Poetry

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


  • 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. …


  • adunay kalit nga kilat ug kusog nga dugdog sa pagginaksanay namo ilawom sa halapad nga kaadlawon. nagpalaumbaanay gilayon ang uwan sa pagpangtagak. ug sa pagdapat…


  • 1. There is no mapping out a spacedefinable only by the pigment of its occupants. In these shores,the economy of skin and hair and eyes…