenge me to poetry.” I asked them to challenge me by giving me a word, phrase [...]
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