Poetry

Poetry 

bookends

October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 admin 0 Comments books, poem, poet, poetry

we make the same shelf i on one end and you on the other there are stories wedged in between

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Poetry 

XLIV: The Last One

September 13, 2015 admin 0 Comments army, crime, encounter, incident, Mamasapano, massacre, Mindanao, misencounter, Moro rebels, Philippines, PNP, police, rebels, SAF 44, shooting

(For the PNP SAF 44 commandos who died in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25, 2015) The bullets could not be

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Making eagles

September 6, 2015September 9, 2015 admin 0 Comments bird, eagles, poem, poet, poetry

(Baguio, House B2012) To Luis Alonzo I. Do you remember, little one The eagles we created With our empty hands

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Fire Escape

August 30, 2015September 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments escape, fire, literature, poem, poet, poetry

There are days when I’m more of a fire escape person than anything else; When the only comfort of solitude

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Words

August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments poem, poet. literature, poetry

Her body ached to be touched by ink-stained fingers that knew the meter and rhythm of her words. Her breast

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