Author: Vince Agcaoili

Vince Agcaoili, born in Quezon City and raised in Antipolo City, is an accomplished poet and writer. He has been a fellow at the Tara, Tula Workshop (2020), UST National Writers Workshop (2021), Albertus Magnus Institute (Spring 2021), IYAS National Writers Workshop (2022), and Silliman University National Writers Workshop (2023). His works have appeared in various publications including Road Map Series Heritage, The Bosun, Novice Magazine, Ilahas Literary Journal, Luna Journal, Audience Askew, New Note Poetry, The Manila Magnolia, Santelmo 6, and Filipinas, with forthcoming pieces in Tomas. Vince has won the 2023 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Poetry and the 2023 Maningning Miclat Award for Poetry (English Division). Currently, he is working on his first book of poems and teaches literature at the University of Asia and the Pacific and De La Salle University-Manila. He also plays music for Eskinita. Contact: vinceraphael.agcaoili@gmail.com.

  • You and Who Remembers 

    You and Who Remembers  First light at the district. The avenues barely scorched, and already men and women swarm the streets in their tired suits. Dealers, clerks, aides, an entire colony of commerce trying to catch the minute and its quick steps. Even the sparrows, tired of their melancholy songs, are poised to flee their…