Philippines Graphic Reader October 2022

Share

Get your copies of the Philippines Graphic Reader edited by multi-awarded writer Marra PL. Lanot

OCTOBER’S SHAFT OF LIGHT featuring…

SHORT STORIES

·   Red Is the River that Runs by Rey A. Isidto, MD

·   A Fight at the Reefs by Nicias J. Alameda

·   Grandpa’s Secret by Aimee Morales

·   Teddy by Rodino Encarnacion

POEMS

·   Touch me not by Carlos Garcia Hidalgo

·   Shadow in the Garden (Thinking of my daughter on her first death anniversary) by Pablo A. Tariman

·   Fritz and the Llama by U Z. Eliserio

·   Dale As I Explain to Him This Weird Thing Called Love by April Mae M. Berza

Started in 1927, the Philippines Graphic is the longest-running printed magazine of national circulation that provides relevant news and features and promotes Philippine literature.

Table of contents [hide]

Read More

Speak No Ill

Bad news spread like bad news does: fast, as fast as chat groups and social media could deliver it, which meant immediately. Lauro Jocson, Jr. was dead. He suffered a stroke on the...

I Was Six when My Father Brought Home a Chick

I was six when my father brought home a chickThe cheap one you see during fiestas in the barrio. I can’t recall what colorwas sprayed upon its ruffled feathers, but I remember how it...

On My Father’s Tomb

at the town’s public cemetery, I lightthree candles to celebrate his life. Their flames are tiny suns that flickeragainst the dusk. His name on the wooden cross is fading. When was my last visit...

Back to its Roots

The virus made everyone cower inside their houses—windows taped shut as if air and light were poisonous and doors locked tightly as if to shut out more than just a robber but...