Deaf*

In love
she does not hear
her mother's advises
she thinks only of adventures
with him

*I am trying to write cinquain.
This is a five-line poem with 2,4,6.8,2 syllables from first to fifth line.

Counting Backward

I have been counting
From one hundred to one
And reciting from Z to A
But our first kiss
Keeps me awake whole night

Another Creation?

Since creation
The clouds have been
Too obedient to the wind
Perhaps in the next creation
The clouds will set the direction of the wind

Like The Shore

Like the shore
That embraces the waves
She embraces him
Before he makes
Some waves

After Two Days

After two days
Our laundry got dry
After two years
My eyes are still wet
After you said goodbye

Comfort Women

They are diminishing now
These comfort women
But the Rising Sun
Still clips its lips
Will it be forever?

Longer Nights

My heart keeps pounding
Before and after
Our first kiss
But it was your first wink
That keeps my nights longer

Hitsura

Daywang
Hitsura mo
Gugma, may kasakit
May himaya nga pang-eugta
Eangit
***Maeara

Grief

dawn
he injects his grief
into his haiku

Haeansangan

alas diyes it agahon--
ginaeansangan ra boli ni S. J.
pagpangabay ko kana

Haponanon

haponanon--
habatyagan eon it kaeaha
ro kainit it kaeayo

Pabukid

pabukid si Tatay--
owa ako kasayod
kon makakupkop pa imaw
kakon o sa panamgo
eon lang

Low tide

low tide--
bangos jumps
over the net

Frog Concert

frog concert--
national park
industrial loggers

Ro Eupok

pagkatapos it arado--
ro eupok
it lebentador

Iniras-Iras Nga Mais

iniras-iras nga mais--
galamano sanda
sa kada-isaea

Ikaw Gid Eang

ikaw gid eang
rang haboe
rang duyan
rang pader
rang pag-eaum, Inay

Siin Baea Si Nanay

ginahikap-hikap
ku ungang baye ro tiyong kuring
sa idaeum it biseklita
siin baea
si Nanay makaron?

Golden Sunset

golden sunset
over Guimaras Strait--
the swaying coconut leaves

Tanan ng Haeakhak

tanan naghaeakhak
pagkatumba't kapaya--
unang uea't Mayo