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…
Ask me how I love you, And I wouldn’t even know where to start Because that’s all that I ever do From the deepest cores of my heart. Ask me until when I shall love…
Where will I find poetry If you are all of literature to me? You are the sun; you are the moon. Everything that gives beauty to life is you. Where will I find music If…
It is not easy to love. Loving someone means that you are making yourself vulnerable. Even if that person hurts us, we have no reason to complain. When we love, we always have to expect…
An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind. -Khalil Gibran How many times have we tried to avenge the wrongs that were done to us? We always follow that famous line,…
I have this friend who broke up with her boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. It’s not anything new anymore, since their on-off cycle has been the only permanent thing in their relationship. It takes…
For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been.” –John Greenleaf Whittier Not all love stories last. Some have bad endings. People often say that the hottest love…