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  • Two hermit crabs face each other,swift away vulnerable,trying on each other’s shells. Their bodies contour any shapeas long as it spells protection. As a huge…


  • May panahong kailangang iwan kitahabang ika’y aking hinihintay na mamukadkadat handa nang anihin ang bungang ating pag-iisa.  Huwag ka sanang malungkotkung sakaling ako’y lalayo,kung sakaling…


  • Kapag sinusuong ko ang aking pantalon,muli kong inaaral kung paanong humakbang: unahin ang kaliwa;dahan-dahang kilalanin ang pagtaas-baba. Binabalikan ko rito ang mga yabagng aking mga kalaro. Naririnigang…


  • Habang isinisilang ang arawSa silangan, bubuksan ng hamogAng mga mata at pahihigpitin Ng lamig ang bisig na nalanta Dahil sa kahapong dumaan.Labimpitong buntonghininga Ang bibitawan sa malapadNa mga…


  • My love, I was at our backyard this morning.The rain was delivered fresh,sealed with silver lining and sunlightblessing us more than usual. Snails crawled on…


  • Minsan, isang hatinggabinghindi ka binibisita ng antok,subukan mong bumangon.Puntahan sa tahimik na salangnag-anyong silid-tuluganang iyong mga magulang.Marahan, buksan mo ang ilaw,payapa silang pagmasdan.Sa simula, maiingayan…


  • The poet dedicates this to her own mother, Lea Belen Santillan. The first poem she has ever written for her. Under the tangerine sky           I frantically…


  • Madalas sumasang-ayonsa hinuha ng inaang panganib ng takipsilimKaya nasanay siyang sumangguniSa kutob at hinahayaangMagdabog ang nalalabing tiwalaSa kanyang dibdibBinabagalan niya ang novenaat hinihila ang orassa…


  • There are things bigger than me.            Like husking the coconut             to sip its water,            hacking the shell, and scraping the meat            into strands before the…


  • I cannot remain The fairytale of the seafoam Or flicker of maiden?s Face in the pool. By your hand, I churn, fluid  As my temple. …