To be given a grate and unique gift by God is something that we should really be thankful for. Not all of us were given the talent in dancing, singing, drawing, and of course creating different literary works especially poems. Today let me share to you something about a free-lance writer of the new age, he is Mikael De Lara Co.
MIKAEL DE LARA CO
Mikael, very known to be called as "kael", is one of the very distinguished poets in his generation. He was born in Makati City on the second day of April in the year 1983.
He graduated grade school in Lourdes College, high school in Philippine Science High School, and college at the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS Environmental Science. Since his college days, he has been writing primarily in Filipino and had received recognition for his poetry, and he has experiences in editing, teaching and translating.
He graduated grade school in Lourdes College, high school in Philippine Science High School, and college at the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS Environmental Science. Since his college days, he has been writing primarily in Filipino and had received recognition for his poetry, and he has experiences in editing, teaching and translating.
One of Mikael's greatest work is Hands For A Fistful Of Sand, it is said to be one of his contributions to the society for it gives rise to the new age of writing and that the well thought of image and underlying messages written in this
collection are helpful in synthesizing and influencing a new breed of
writing and genre in our culture.
Mikael is a first placer in the prestigious Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, winning first place with his poem Hands For A Fistful Of Sand, and as I have included above that he had received recognition for his poetry, it includes print space in the Philippines Free Press, Sunday Inquirer Magazine,
Aklat Likhaan, Dapitan, Tomas, Matanglawin, Pilosopo Tasyo, and Heights. He has also published fiction and non-fiction in Heights, Matanglawin and Manila Bulletin.
Besides of his talent in writing poems, Mikael is also talented when it comes to Music. He plays lead guitar for the new wave/punk/blues band Los Chupacabras, and is the lead vocalist for Gapos, a progressive rock/jazz/blues band with a social realist bent.
Truly we are unique in our own ways by having different talents and creativity with the things we show to the world, and the things the we prove to them.
Truly we are unique in our own ways by having different talents and creativity with the things we show to the world, and the things the we prove to them.
Reference: Mikael Co. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2015, from http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php/Mikael_Co
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