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Entries for: 2007

Milestone

by JoelJosol
Monday, December 31st, 2007

Winds
lift waves forward
to break up these stones

like water
from a fire hose,
douses dissenters

faces
glazed,
glittering

like wet stones
before the sun’s
early light.

[…]

Posted on Dec 31.07 by JoelJosol. | View full text of post

Laru-Laro
by Fermin S. Salvador
Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Laru-laro sa utak

Minsan-minsa’y busilak

Laru-laro sa utak

Minsa’y may kasapakat.

—

Kitikiti sa isip

Ligaw na panaginip

Ngisi-ngising pagpihit

Minsa’y pagpupumilit.

—

Tudyo-tudyo sa malay

Na walang mawawalay

Hanap-hanap ng damay

Nang […]

Posted on Dec 29.07 by Fermin S. Salvador. | View full text of post

Sapagkat Nais Nating Maging Makapangyarihan
by Fermin S. Salvador
Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Binabago natin ang ating sarili,

Sapagkat nais nating maging makapangyarihan -

Binabago maging mga pananalig,

Nakikisukob sa di itinatangi

Ng puso, takot ng tanan […]

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Hindi Ako Sanay
by Fermin S. Salvador
Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Hindi ako sanay maging sikat

Na tulad ng ilang mga laos.

Hindi ako sanay maging paham,

‘Laki ako sa aking magulang.

Balisa ako sa […]

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Nauubos ang Mundo
by Fermin S. Salvador
Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Pakiramdam ko,

Nauubos ang mundo.

—

Walang habas ang pagpugot sa luntiang mga kahoy

Walang pagod sa paglikom sa mga metal at karbon

Sinisimot hanggang […]

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Kundenahin ang Pagpaslang kay Benazir Bhutto
by Fermin S. Salvador
Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Noon pa ma’y may kislot

Sa bituka ko — usok

Ang sa mundo’y bumalot,

Nagkukubli ang unos

—

Sa kulimlim sa malay –

“Ma’ari kang mapatay…”

Ngunit […]

Posted on Dec 29.07 by Fermin S. Salvador. | View full text of post

A Child in Me
by rockenstire tess
Friday, December 28th, 2007

This is a day to remember,

A joyful day in winter,

As I walked in the fallen snow,

Upon the hills I go.

I […]

Posted on Dec 28.07 by rockenstire tess. | View full text of post

Soulmates
by karisata
Friday, December 28th, 2007

I
never
even
dreamed
of spending
forever
with
you

Posted on Dec 28.07 by karisata. | View full text of post

Bittersweet
by karisata
Friday, December 28th, 2007

sunlight
warmly greeted me
through frail curtains,
whispering a lovely promise
of a new day.

Posted on Dec 28.07 by karisata. | View full text of post

Old Quezon Bridge in Manila
by JoelJosol
Thursday, December 27th, 2007

The network of steel trusses
are strongly embedded
on concrete

like shadows
of barbed wires and fences
on protesters’ skin.

Typhoons and earthquakes
have not displaced it,
its […]

Posted on Dec 27.07 by JoelJosol. | View full text of post

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