Tag Archives: poetry
A Story of You and I
I am afraid of writing because I can only write about you and you are leaving me. I am afraid of poetry because the saddest poem is the most enchanting one and you can’t be the reason I write it … Continue reading
Friday Night
Plump red lips soaked in beer The cheapest around — the most potent kind Thin fingers slip down the neck, mark the glass Smoke clears it up between us this Friday night Come tell your friends more about me Toss … Continue reading
Of Poets and Basketball Players
“Should I tell her I love her in the poem?” “Yes. You’ve already made the ridiculous decision of writing a poem for her, telling her about your feelings. So why stop short and not say that you love her?” … Continue reading
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A Song In My Head I Wish Interpol Would Play
Bed Bug by Interpol* Everytime It gets me Everytime Everytime It gets me Everytime Now I think about a lot and I do a lot of acts But I really can’t know what goes on in this Show Cause it … Continue reading
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Palaisipan
Lumulukso, lumulubog, lumalaktawMasundan langHinuhulaan, inaabangan, kinakabahanKumalma langTinatanya, pinipiga ang simpatyaLumingon lamangHinaharap, hinahabol, hinang-hinaUmaga lamang,Niyakap pa, ilang oras, bastusan naUlong kinalawangNawiwindang, nagba-blangko, nagniningasHindi mabilangMga nasasayang, kabi-kabilaang mga kapraninganLubus-lubusangSinasagad, binababad, binibiladSa init ng pulangBumabakat, walang puknat, kumakalatNangangati nangGumapang, mabuwang, tumiwalagIsipang tigangSumusuka, … Continue reading
Beyond the White Wall
It starts slowly and we know we’re gonna be Savages Tonight. I drink The thousand wells of your mouth; You’ll be slithering in me — slippery, sucking, suddenly biting, Marking me with bright red blood, Sending me into convulsions. Teeth … Continue reading
Rhymes with Crimes
I don’t like it though you may like it because you have done it before. But I still don’t like it and I won’t do it and there’s nothing you can do no more. Sink my shoes into mud, burn … Continue reading
Our Own Mad Poetry
You tell me we’re fine. We talk. We whisper at each other’s ears. There’s a long and winding street and we walk it silently, hand in hand, our vision fixed at the invisible horizon. I catch glimpses of your hair, … Continue reading
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