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Poem
Poem
by Aurelio Alvero
Air Castles
by Juan F. Salazar
To A Lost One
The Sea
by Angela Manalang-Gloria
by Natividad Marquez
Beggar Children
by Emmanuel Torres
Father
by Alfred A. Yuson
To this harlequinade
I wear black tight and fools cap
Billiken*, make me three bright
masks
For the three tasks in my life.
Three faces to wear
One after the other
For the three men in my life.
When my Brother comes
make me one opposite
If he is a devil, a saint
With a staff to his fork
And for his horns, a crown.
I hope for my contrast
To make nil
Our old resemblance to each other
and my twin will walk me out
Without a frown
Pretending I am another.
When my Father comes
Make me one so like
Valediction sa Hillcrest
by Rolando S. Tinio
Or catacomb.
Strangely absolute ang impression
Ng hilera ng mga pintong
nagpuprusisyon:
Individual identification, parang
mummy cases,
De-nameplate, de-numero, dehometown address.
Antiseptic ang atmosphere,
streamlined yet.
Kung hindi catacomb, at least
E filing cabinet.
Filing, hindi naman deaths, ha.
Remembrances, oo. Yung medyo
malapot
Dahil alam mo na, Im quitting the
place
After two and a half years.
After two and a half years,
At pagkabukas ko sa kuwarto,
Hubot hubad na ang mattresses,
Bus Riders
by Gloria Garchitorena-Goloy