The buzz of anticipation is absolutely deafening. Boxing fans have jampacked themselves into the Araneta Coliseum to witness Felix “The Tornado” Abas, currently the...
Maru…my love
I believe
that you will make this world
a better place,
You and I
will carry the weight
of that hope,
To be an example of a woman
who doesn’t...
Life at 75
My silver mane shows
Natural beauty of age
With warts, lines and all
My silver mane speaks
Of struggle and redemption
With passion and faith
On departed classmates
Gone...
Fritz and the llamaLive in the desert.Fritz waves Hi to a camel.The llama spits at it.“How rude!” says the camel.“She’s my sister,” says Fritz.Fritz and the llamaLive in the desert.Fritz drinks from an oasis.The llama spits at it.“How rude!” says the oasis.“She’s my...
I used to think my Grandpa was 100 years old. I had every reason to—his hair was pure white, he walked with a cane, and he moved slowly. Sometimes his hands would shake as he gestured or when he would lift a cup of tea to his lips.
(Thinking of my daughter on her first death anniversary)
It is a recurring thoughtAs lightsCast a shadowOn a familiar bookIn my gardenOn a restlessEarly morning.
What if she were alive todayIn the era of the unthinkable?
Would she have goneTo the pollsWith me and her sonNow...
Gigantes Island, central archipelago. Summertime. Young Benjamin, on vacation with his kin, is standing by the seaside inhaling the crisp breeze of the easterlies, which blows continuously in the same pitch and speed. Light is breaking on the horizon and is strewn over...
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Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2021 (with translations in English by various writers)
Sa Aking Pagkadestiyero/In My Exile by Joi Barrios rings a bell to the reader who is familiar with the daily news, the injustices, the struggle for freedom and equality....