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Things My Cat Ate

Not the red ball of yarn I threw at her,a lizard’s tail,the bright threads of a woolen rag,a fish head, some greens that felloff...
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Because A… Rosebud

because a wounded rosebudtaunts the harvest moonand a failed moonbeamlimps among the dewdropswaltzing on the evening grassmy soulis searedin the embersof a brown passion Written...
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Darning

When all is done, Mama shows mehow to knot the final stitch, carefulnot to tug too tightly at the thread.The doctor must have performedthe...
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You, Too, Are a Pilgrim

“Look!” she exclaimed. I followed her clue toward the glinting blue, and I saw a flock of birds on an expedition. As if on...
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Thank you

They came before the day began,before I was ready to be seen.Pink lilies, shyly unfoldingagainst the raindrops of morning.Too early,and yet, how touching,that someone...
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PARCH

Between usa wildernessof no-treesdevoid of riversbare as the GobiHere windshowl turned loosefrom all directionsThey bury medeep quick as they leapupon mefilling my throat to...
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WEARING BLACK ON ST. VALENTINE’S DAY

jet-blackmy get-up today, from the upperto the underwear:black shirt, the color of mourningon this loveliest of mornings.black denims, the hue of rue.black shoes and...
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JEEPNEY

Consider honestlythis piece of stormin our city's entrails.Incarnation of scrap,what genius of salvage!Its crib now molds our space,its lusty gewgaws our sight.In rut and...
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Literature

SIX POEMS OF JOSE RIZAL

Translated by Nick Joaquin TO THE CHILD JESUS Why have you come to earth,Child-God, in a poor manger?Does Fortune find you a strangerfrom the moment of...
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Literature

Waterdragon: A Tale of the Maranao Weaver-Woman

For her gnarled fingers, it was never a questionof mere ornamentation,but of a secret syllabary,a language of ancient strengththat burned beyond tongues.Frome where her...
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