summery peradventures
scorching heat out there
bakes you, unhappy skin cells
—a type of music
now that—
now that he starts zen,
addicted to heart sutras;
unbelievable—
dami ng tao—
(in Tagalog language)
dami ng tao
konstruktibong pananaw
di natahimik
impluwensiya ay—
(in Tagalog/Filipino language)
impluwensiya ay
tangan ni Sapir at Whorf—
'yon ay tiyorya
batong misteryo
batong misteryo
balong malalim
—sino ba ako?
shoji
(in Tagalog language with Japanese words)
may ikebana
handa na ang tatami
wala pa rin siya
tubig-ulan
dinig mo rin ba,
taglay nitong pagpatak?
—nagtatampisaw
art and the language
like sake's heaven,
like Du Fu's papers,
Basho's friend have gone—
Set the world afire
No desire to stop and learn
And you too will burn