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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Day 72. From a Legal Memorandum

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Respondent can find as a many contradictions as he pleases with the irrevocable special power of attorney and the Memorandum of Agreement, m...
Friday, April 14, 2017

Day 71. Karma is a hoax

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One of the most fascinating songs of the Beatles is "The End" from their last album Abbey Road. The song is the last in a medley o...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Day 70: Animal Talk

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Is greed an emotion? asked the bull to the monkey. The monkey shook his head, saying Why do you ask silly questions?  The bull munched on gr...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Day 69: Fashion Mishaps by Chuang Tzu

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Well pressed shirt with purple tie dimpled at the middle where the knot is — a perfection taking years to master, then your pen blots it all...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

Day 67/68 Nietzsche the Clerk

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You should have  told me a day before yesterday if it was due yesterday. Power is you with the bottle of Scotch as I miss dinner, tv, and sl...
Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Day 64/65/66: I missed a poem

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yesterday, as I hopped  from isle to isle first stop Bulalacao, darling town of Mindoro;  a thrilling ride on the hills  overlooking the sea...
Saturday, March 04, 2017

Day 63: Coffee Talk

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We entered the cafeteria unwelcomed by that smell of cow  innards stewed in ginger. You asked —  is there a  difference in the conversation ...
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Friday, March 03, 2017

Day 62. Variation on a Prayer #2

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Dear Lord, Let Thou be the ship, whilst I be the sea.  Amen
Thursday, March 02, 2017

Day 61: Variation on a Prayer

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Dear Lord, Let thou be the train, whilst I be the tracks.  Amen
Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Day 60. Joseng Sisiw sa Manila

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Tanong ni Joseng Sisiw  sa batang eskwela — May tula bang makikita pagtayo mo sa kalsada hawak ang pansahod ng barya, trabaho’y sumenyas sa ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Day 59: Usapang Lasing

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Walang rebolusyon, wika ng isang namundok sa kanyang dating kasama sa kilusan. Ang kapangyarihan ay kakabit ng katakawan; ang  bayani noon, ...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Day 58: The Wrong Thing

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Said the Master  to his pupil, Superman dying is not a possibility  any one likes to imagine. The glory from saving  the little child trappe...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Day 57: The Man Who Cried Wolf

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There is no wolf he cried when asked about the dismembered body of the boy of four his heart missing his clawed face all bloodied. The villa...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Day 56: Why your Dad is not in EDSA

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Imagine if General Tadiar channeled your Dad, “Tadjak” they called him fierce marine, trained to kill, a sea of people barricading his tank ...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Day 55: Fr. Gomez Contemplates Sen. De Lima's Arrest

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Dawn in the month of February I walk uncertain  what lies ahead A leaf, I say, doesn’t move without  the  will of the Creator;  Zamora’s gon...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Day 54: Wika ng Maestro

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Wika ng maestro— Ang galing ng tagak kung magtungo siya sa tabing-dagat hindi maaring wala siyang huli kung sumablay man sa una walang kiyem...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Day 53: Solved is the Mystery

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Ay! Ay! Solved is the mystery! The Mayor, the Mayor, Lord and king  of the  great city who’s no way a sissy, became our prexy because God wa...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Day 52: Tatay Tatay

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Tatay, tatay huwag papatay ng lamok ay, ay,  ay, away insekto Ay dugo  palit buhay Why? Why? Why Tatay? huwag papatay ng baboy Oy,...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Day 51: My Wife, the Painter

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My wife, the painter,  says as she whips the canvas with her brush —  In Bhutan they fear the  empty; evil creeps in & fills it up the w...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Day 50: Judas phone

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Your android won’t betray you like the call that never came, pm that denied your request, or email that promised millions from Nigeria. It i...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Day 49: Ang Mananayaw ng Harlem

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(Salin ng The Harlem Dancer ni Claude Mackay) Tumawa ang nagpalakpakang kabataan kasama ang mga batang puta At pinanood ang kanyang perpekto...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Day 48: Starts with the letter "G"

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I am concerned about the mangoes, I said as my daughter  lunged a spoon  on its yellow flesh for lunch,  why do we have them  all year? We u...
Thursday, February 16, 2017

DAY 47: How do you solve a problem like Regina

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who walks the talk, and talks and walks some more a privileged life she left to do her yoga and teach poor children in the slums ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Day 46: My Headache

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with no name, comes with chilling sweat on the forehead, thudding on the left temple comes and goes, with the rhythm of heartbeat, sends a r...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Day 45: The monks were singing

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The monks were singing in the middle of Matins some heavenly howling in ancient language, as the last of the Garganeys came flying and sunli...
Monday, February 13, 2017

Day 44: Kierkegaard is an All-Star

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Put on your game face like Kobe when his Achilles snapped and he had to take free throws There is no tomorrow  No what other people would sa...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Day 43: Kung Limutin Mo Ako (Si Tu Me Olvidas)

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(Halaw at salin sa tula ni Pablo Neruda) Ibig kong malaman mong isang bagay. Alam mo kung paano ito: kung ako’y tumingin  sa  kristal na buw...
Friday, February 10, 2017

Day 42: Goebbels was a blogger

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Nice of you to cheer for those who lend their voices to peddling lies for likes and shares; they who think your fart is fresh and savor the ...

Day 41: Panaghoy ni Darth Vader

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Hindi maaring  lumaking ganyan ang bata ang puso kung saan  ang sikmura  wika ang dalit ng diablo takot sa kislap ng tala awit ang alingawng...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

Day 40: Trapeze

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Mine is the struggle for rhythm to mimic the  pulse of sunrise  and sunset, the happenstance of the osprey on the pond as it lands and flees...
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