“People were always skeptical after the procedure, refusing to accept that the loved one didn’t pass away, but safely transitioned into another form. Wendy knew she almost couldn’t believe it when it happened to Peter. She took a deep breath and chose her words delicately.”
Tatlong pangungusap ‘yan sila mula sa “Silvered Sentience,” ang huling kuwentong isinumite ni Paolo Torres sa aming klaseng HUM 160, isang dekada na ang nakalipas. Naging estudyante ko rin siya bago noon, sa HUM 1, unang beses namin, at tumatak siya sa akin kahit 150+ ang kanyang kaklase! Habambuhay na ang pagkakatatak na iyon.
Nagpapasalamat at nagkabatian nitong a-diyes ng Marso, kanyang ika-30 kaarawan. Kahit saglit lang.
Nakikiramay sa mag-anak at mga kaibigan. Paalam, Pao.
Hun 16, 2025
TATAY CENTO
Kung susuriin ang bawat pahina
ng iyong mga nalalaman, sapagkat ano ang silbi
kasama ang mga sapot na sumabit
Then it's treasure
"naniniwala ako sa iyo anak"
a double rainbow
everytime you reached for the bread-of-salt
and manufactured cheese, a promise
sa pag-asang mahuli ang kumain
Na noo'y naputulan ng dila
Ang nakasupot nang kaputol ng bagis
ang karapatang magpasya
__________________________
mula sa mga linya sa Mountain Beacon nina Mark Vincent Dela Cruz, Ron Atilano, Marvin Marquez, Maggie Fokno, Francis Rey Arias Monteseña, Billy T. Antonio, Homer B. Novicio, CJ Peradilla, Nichael Lumakang Conje, Pinky Aguinaldo, Harold Fiesta, at Edelio De los Santos
ng iyong mga nalalaman, sapagkat ano ang silbi
kasama ang mga sapot na sumabit
Then it's treasure
"naniniwala ako sa iyo anak"
a double rainbow
everytime you reached for the bread-of-salt
and manufactured cheese, a promise
sa pag-asang mahuli ang kumain
Na noo'y naputulan ng dila
Ang nakasupot nang kaputol ng bagis
ang karapatang magpasya
__________________________
mula sa mga linya sa Mountain Beacon nina Mark Vincent Dela Cruz, Ron Atilano, Marvin Marquez, Maggie Fokno, Francis Rey Arias Monteseña, Billy T. Antonio, Homer B. Novicio, CJ Peradilla, Nichael Lumakang Conje, Pinky Aguinaldo, Harold Fiesta, at Edelio De los Santos
13 mirrors
1. among twenty showy writers
the only moving thing
was the eye of a boycott
2. I was of three miseries
like a trigger
in which there are three boycotts
3. boycott whirled around the aviary chime
in the shadow of a pantomime
4. a man and a woman
are one
a man and a woman and a boycott
are one
5. I do not know which to prefer
the symbol of the honored guest
or the symbol of a friend
the boycott whistling
or just after
6. drones filled the widow
with barbaric glass
a hint of a boycott
crossed it, to and fro
the mood
dead in the shards of
the barest cause
7. genocide pros why
imagine golden vetoes
while the boycott
walks around the feet
of the women about you
8. I know sneaky absences
and vivid, racial reservations
but I know, too
that the boycott is involved
in what I know
9. when the boycott flew inside
it marked what is not
one of many nothings
10. at the sight of boycotts
outside a German spotlight
even the bookfair
would cry tears of profit
11. she flew from Manila
in a glass shroud
once, a fear pierced her
in that she mistook
the clout of her shelves
for a boycott
12. the river flowing to the sea
a boycott must be asking
13. it was evening all year
it was mourning
our boycott sat
on a small part of the limb
the only moving thing
was the eye of a boycott
2. I was of three miseries
like a trigger
in which there are three boycotts
3. boycott whirled around the aviary chime
in the shadow of a pantomime
4. a man and a woman
are one
a man and a woman and a boycott
are one
5. I do not know which to prefer
the symbol of the honored guest
or the symbol of a friend
