Author: Gershom Mabaquiao

Gershom Mabaquiao earned his degree in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Currently, he works as an insights editor and a freelance content writer. His works have been published in Tint Journal, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Inquirer.net’s Young Blood, The Unconventional Courier, and Rappahannock Review, among others.

  • Visceral

    Recently, I discovered a poem entitled “Aswang” by Barbara Jane Reyes. Readings of the poem relate it to the subversive nature of powerful women. But the moment I chanced upon it, it reminded me of what I first learned about aswangs in my Philippine History class years ago, especially in the lines which read: “I…