Poetry

‘Sanlibong tinik gumapang, pumanhik binikig ang mga titik sa mapayapang paghibik Bawal ang pag-ihi marahang dumampi labi ng bote sa labi napuno ng luwalhati Salisihang…

Hukayin natin ang langit Masarap doon Naga awas awas ang gatas at dugos Kahayahay ng buhay, Kahayahay ng buhay Hukayin natin ang langit Makakita lahat,…

The river chokes on logs, fallen palm branches, and garbage; on plastic and dead dreams from upstream. From the top of the bridge, the stench…

say nation––but only once, at the start say tomorrow will be different say otherwise, tomorrow will have           no difference say people are not people, they…

I refuse to find proof of innocence. The halls of court are narrow and dim, the air reeks of age and names forgotten. They shot…