Poetry

Check out the poems published in Katitikan – Literary Journal of the Philippine South.


  • Around two or three silverfishes dart among the pulverized lizard eggshells at the bottom of the box. Gliding into corners, hiding from view. I pull…


  • The boy tells you what white is in his native tongue—puti, like sand, like your skin, like the cobblestoned boulevards you have back home. You…


  • Tangled electric cables are always part of the sky’s scenes.The day looks owned by many and conquered by some, maya claws holding ontothin lines. Whether…


  • 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…