2019


  • Katayan sa Palihan

    i. Hindi makapaniwala si Belai nang matanggap ang kanyang mga tula sa kauna-unahang Amanda Pahina National Writers Workshop para sa mga baguhang manunulat. Isang linggo bago ang ng pagsisimula ng palihan, nakahanda na ang lahat ng kanyang dadalhin sa Maynila. Nakasilid sa isang malaking bayong ang mga sumusunod: limang blusang kulay-itim, banig na may kakaibang…

  • Manananggal

    Bagong taon nanganganak ang isang manananggal ngunit ipinatawag siya sa pabrika ng telang pinagtatrabahuhan. Iniwan ang kalahating humihilab sa bahay upang mag-labor at ang bahaging itaas niya ang siyang nag-overtime.  

  • Pulubi

    Sinilip ng pulubi ang basong lalagyan ng nalimos. Sa loob, nakita niya ang ulo ni Rizal, dumudugo at bagong pugot.

  • Tides of the Sea

    Tides of the Sea

    For the children and their dreams for a better tomorrow Once in a beautiful village far from the barrio, hidden in the marshes; where children play under the warm sun, soft sand, by the seawaters. When gentle waves splashed against stones, and mothers dutifully plant seaweeds, and children play swimming, diving with their laughter filling…

  • Two Women of Bantayan

    A block away from our house stood a wood-and-stone house beside the river. Our housemaid told us to avoid this house. “Aling Barang,” she said, referring to the woman living in the house, “kidnaps children and keeps them in her house. She has closed her windows,” she added, and before us rose the image of…