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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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A MATTER OF CHOICE

1. A Gift of UnlifeWhat is sad, dear life-that-never-is,is you will never have knownthe unreasoning logic of this gift:this one of never having to...
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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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Literature

BRIEF ANGEL

You are oneTo slip through the nightsLike a gauze.You come to meThinly wrappingAround my body.You are hereYet not here.I riseWith every drawing of breathLike...
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Lines from My Nepal Notebook

A whiff of jasmine Rose petals scattering Mighty pines dancing Bamboos swaying, dipping, snapping back Sunflowers gazing at their namesake in giddy worship. A windy spring day in Godavari. (April,...
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A Portrait of My Father

Last night was your birthday Forgot to tell my cousin to light a candle on your grave. DID I LOVE YOU ENOUGH DID MY WORDS HURT YOU YOUR SHADOW STALKED...
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The Arrangement of Falling Things

Along the walk to the InstituteThe Indian cork tree begins its silent shift.White, five-pointed stars rest on the pavement,not fallen, but arranged,as if the...
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Making Believe

How long to carry on this pretense That, yes, I am now fine Making believe that you are just away on another Of your many leavings But how...
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