Author: Hezron Pios

Hezron Pios earned his degree in AB Communication from the University of St. La Salle, where he served as editor-in-chief of The Spectrum and literary editor of The Lead. He attended the 56th Silliman University National Writers Workshop and 18th IYAS National Writers Workshop. His poems have appeared in Buglas, ffraid, Glucose, Scribe, Yuwana, and elsewhere. His other interests include film, music, and travel. He lives in Bacolod City.

  • Across the Multiverse

    after Everything, Everywhere, All At Once after Alyza Taguilas To escape this bubble in the cosmic foam    of existence, I verse jump. To get to the part where I’m directing a Hiligaynon short film,    I lick my armpit. To aim for inheritance from a billionaire mayor, I split on the floor.    To rise out of…

  • Hip-hop in the Time of Appendicitis

    what you don’t know can hurt youwhat you don’t know can turn your bodyagainst you—Brian Russell Blessed are those with low pain tolerance: The world drops you mid-air then asks, Are you alright? In 2014, my name got crossed out of a lineupconsisted of 12 members for an interschool dance competition I dreamtof joining since sophomore…

  • Infinite Backyard Choreography

    Consider to pocket this moistLayer of loam: a cache of glass, Ore, bones before the banyaga Rattles the ground. The myth Describes a gentry of anitos Walked this very earth, sated With salamanca. It should beA given that we’ve sculptedEnough idols in our mind