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SORBETERO

Sophia followed the sound of the steady tinkling of a handbell coming from the gate of the kindergarten grounds. She peered through the gate’s wire...
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The Sari-Sari Sabbath

Heaven, in my mind,has a gate made of wood;no angels herald my coming,nor clouds collect at my feet. The air dresses itselfin the scent of...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Essence

On her windowsillMother keeps a small garden.A patch of many shapes and colors.Old twigs coaxing unborn leaves.Subversive thorns caring for vari-colored blooms.Plants and essences...
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There Will Be Poems that Escape Our Catching

Grace The many tremors comeunannounced, but we knowthey are coming. The old earthgives way and soft papayasare on the ground. Lemongrassfills the air and everywhere...
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Where the Missing Things Go

“What the—?” Sky’s hand stalled inside the bag, fingers grazing the lining like it might bite.  The leather was a tired brown, the kind that...
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Canned Sardines

Red, orange and brownYour lunch, your dinnerYou don’t have a choiceFor it’s your only fare now It’s now on sale in storesBuy now; it’s buy...
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