Category: Poetry
low pressure area
This is where one hearsthe saddest song that brings the truest joys;this is where one seesabsolutely nothing in ways clearest;there is where one smellsthe most fragrant, encapsulating void;this is where one touchesupon the light that is nonexistent;this is where one tastesthe most delicious breathlessness—I wonder how we might come about a sort of nothingnessthat lets…
live like
each day is marked by a mirror to follow, in hopes of being followed though not in the way transcendent do stay still behind the glass one simply longs for a shadow to look towards the past few generations have had their chances they looked at the sun and burned; they are blinded we long…
warm coffee
hot music of the city traffic tiny plants in a suburban retreat crackling wood in lavender breeze the tropics know ice, they worship winter they eat their rice not knowing where it came from somehow one of those trucks has it not some strange concoction, but sustenance somehow one of these places has it not…
antukin
maaliwalas na babangon ang mga antukin at sila’y sa wakas tatanungin ano nga bang panaginip ang maaari kung kaya tanghali na at kayo’y tulog pa rin bakit sa hinaba-haba ng mga oras at sasabihin nananatiling katahimikan at bulung-bulungan ang tinig ng inyong mga paghikab
Engineering
I engineer my poetry They need not feelings, proper art, true humanity They consist only of words pretending to have some substance—I like playing with letters seriously Words I can never get a hold of in tangible reality how fast do the distant hearts beat in juxtaposition to each other and what other sensations can…
Bágay-bágay
Mangungulila tayo sa mga bagay-bagay na habambuhay ay atin naman lagi’t lagi’t naririto, pumapalagay lagi’t lagi’y sinasantabi, sumasaglit, sumasandali—mga bagay na nililimot, binibitawan mga bagay na hindi mapakawalan. Mangungulila tayo sa mga mithiin na dating gumagabay, yumayakap sa atin narito na naman tayo sa punto ng pagtatanto at mangyaring pagpili sa mga bagay na nililimot,…
240612
Paano ba lumaya? Iyon ba ang maginhawang pagbitaw sa kadena ng oras na layaw nang sa munting sandali makapagtagpuan itong mga kamay naman natin? Paano ba lumaya? Iyon ba ang malalim na paghinga palalim sa iyong mababait na mga mata pahingang sa puntong ito wala mang ibang inaalala kundi itong ating pagsasama? Ano ba ang…
Tanawin (Salin ng “풍경화” ng Red Velvet)
I. Bawat saglit, buong araw Nais alalahanin ‘Tong mga kung saan-saang Punô ng tanawing iginuhit Mga tanawing pang-araw-araw Sa’ki’y bukod-tangi *‘Ting munting awitin Narito nang lahat Tila laging maaliwalas na tag-araw Dito sa ating kwentong mala-sining **Sa bagong pahinang ‘to Araw-araw iguhit Mga ulap na dumaraan Mga púnong magbabago rin ***‘Tong ating tanawin Isang kabanatang…
Anino
‘Di mawaring pangamba—ito ba’y kape o paalala ng bukas na magbastà?Nais ko lamang na makahinga nang maluwag, na malugod sa kaluluwa—Ngunit ako’y may aninong ramdam kahit ‘di makita—Saan kaya ang kapayapaan ng umaga ngayo’y hapon na at ang búkas tuluyang nagbabadya—Ano bang gantimpala ang makukuha sa ganitong pagkalagay?
Financial advisor
Financial advisor describes reality: With almost every decision we make in life there is uncertainty… about the outcome.No matter what happens, we know not a wasted effort. Urged to be discouraged or feel that of no value, assured them that a day is coming and will be swallowed up, Remaining true to difficult, discouraging, and…