#filipino poetry

[wheatfieldspoet]

as isaac, on the walk home

please, won’t you look at me, father? i can’t erase the memory                             of the surrender in your eyes if i keep staring at your back.

you held my hand as we climbed the mountain. i felt your pulse through my palm,               your grip tight against the sweat. God has called us, you said with urgency, yet       you took       your time       as we ascended.

i can’t remember what i feared more:                      the blade,                      the flame,                      or the aftermath.

who would have made the bigger sacrifice if there was no ram in the thicket— you? me?

or mother?

is there no test of faith more agonizing than to forgive?

but even in my final breath, i would have. i love you even though i may never understand it, if only you would tell me. i don’t ask for much—

father!       please.                             soothe my shivering. i’m afraid                      the next time                      i see a knife                                    i might think                                                                it’s                                                                              love.

— Jade A.

escapril day 3: eye contact

@adventurerswritingguild day 3: hand / god / knife

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[nashira]

"The Philippines is the 169th country with the highest suicide rate, with 2.2 suicides per 100,000 people."

#poetry #spilled ink #poetry tumblr #poet side of tumblr #writeblr #poets of color #filipino #filipino artists #filipino poetry #recovering catholic #poets on tumblr #asian writers #asian artists #artists of sea #eldest daughter #eldest daughters

[dogma9]

Angela Gabrielle Fabunan, Midway

#poetry #filipino literature #filipino poetry #filipino poet #philippine literature

[lihimlihamtinta]

Sa mahabang panahon

Iniisip kong hindi ako naririnig ng mga tala

Hindi ako paborito ng mga diwata

Ayaw akong pagbigyan ng tadhana

Ngunit sa kabilang banda

Paano kung naririnig naman talaga?

Paano kung paborito naman talaga?

Ayaw ka lang pala mapahamak ng tadhana

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[k-writesometimes]

Like soda bubbles

I rise and pop.

There is no end

every time

I give in

to love.

#poetry #prose #love #spilled ink #Filipino poetry #poets on tumblr #poetic stories #writerscreed #new poets society #poeticstories #wnq writers #iamvandalholic #wnq-writers #alt lit #filipino poetry #quote

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"Though he has been called a brown Rimbaud, / He is no bandit but a people’s warrior."

Read it here | Reblog for a larger sample size!

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[ajinico]

hikbi ng dingding na nagsasabing kanino sila sasandal kapag pagod na rin silang maging pundasyon ng kalungkutan.

mga bagay na tinatangkilik ng limang pandama na ang pumapagod sa atin, ultimo imahe ng kisameng kinukublihan ay nakakapagod na ring tignan.

#filipino poetry #filipino #pinoy #poetry #poet

[sinterhinde]

My father the sky, Danny Silva Soberano

Danny Silva Soberano is a poet. They currently serve as a poetry editor for Voiceworks Magazine, and is a recipient of a Hot Desk Fellowship from The Wheeler Centre in 2020. 

(peril.com.au)

See also: Interview with Danny Silva Soberano and Sumudu Samarawickrama

https://www.liminalmag.com/interviews/darlene-silva-soberano

#contemporary poetry #filipino poetry #danny silva soberano #australian poetry #2010s #queer poetry

[ikaywrites]

Our love is one-sided, but in a different and weird kind of way

Our love sometimes portrays a battlefield wherein one of us will lose which will lead us to have these unfathomable feelings and it eats both of us up in a way where we won’t be saying our “I love you’s” after a long day

Our love sometimes feels like walking into a flower field, making us feel the powerful breeze that envelops our body which makes us feel merry that our love becomes much greater than how one of us really feels

When we love, it seems that our emotions becomes much greater than what we feel. It overpowers the love that we have from each other and it makes everything weird

But our love stands still. It gets tired, but it doesn’t quit, for our love sees much greater things than what it’s facing. Our love is undeniably lasting.

Our love is one-sided, but somewhat whole. There is something that is unexplainable with what we have and how we love, but I know we’ll understand it soon.

—Ikay/MJL | 05-02-23

#poetry #poem #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #sad thoughts #thoughts #my thoughts #prose poetry #prose poem #love poem #malayang tula #tula #filipino poetry

[makatangalang]

Bago matapos ang lahat

Gusto ko muna sa'yo magpasalamat

Sa tamis at alat, sa sakit, sa lamat

At sa pag-iibigang naawat

.

