This is somewhat connected to the previous post (again), where I compared the creative process to child birth. The title is an obvious giveaway, of course. God knows I tried to device other titles for this poem years after its subject left my social circle. But everything else I came up just didn’t seem suitable. [...]
Until now, I still find Valentine’s day to be a strange holiday. From my childhood I remember that it coincides with Teacher’s day at school, a time when we give flowers and little gifts to our mentors after mass or a short program on the nobility of teachers and teaching as a profession. In high [...]
this boy mp3 | lyrics
Lately, my mind keeps going back to a short story I read many years ago. The story is called ‘His Eternal Boy’, and it was written by Peter Wells. It’s about the seduction of a schoolboy by a middle-aged antique shop owner. And just a few hours ago, ‘Lan Yu’ was [...]
Fugue
I seeThe foamy wavesKissing the sandThe shoreThat is you.
They whittleEach grain, timeAnd patience etchedInto the fine faceThat is love.
Sea-birdsFinding the flowGlide to someTender spaceWithin your limbs:
Nest of my feelings.
If clouds refuseTo heed the outlineOf your smile,I will be sun-raysDropping gently
On your skin.
Manila, 1998Copyright Michael P. De Guzman
Thank You for Hearing Me – Sinead O’Connor
It has been more than 14 months since the dissolution of my last relationship. Please don’t think that I’m counting the days. I’m not. I just happen to think about it because (of my prodigious memory?) in the last few days it has been the subject of my [...]
I heard love is blind (live) – Amy Winehouse
Ikaw Lamang
Di ako nakatiis,Magkahawig kasi kayo.Ikaw ang nasa isipHabang yakap niya ako.
Huwag sanang magalit,Labis akong nangulila.Ikaw ang lahat sa ‘ kinSiya nama’y bale-wala.
Di na nakapagpigil,Tagal mo kasing bumalik.Hindi ‘to pagtataksilDahil sa puso ko’t isip
Ikaw ang tanging kaniigKahit iba ang kasiping.
Only You
My love for youHas become like air–Vital [...]