Visions in verses

Poems
May 25, 2018

The space she takes up

“I’m not about big spaces,” said she grimly, mouth pursed, a little tangy around the edges. “I’m all about the small ones. Corners, the tiny gaps between the stools around the table. I’d slip into that. I’m content with the

Poems
December 31, 2017

2017 In Poetry

This is the year we made decisions and gripped them strongly as if they were palms of someone else’s hands even if they were the wrong kind. We stood by them; no — we stood by us, and stayed still

Poems
October 25, 2017

Anchors

I stand afar from the ocean’s reach musing horizons past the breach for many waded long before becoming victors rising ashore barefoot, frightened, near the edge I would not jump into the bed for waters rise and waters fall and

Poems
October 15, 2017

Love, Darling

Love, darling. The world is at a loss the nice things are rusty, cruelty becomes a norm. The tip of her tongue is as sharp as a dagger; her fingers, a nib spilling pitch-black holes into the canvass where no

Poems
May 26, 2017

Lindol

Hatinggabi, hinehele ng banayad mong kamay katawan kong lupaypay. Katahimika’y humuhuni; saglit lang naman, huwag muna. Isang hilong panaginip sa isip ko’y ipinunla hingang malalim, sa pagbangon dahan-dahan sa paglakad. Unti-unti ang mundo’y tumatagilid bumubuwal ang langit sa pagbiyak ng

Poems
April 8, 2017

A love song, from the broken-hearted with OCD

I started counting the stars when I mentioned your name, a trigger for a large hole of emptiness inside my chest. I am a big bang, imploding, shadows casting in the room where you used to be. A nightmare I