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Sinuway mo lahat ng paraan ng kaniyang pagguhit: Hindi ka nagsunod-sunuran sa mga tuwid Na linyang nagdidikta kung ano ka dapat. Hindi mo hinayaang may mabuong imahe Ng katotohanan na matamo iyon, labi, O iba pang bahaging walang ipangangako. Pinagpatong-patong mo ang mga kulay, Pinilit gumawa ng mga bagong hugis, Itinago...

TANAGÀ

Gipit Kapag kawalang-wala, Nandiyan mayâ’t mayâ; Pagtanggap ng biyaya, Wari mo’y nagsabula. Sino? Nang ihain ang dalág, Nagsipasok ang lahat; Ay, sinong maghuhugas? Isa-isang lumabas. Bugaw Iyon bang batang-bata At tiyak na sariwa? O iyong dalubhasa Ngunit medyo bilasa? Hambog Sakay ng kotseng lantad, Pulang-pula’t matingkad, Mamahali’t di huwad; P’wede namang maglakad. Kampanya “‘Nay, mayro’ng politiko, Gustong pumasok dito;” “‘Nak, pinto’y ikandado, Baka nakáwan tayo.”   Ang tanaga...

Dalawang dosenang diyona ng pag-ibig

  Busilak Perlas sa karagatan Ng iyong kalooban Na aking natagpuan.   Pagiging Payak Palamuti mong taglay Na aking hinangaan At sukdulang minahal.   Aking Habambuhay Dahil ika’y pinili, Ako’y mananatili Sa kandi mo’t kandili.   Antikwaryo   Kahit hindi na bago, Ingatan mo’t itago Ang antigo kong puso.     *Diyona- “isang katutubong tula na may pitong pantig bawat taludtod at ang saknong ay...

Sometimes, I am the leaves

­ Aimless and astray – “I won’t go far” But most times, lost in the intricate streets and manmade blocks Not knowing the way back to your bosom I am the leaves, bloodless even with the stomping feet of men and most often I am the leaf that...

Stargazing in the time of tokhang

You have a thing for stars and constellations, you announce as we hang out in front of our favorite sari-sari store,   each of us smoking a stick of Winston Lights in between sips of RC Cola from a plastic pouch, and munching on Happy Peanuts.   I like looking at the stars,...

Jazz

You don’t listen to jazz because It is neither pedestrian nor broccoli. “Who’s Mahatma Gandhi?” asks a man Who had somehow gone through twenty Years without learning a thing or Two in history but swears that A wild boar’s penis does wonders To an underachieving male such as He. Incredibly smart...

Random Pickings

Indignation as Elegy

An elephant without a face greeted me on Facebook today, his trunk and tusks hacked away by poachers eager for ivory. At first I thought it was a...

Sometimes, I Am the Leaves

Aimless and astray—“I won’t go far”But most times, I am lost in the intricate streets and manmade blocks Not knowing the way back to your...

Another War

I was seven a war marred my hometown Tíyo and the fishermen soldiers the deep sea battlefield a compound of the sea’s little bones of sable sands in a wicked bottle their arsenal made the...

A King Lear in Cage

Trekking the road to house of aged, those grown feeble, fatuous to outside world. I come as servant to bring that which is longed for to nourish...