the boycott whistling
or just after
6. drones filled the widow
with barbaric glass
a hint of a boycott
crossed it, to and fro
the mood
dead in the shards of
the barest cause
7. genocide pros why
imagine golden vetoes
while the boycott
walks around the feet
of the women about you
8. I know sneaky absences
and vivid, racial reservations
but I know, too
that the boycott is involved
in what I know
9. when the boycott flew inside
it marked what is not
one of many nothings
10. at the sight of boycotts
outside a German spotlight
even the bookfair
would cry tears of profit
11. she flew from Manila
in a glass shroud
once, a fear pierced her
in that she mistook
the clout of her shelves
for a boycott
12. the river flowing to the sea
a boycott must be asking
13. it was evening all year
it was mourning
our boycott sat
on a small part of the limb
Hun 3, 2025
CENTO NG KAIBIGAN
Mahal natin itong mga nakahalukipkip
Ang hindi karugtong ng aking dugo
ng buwang sumusunod sa ating mga anino
Groovy as the ancients say
even when you forget the way
a clutch of rotting eggs
aming naunawaan
is a shiny red fine apple
Saksi sa ngayon. Ito ang mahalaga
na masarap ding iusad
sa matutupad niyang pagbabagong-anyo
__________________________
mula sa mga huing linya sa Mountain Beacon nina Pinky Aguinaldo, Steven Claude Tubo, CJ Peradilla, Homer B. Novicio, Harold Fiesta, Lorelyn Arevalo, Ron Atilano, April Pagaling, Redwin Dob, Francis Rey Arias Monteseña, at Edelio De los Santos
Ang hindi karugtong ng aking dugo
ng buwang sumusunod sa ating mga anino
Groovy as the ancients say
even when you forget the way
a clutch of rotting eggs
aming naunawaan
is a shiny red fine apple
Saksi sa ngayon. Ito ang mahalaga
na masarap ding iusad
sa matutupad niyang pagbabagong-anyo
__________________________
mula sa mga huing linya sa Mountain Beacon nina Pinky Aguinaldo, Steven Claude Tubo, CJ Peradilla, Homer B. Novicio, Harold Fiesta, Lorelyn Arevalo, Ron Atilano, April Pagaling, Redwin Dob, Francis Rey Arias Monteseña, at Edelio De los Santos
CENTO NG SALUSALO
Sa wasak na kusina
nangingintab ang mga bibig na parang mansanas
wiggling breath by breath
until our tongues give
hanggang nahahalikan ko na ang pusod
bukang-liwayway na hindi nananatili
__________________________
mula sa mga linya nina Ron Atilano, Harold Fiesta, Lorelyn Arevalo, CJ Peradilla, Pinky Aguinaldo, at Francis Rey Arias Monteseña
nangingintab ang mga bibig na parang mansanas
wiggling breath by breath
until our tongues give
hanggang nahahalikan ko na ang pusod
bukang-liwayway na hindi nananatili
__________________________
mula sa mga linya nina Ron Atilano, Harold Fiesta, Lorelyn Arevalo, CJ Peradilla, Pinky Aguinaldo, at Francis Rey Arias Monteseña
NOTLEY CENTO
They want to watch you all humans being empathic predators
both eyes is this part of the poem I'm the singer of
It’s like passionate love for a ghost.
I begin to overtake myself
Shocking pink knee socks recalling legs
betrayal and its off-color quarter-tones I mean
distant somethings sliding by
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from “The Poem,” “Betrayal,” “I’ve meant to tell you many things about my life …,” “Poem,” and “2/16”
Alice Notley (1945-2025)
both eyes is this part of the poem I'm the singer of
It’s like passionate love for a ghost.
I begin to overtake myself
Shocking pink knee socks recalling legs
betrayal and its off-color quarter-tones I mean
distant somethings sliding by
_________________________________
from “The Poem,” “Betrayal,” “I’ve meant to tell you many things about my life …,” “Poem,” and “2/16”
Alice Notley (1945-2025)
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