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MAOMAG PRINCE*

(Philippine Tarsier Foundation in Loboc, Bohol) Charles, next in lineTo the throne of England,Held him: Palm-sized proto-simian,Tiny tea saucers for eyes,Mouth with needle teeth, More ancient than...
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THE FIREFLIES

This tale is for Mark Brownrigg It had been a strange week in this village on top of the Antipolo hills. The days were cool,...
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A Celebration of Cycles

A Pilgrim’s TaleOur space is reshaping.The process is pronouncedin rambling rites of this mountainof fire and ash; of granite and flux. Sullen hour and we...
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Two Poems

Bumebenjonson: Hey Lady I could have been your lover and you know it, Mama always said that I’m handsome ...
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NIGHT ADDICT

For months following the death of his father, the boy did not sleep. Not a single wink for a single hour, every day, every...
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On the Twenty-Third Floor

a speckle of duston my window has just disappeared in a cloud
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Examination

It was two p.m. on a weekday, and she was in the city, in leather shoes that pinched, a hot polyester acrylic blend blouse...
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My Mother’s Skirts

After my mother died, I decided to gather twine from her frayed skirts and braid them into wreaths. I discovered that each skirt had...
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Killing Trees Softly

They were killing us softly it hurt so bad.  Softly, slowly, exceedingly painful. Think of an open wound left to rot under the sun. Dust and...
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I Read Your Name: A War Requiem

I read your nameWritten on a wounded treeBarely standing on the lakeshoreI gaze at the sadness of its former shadowThat remains in the memory...
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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.

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