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  • The Sea Contemplates the Moon

    Hello. I'm new to this community. This is my first entry. Thanks for reading ------------------------------The Sea Contemplates the MoonThere is no space betweenwhere your silver rim endsand where the

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  • Saxophone Player in Rizal Boulevard

    Saxophone Player in Rizal Boulevard After paying their tricycle drivers,they stay in the boulevard for a whileto share stories with each other.A new wave of people takestheir place when they ...

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  • Written on a boat ride home

    I’m currently on a boat bound for Cagayan de Oro, it being sem break at last.This after hours of checking under the bed, rummaging drawers for things I might have ...

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  • For My Father

    Over the years, you have shown usthe loving whispers between lolo and apo,caught the fervent prayer of an old womanas it left her lips. You have taught usto see through ...

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  • Last Night (first draft)

    lightleavingthe windowsdoorswingingshutbreezecominggoingstarstremblingskysheddingthe firstfewtears

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  • My first poem in months

    and it's about writer's block. go figure.------------------I used to find words everywhere.They kept my pillow soft, flew out ofThe aircon, squeezed throughThat slit under the door.I could feel them i

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  • High School, Years After

    You sit where you are: at the heart of the city, its mechanical throb booming in your chest, or perhaps under the shade of acacia trees by the ...

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