PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

summery peradventures

scorching heat out there

bakes you, unhappy skin cells

—a type of music

ambiguous summer breeze

is it the coldness

of the breath of a person?

—a chilly morning

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—