The Library
by Chad Patrick Osorio
It was dark inside the library
The only light coming from the dying lightbulb in the low
ceiling
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Monday, 27 April 2015
Poetry: Papercut by Michaela Carmitan
PAPERCUT
by Michaela Carmitan
Just wait a minute
Please (don't) touch me
Poetry: Inahin by Jed Dalangin
INAHIN
by Jed Dalangin
Wala
ka ngang kaibahan
D’un sa
manok na inahin
Poetry: Your Hands by Maxine Stephanie Prado
Your Hands
by Maxine Prado
Suddenly, all that was black turned blurring bright.
Light crashed down upon me as I looked around seeing all white.
Sipping from the periphery of my vision, a silhouette
coming through.
Poetry: Putahi by Chad Patrick Osorio
Putahi
by Chad Patrick Osorio
Sabi ng Nanay ko, kung hindi na daw ba siya masarap
Umiiyak siya ng tinanong niya iyon kay Itay
Nagbitiw si Itay ng ilang salita at tumahimik na si Nanay.
Poetry: Galaxy by Michaela Carmitan
GALAXY
by Michaela Carmitan
You’re
probably thinking in French
Practicing
for conversations with foreign tongues
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Poetry: Sa Aking Gitara by Jed Dalangin
SA
AKING GITARA
by Jed Dalangin
Paanong
ika’y may sinasabi
Kahit
na wala ka namang bibig?
Poetry: Ngiti by Jellorie Gallego
Ngiti
by Jellorie Gallego
Masaya
ang ulan
Mga ngiting pumapatak
Sa nagiisang lupa
Mga ngiting pumapatak
Sa nagiisang lupa
Poetry: Metempsychosis by Avril Bries
Metempsychosis
Avril
Bries
metəm-sī-kōsəs.
(n) The supposed transmigration at death of the soul into a new body.
Poetry: 100 Memories: 003. Typhoon by Bernise Carolino
100
MEMORIES: 003. TYPHOON
by Bernise Carolino
a
few folded panes of glass
separate
me from the
rain
rush just outside. i can
Poetry: Unsent by Michaela Carmitan
UNSENT
by Michaela Carmitan
Make me feel again
All the moments I wished were preserved
In little fragments of forever
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Poetry: Sa Tala by Maxine Stephanie Prado
Sa Tala
by Maxine Prado
Naririnig kita sa sabayang tinig
ng gabi at ng hanging umihip
Poetry: Kandila by Rieziel Bernal
KANDILA
by Rieziel Bernal
Ikaw ang dilim
Ikaw ang dilim
Poetry: Hango sa Kanya by Maxine Stephanie Prado
Hango sa Kanya
by Maxine Prado
Ang
diwa ma’y napapagal
sa
pakikibakang maunawaa’t makaunawa;
Poetry: Distorted by Joyce Dianne De Guzman
Distorted.
by Joyce Dianne De Guzman
"Do you love him?" she asked me. Half-expecting.
Poetry: Burn by Michaela Carmitan
BURN
by Michaela Carmitan
The first
was a hesitant taste
Of danger,
darkness, sin –
Poetry: The Lost Us by Chad Patrick Osorio
The Lost Us
by Chad Patrick Osorio
You were just a voice
a leftover fig from the
garden of Dream
I was dying to try.
Poetry: On Remembering by Lex Cutamora
ON REMEMBERING
by Lex Cutamora
The last time I saw myself
was at the bottom of a cup
reflected in red porcelain,
and the last time I tried to remember,
I was peering through a hole,
Poetry: The Gears by Monching Damasing
The gears
by Monching Damasing
Beer time machine fuel,
A skeleton key.
by Monching Damasing
Beer time machine fuel,
A skeleton key.
Poetry: Isang Maulang Gabi by Jed Dalangin
ISANG
MAULANG GABI
by Jed Dalangin
Kasabay
ng lupang rumagasa, dumaus-os
Matatalim
na karayom ang patak ng ulan