Pinaalala mo sa akin

Kung gaano kasarap ang magmahal

Nagawa kang pangarapin

At naising sa iyo'y maikasal

.

Ngunit sa huling kabanata

Naging tama ang maling akala

Nahumaling sa natamasa

Umasa sa kasinungalingang pag-asa

.

Ngayon, kaluluwa'y pumanaw

Sa kasawia'y humalaw

Puso'y durog, sa kalungkuta'y tubog

Kasabay ng paglubog ng araw

.

Ninanamnam ko ang sakit

Dinadamdam ko ang pait

Inaasam kong pagbalik

Winasak sa isang saglit

.

Hangad mo'y tapos na produkto

Patawad kung hindi ako buo

'pagkat kasalukuyang nasa proseso

Maraming pagkukulang, hindi perpekto

.

Bagama't sayo'y hindi sapat

Ibinuhos ko naman ang lahat

Walang tinira, hindi nag-alinlangan

Walang iniba, hindi man kasintahan

.

Nanghihinayang na hindi ko nadama

Ang pag-ibig mong kinapos

Ngayo'y mananahmik na

Ito ang huling tugma, dito na magtatapos

#tula #makata #hugot #tagalog #filipino poetry #filipino poems #pag ibig #sawi #bigo #filipino #mensahe

[motsdejeram]

Ang kanyang mga mata'y katulad ng isang sanlibutan kung saan ang oras ay dumadaloy lamang ng walang katapusan kapag ako'y tumitig; at sa kanyang mga mata'y madilim na kalangitan kung saan ang mga bituin ay walang katapusang nagniningning

— Jeram, Marahuyo

#poetry #love poem #filipino poetry #tagalog poetry #tula #poetic

[wheatfieldspoet]

angels are real, mine lives in chicago

when people ask how i survived 3 years in a graveyard shift, i tell them it’s because i have friends on the other side.

i threw a line out the sea and ended up being found, your tug on the invisible string pulling everything into place.

more than half a day away, but time stands still for us enough to fit years of stories in the palms of our hands.

even if we’ve only shared smiles from afar, your wings cross oceans to carry your laugh to me.

when i make it to you, you’ll give me a place to rest, tangible to match the astral one you’ve already granted.

distance and time zones are nothing at all when i carry you in my pocket, guardian dear.

now, like sun and moon, we trade waking hours. still, i fall asleep holding your goodnight text-shaped hand.

— Jade A.

escapril day 2: change of state

napowrimo.net day 2: write a platonic love poem

for @darlingwendy

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[discoidal]

poem from the car ride to batangas

#zoe's notebook #filipino poetry #poetscorner #poetscommunity #poetsandwriters #poets on tumblr #spilled ink

[radsage]

That time me and my classmates annotated a beautiful Filipina poem.

Love Woman 2 Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta

#filipino #poetry #annotating books #art of annotating #annotate #poemsociety #daily poetry #poems on tumblr #filipino poetry #woman #female experience

[lihimlihamtinta]

Maraming bitbit na lihim ang aking mga mata

Kasing dami ng beses na pinigil nyang lumuha

Kasing dami ng pagkukunwaring 'di ako nasaktan

Kasing dami ng pagpipigil na manuntok sa mukha

Maraming salitang hindi lumabas sa aking bibig

Mga salitang naglalaman ng hinanakit at hinagpis

Mga salitang dala ay pagmamahal na kay lalim

Mga salitang ikinubli dahil dinadaga itong dibdib

Maraming kanta ang nakabisa ng aking tainga

Mga awit na naglalaman ng tunay na pagsinta

Mga awit na para bang hinugot sa ating alaala

Mga awit na ako mismo ang naglapat at tumipa

Marami ang laman ngunit kakaunti ang lumabas

Siguro ay hindi sapat ang inipong tapang

Marahil ay hindi sapat ang aking mga dahilan

Maaring wala namang magbibigay halaga

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[k-writesometimes]

Will the yearning ever stop?

When will I stop stripping myself naked only to be noticed and never to be held?

When will the snow covered mountains thaw?

I am beyond cold.

#poetry #spilled ink #iamvandalholic #prose #love #wnq-writers #desire #longing #wanting to be loved #new poets society #poeticstories #alt lit #filipino writers #filipino poetry #writingthestorm