A “knifed” horizon is a horizon that you can see devoid of mountains or hills…as if someone cut it from

the sky

Landscape IIby Carlos A. Angeles

6. Who is Carlos A. Angeles?

7. • He was born on May 25, 1921 in Tacloban City, Leyte,• Studied in UP in 1941 where he became a
member of the UP Writers Club.• In 1964, received first prize in the prestigious Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for Literature for his collection of poems, A Stun of Jewels.• A Stun Of Jewels comprised of 47
poems and dedicated to Angeles wife, also won the Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature.• His
collection of poems: Carlos A. Angeles A Bruise of Ashes Collected Poems 1940-1992

8. Landscape IIby Carlos A. Angeles

9. LANDSCAPE II Sun in the knifed horizon bleeds the sky,  3 stanzasSpilling a peacock stain upon the
sand,Across some murdered rocks refuse to die.  16 linesIt is your absence touches my sad
handsBlinded like flags in the wreck of air.  The word sky mentioned twiceAnd catacombs of cloud
enshroud the coolAnd calm involvement of the darkened plains,  The word absence alsoThe stunted
mourners here: and her, a full mentioned twiceAnd universal tenderness which drainsThe sucked and
golden breath of sky,  Rhymes:comes bare, • sky and dieNow, while the dark basins the void of space, •
sand and handsSome sudden crickets, ambushing me near, • cool and fullDiscover vowels of your
whispered face and subtly cry. • plains and drainsI touch your absence here • near and
hereremembering the speeches of your hair.Carlos A. Angeles

10. LANDSCAPE IIBy Carlos A. AngelesSun in the knifed horizon bleeds the sky, PersonificationSpilling a
peacock stain upon the sand, Personification & hyperboleAcross some murdered rocks refuse to die.
ParadoxIt is your absence touches my sad hands Metonymy & PersonificationBlinded like flags in the
wreck of air. SimileAnd catacombs of cloud enshroud the cool MetaphorAnd calm involvement of the
darkened plains, PersonificationThe stunted mourners here: and her, a full UtteranceAnd universal
tenderness which drains hyperboleThe sucked and golden breath of sky, Personificationcomes
bare,Now, while the dark basins the void of space, MetaphorSome sudden crickets, ambushing me near,
PersonificationDiscover vowels of your whispered face and subtly cry. PersonificationI touch your
absence here Paradoxremembering the speeches of your hair. Personification

11. How the poem affected us: What we feel in the poem is a sadness thata man feels. It talks of an
absence that is feltmore and more as the sun sets. It seems that the poem is sayingsomething about the
death of a loved one, andhow it greatly affects the person who is stillalive.