Full-Moon

When I see Edna Sunz
I soon remember
the newly bloom Sampaguita
looking
at the new full-moon

Only Yesterday

It was only yesterday
when the red-pink flowers
of bougainvillea
were looking at the sun
but now they kiss the ground

Now It's Dawn

She waited till sundown
for him to come
as he used to
when he was still courting her--
now it's dawn, still waiting

Titit

masilak nga hapon--
gakinanta ro titit
maski tigbaw eang ro gapamati

Ginatan-aw Mo?

kapaya
ginatan-aw mo
ring kaeuyo, ring oras?

Underground River

Sa Underground River it Palawan
Ano baea
ring mga sugilanon?

Tubbataha

Tubbataha
una pa ro exotic fish
hin-aga, una pa baea?

Kaabuan

kaabuan
ginatukuran ro
nagahapay nga kapaya

Sa Sukoe Nga Kapaya

sa sukoe nga kapaya
sige ro it-it it ueod--
sige ro piyesta

Mosquito

While thinking
of what haiku to write
the hungry mosquito
busies itself
on how to suck my blood

Sige Ro Tabon

sige ro tabon
it gaeum
sa bueak it sampaguita

Natueoa't Toktok

natueoa't toktok
ro sangsipad nga bueak
it sampaguita

Bakterya

uean it Abril
hadugana't bakterya
ro ugat it kapaya

Morning Glory

morning glory
in full bloom
all over the atis tree

Alone

Alone
I look at my guppies
how happily they freely swim
inside
an aquarium

Fruits

fruits
disappear
as honey bees
disappear
as pesticides appear

His Tongue

he sticks out
his tongue
like Albert Einstein
the child
the world

While

While
the croton withers
bougainvillea
is in full
bloom

Garlic

afraid
of aswang
I slip in
a globe of garlic
into my pocket

Fearing

fearing
his crop will be slashed
he hurriedly reaps
his rice
before Typhoon Undang rips his field