2020 hasย been difficulty for everybody. It wasn't that hard for me because the only thing I had to give up was the frequent travels within Cebu. However, for a lot of people, 2020 held a lot more than just uncertainties.…
It's my father's birthday today, at least it would have been if he was still alive. I can't help but wonder how things would have been if he was still around. I mean, how would he have adapted to the…
I started out a project called Types or Poetry Project where my goal was to write one poem for each type. I never got to finish it then, so I hope that one of these days, inspiration will hit me…
I joined a challenge to create a poem inspired by the word "road". And because I am me, I came up with something that wasn't just about roads, long and winding as someย may be.ย Somewhere along that road…
Ten years ago, I joined a network of poets that rallied every Thursday. We'd visit each other's blogs, read and comment on each other's poems, and nominate blogs that we truly enjoyed. It was a fun time. I got to…
There’s an anecdote that I came across before that I’ve never forgotten. I’ve seen different versions of it, but this one below is my favorite, This is 100% not my original story, and I don’t…
Here’s another one I wrote in high school. I told you, I was deeply infatuated with someone during this period. Let me just tell you now that whatever feelings I had then, they didn’t go…
This poem, I don’t remember when I wrote. I think it was the summer that I was going to be a college freshman. But I also think that I wrote this the summer before my…
When I was in high school, I was deeply infatuated with someone. It’s funny to think about it now, but back then, I was a tortured soul. I was so insecure. I’d never wear my…
I remember writing this when I was in college. I wasn’t always conscious of meters and iambs then. I preferred to write as freely as I wanted, only thinking of rhymes and imagery. I am…
Here’s a poem I wrote back when I was such a poet. I don’t remember anymore why I chose this title. I do know that there was a phase where I liked using one-word titles…