Literary Archives - The Flame

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Apr

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The chips are down with Lady Luck

DEFEAT IS the hardest to take in one’s prime. When the stakes are high, and deceit is the name of the game, every card counts. The wager is life and only crooks get to keep it. Money is king in UST Mediartrix’s newest production entitled Lady Luck. It is the…

28

Apr

By The Flame Literary

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Abandoned Slum and the Whalehead Man

The Whalehead Man wanders through a deserted slum somewhere in Metro Manila. Abandoned spaces, abandoned memories. Gloomy is the sun, casting unmoving shadows. The air was an alien thing, too, filled with suffocating silence. No human activity. The Whalehead Man hears no heartbeat or breath: no rustling clothes or children’s…

28

Apr

By Alyanna Ysabel Sacramento

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APLAYA: The Art of Giving and Receiving

In its 43rd season of Junior Theater’s Literacy Production, Artistang Artlets, the Faculty of Arts and Letters’ official theater guild, showcased APLAYA at the St. Raymund de Peñafort’s building on April 13. Directed by Mari Ymanuel Roxas and led by Azrah Louise Halili, the play explored the themes of personal ambition and…

21

Apr

By Maria Althea Javier

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Fill the void

INSIDE ME, everything exists, like lousy tenants I cannot seem to kick out. And likewise, within places I have stepped foot in are remnants of me. My bodily fluids or my laughter replay inside the tenants’ minds. I wonder if it is as crowded over there as it is in…

09

Apr

By Franz Zoe Stoelzl Baroña

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Remnants of an Old Time

Ramon and his grandson Miguel had just arrived on the busy roads of Guagua with their car, having left Bataan two hours prior. Ramon planned to spend the Day of Valor by touring Miguel along the route the former traversed as a survivor of the Bataan Death March in 1942.…

07

Apr

By Nicole Samson

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Like Other Girls

DUST PILED on the doll’s clothes. A family of colorful bears huddled under a plastic cover that failed to protect them from dirt. All the dolls sat on an orange bear’s lap— cleverly named Orangey. The brown one was called Browny and the pink one Pinky. A child, of course,…

29

Mar

By Francis Miguell Sta. Rosa

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Biyernes Santo

salitan sa amin ng paglingap si inang at ang araw hirap silang mapagkasya ng payak naming tahanan araw-araw, nanakawin ng traysikel ang payak naming dingding at lampara ibabato sa dyip, sa tren, sa kalsada para tuntungan ng panginoong Maynila sa kanyang pag-uwi, lupaypay ang ngiti ang hangad kong…

25

Mar

By Nicole Samson

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Tale of a Silencer

LOKU, A king’s tale. Loku was the most feared king of all the isles. His subjects cowered, their mouths tied tight. His presence commanded others to bow their heads. The tyrant raised his sword to the sky. Loku towered over his kneeling subjects. Next to his feet, their produce rotted…

23

Mar

By Alyanna Ysabel Sacramento

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No One Likes a Mad Woman

No man is an island. But a woman is. Most of my childhood was spent on learning and unlearning many things. I only knew how to read and write, do chores and follow instructions from other people. It did not come as a surprise when the people who used to…

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Mar

By The Flame Literary

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Cinepanalo Shorts: Get by Without Haste

IN THE spirit of celebrating Filipino film excellence, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is screening from March 15 to 26 at Gateway Cineplex 18. It offers six full-length films and 25 student-produced short films. This year’s festival categorized the short films in five sets. UST communication senior Dizelle Masilungan's film,…