Names from Verses Typhoon Yolanda

A Storm Advisory (DD/MM/YYYY) | Tilde Acuña

Hopeful Father | Yasmin Aguila

About 10,000 Characters | Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo

Fill the Void | Crzthlv Escalona Bisa

Bangon kababayan | Michiko Karisa Buot

195MPH Rapture/Malacanang Stall-vation | Paul Carson

Sunshine | Emmanuel Codia

excerpts from “These Days” | T. De Los Reyes

Shh | Gail Gerolaga


The Basket | Almira Astudillo Gilles 

Saan tayo nagkulang? | Rogene A. Gonzales

A Little Hope | Micah Laguardia

Blame Game | Jolo Lim

Where is Lucy? | Mary Rose Manlangit

The Flooding That Writes Itself | Eileen R. Tabios

Look Ma, No Hands! | Deus Tiongson

Dance It | Julienne M. Urrea

After the Storm | Issa Vergara

R—

We're all better now and almost done with repairs. Mine was less of an ordeal. She's fine too though, and I told her you sent word.

Thank you for your message, for taking the time to read us in Verses. Thank you most of all for that simple, priceless image of contemplation (very likely inaccurate, but in my mind it's sunny, the buildings in view are old and cream-colored).

CLIENTS—CAUSE

clients are cancelling their Christmas
closed and people living in low-
come in,” he warned them
communication in the aftermath
complicate or even hinder response
country),” he said
cover him soon!” arises from intense
Cross feared a
Cross. You want to send them
cause. But again, watch

EMPTY—EYED

empty
ends to the grieving
enlighten you on the matter. Please be reminded that
entirely unlabeled and sealed with 47 strips
established in the affected
estimates there are at least
evacuated to the library
ever observed. Several hours later, the eye
everything anyway. "People are
-eyed

IMMEDIATELY—IS

immediately. If you feel leery about
impact. All fishing
In addition to the massive maw that accentuates
-inch alloys round out the refresh
-inch touch-
Independent. Retrieved 8
in many places. In the island of
incident, then you cannot claim damages
infrastructure and the resources to distribute hot
injured as a reasonable consequence
inmates give up meals for
-in partner and father of my
insensitive. Don’t say, “The Philippines
instead. They will be sold
insurgents who
in your zeal
is based solely on the facts you have narrated

SO—STARTING

so deeply in cloud tops as cold as [cold dark gray
someone" and follow
so responsibly. Spread the word
sorted — and
sorted. Food requires much closer
speaking of which, it’s a vernacular
speeds alone, along with
spread to other places, including fast-
Star is a full-
starting with crawl

WASTE—WET

waste — they will need to be thrown
watched in morbid fascination. The woman’s
water. After all, you have
water and I am grateful
waves triggered by powerful
way around,” he said. “My worst
way. Before long, a queue
Way, which has set
ways to deliver
We hope that we
weaken” — and yet it didn’t
wear. Why not donate your old cross-
were affected by an earlier
were swept away and century old
were urged to return
We saw two young women giving birth, laid out
wet/ Thing I must somehow forget

YOLANDA–YOURSELF

Yolanda,” as well as to augment post-
Yolanda" by Filipino authorities - barrelled
Yolanda' gathers
Yolanda has sent home
Yolanda” here
Yolanda. “In effect there is a de-facto
Yolanda is the perfect singer for this
Yolanda recovery:
Yolanda smashes through central
Yolanda terrifies young, old
Yolanda, this
"You could hear gunshots last night, with
YOUNG. A man brings his lifeless
you" message to
young girl as villagers are
your efforts
yourself,” said the girl, whose body was pierced