Life is A hike A pose A picture A rose A love letter Life is a series of experiences Objects Symbols Feelings Scars A bike, a like A share Aware […]
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“Life Is”
Category: Poetry
Why do we have long stories?Perhaps novels.Or epics.Sagas, biographies.But why do we have long stories?One day I was talking to an old man.He was telling me anecdotes about his friends.Stories […]
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“Is It the Place?”
Sometimes I wonderIf it’s the place which writes the poemThe last poem I wrote about youWas written inside a coffee shopOn a wet and foggy Sunday nightWhile sipping steaming cappuccinoWith […]
May mga nagsabi nangAng lahat ng maaaring maimbento ay naimbento naPero lahat nga ba ng maaaring sabihin ay nasabi na?Hindi siguroDahil ang pagsasabi ay pamumuhayAt ang pamumuhay ay pag-iralAt oo, […]
This is my Tagalog translation of “The Necessity of Sadness” by Mikael de Lara Co Hayaan mong ilarawan ko sayo ang pananabik.Hayaan mong isipin kong may bagoakong masasabi tungkol dito, […]
Pagitan ng alas kwatroAt alas-sais ng haponMundo ay mahinahonMalambing ang arawDi nakasisilawMga ulap, parang natutunawAsul, ube, pula at dilaw Matamis ang hanginMapaglaro ang mga ibonPuti ang buwanKahugis ng pakwanMalinamnam ang kapeMay […]
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“Newness Lives in the Mind”
New What’s new? What’s fresh? What is happening now Will soon have happened yesterday And then last week And then last year And then ten years ago But what’s new? […]
Kung ito lang Kung ito Kung ang mga ito Kung ang mga ito lang ang maiiwan Sa mundo Sa kalawakan Kung ang mga ito lang ang maiiwan Sa isip mo […]
Sa pilapilNapigilAng putik, nahatiYumabong ang butilNg palay at luhaKakulay ng talaSa pilapilNanggigilAng kuko at pangilNg sistemang kadenaHilera ng magsasakaSa pilapilNasupilAng daloy ng hustisyaNg paggawaAt pamumuhayPanghahalaySa pilapilIginuhitAng rehas ng pamilyaSa init […]
Puke mo may carrotsPuke mo greenPuke mo may airportPuke mo seenPuke mo ay fuchsiaPuke mo ay silkPuke mo may coffeePuke mo may milk Puke mo largePuke mo smallPuke mo may […]
