Friday, December 12, 2014

POEMS ON AN OMEN

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POEMS ON AN OMEN   (For Poet and Social Activist Mila D. Aguilar, While Waiting) 1. THE CANON OF THE WAY AND OF VIRTUE Beaut...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

LOOKING BACK

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LOOKING BACK Mudfish between fingers, rice stalks ... whipped by whistling monsoon wind on our thin backs, rain-pelted faces: yo...
Monday, December 8, 2014

HURRICANE POEMS FOR A LARK

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HURRICANE POEMS FOR A LARK   1. Who has seen the Wind?   Always the uninvited guest, the wind pushes through the porch i...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

AFTER "AFTER": A LONGING

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AFTER “AFTER”: A LONGING   (For all the Old Lovers Caught in the Cold Rain)   1. A Hammock Song   After after , is ...
Monday, December 1, 2014

SINGING HER THE LULLABIES OF GREY AFTERNOONS

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    MY POEMS TODAY were prompted by the music of Andre Rieu while he played "Edelweiss". "Memories", "Some...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

THE STILL POINT: A FINAL REFUGE

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TODAY'S POEM: Where one will find a final sanctuary. How does one get there? What kind of a refuge is it? THE STILL POINT: A F...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

A WAITING GAME: SUMMING UP

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TODAY'S POEM was prompted by a line from "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran about pain being the beginning of understanding...
Monday, November 17, 2014

SOMEWHERE, THE OTHER LIVES

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SOMEWHERE, THE OTHER LIVES (For Luisa Igloria who Abhors “Othering”) Is this dome of midnight stars also a strum for a quie...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

GIVING BACK

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GIVING BACK (For Father Francisco R. Albano) It is what he has absently forgotten, that he still abides in a strange gyroscop...
Monday, November 10, 2014

LEST WE FORGET: REMEMBRANCE DAY POEMS

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JE ME SOUVIENS November 11, 2014 LEST WE FORGET: REMEMBRANCE DAY POEMS     WHAT THE WAVES SAID: A MEMENTO MORI (For al...