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Lourd De Veyra

Lourd de Veyra has published four collections of poetry, six books of essays, and a novel. He currently works as a broadcast journalist for TV5, and on weekends plays noisy punk metal guitar for the band Kapitan Kulam.
Poetry

TWO POEMS

KUNG FU POEM You killed my master In syllables two seconds out of synch with the lips,while a crooked finger points back to himself, vengeance smoldering in...

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OLFA launches “Living Water” project for Sitio Tuoy

via Graphic Plus (w/ OLFA) — Sometimes, in the midst of life’s storms and daily challenges, we forget that faith and love are still very much alive—especially in the places that the world often overlooks. But in Sitio Tuoy, Barangay Cuyambay, Tanay, Rizal, love truly flows. And...

Under the Withered Roof

The tears I dropped on my mother’s casket were wiped off with an off-white handkerchief by a hand filled with bulging veins and dominating wrinkles. I heard a comforting scolding, hinting to me that this man is too long in the tooth to have a high-pitched voice. “Elim,...

Rise in Love

A ping sounded on my phone, and the words blinked on the screen at six in the morning.  “RISE IN LOVE.” I squinted at the screen, half-amused. The message could only be from Kim—always dramatic, always turning a simple morning greeting into something that promised intrigue. I recognized our...

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