Contemporary Filipino poems :: emanilapoetry

‘Lamentations’

Lungkot

by Rod Escobin - LBNHS
Monday, June 30th, 2008

Bakit nga ba may damdaming ganito?
Bahagi ng buhay, alam kong ayaw mo
Kabaligtaran ng naliligayahan
Singkahulugan ng nasisiphayo
Kung […]

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The Widow’s Butterfly
by ed_roa
Sunday, June 29th, 2008



He peered through the small crack of an enfolding chrysalis and had a glimpse of a pervasively green world awaiting […]

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Miscalculate
by JoelJosol
Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Calculations assess risks invisible
in a horizon where a quiet sea can be deceitful
and dead bodies do not yet […]

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The Scent of Onions
by ed_roa
Friday, June 20th, 2008

Behold an onion out from a hat
Eager to be put in a pot
It was the only one said the chef
And […]

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Chiaroscuro
by ed_roa
Monday, June 16th, 2008

Shadows now cast east

With grays quaking in the breeze

It seems only a while t’ was noon

And the sun shone bright

Without […]

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Miscalculate

The Scent of Onions

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