Jun Lit

Jun Lit Sep 2017

Hindi patakaran ang pamamaslang? (10w) [Killings are not policy?]

Isa! dalawa!
Hindi polisiya!
Tatlo! Apat!
Bra-ta-ta-ta-tat!
Hunghang tayong lahat!?

This 10-word (10w) poem [tulang sampuan] in Filipino (Tagalog) and another - "Mga itinumbang tutubi" and a few more that may follow - are dedicated to the memory of three young men/boys (Kian, Carl Angelo and Reynaldo) and the other thousands - victims of senseless killings in the Philippines.

#10w #sampuan

Jun Lit Sep 2017

Mga itinumbang tutubi (10w) [Murdered dragonflies]

Mga tutubi,
hinuli?
Silang maniningit-sobre,
pinatay, sinabitan kayo,
kartong “SALBAHE”

This 10-word (10w) Filipino (Tagalog) poem [tulang sampuan] and a few others that may follow, are dedicated to the memory of three young men/boys (Kian, Carl Angelo and Reynaldo) and the other thousands of victims of senseless killings in the Philippines.

#10w #sampuan

Jun Lit Sep 2017

Endless Love (10w)

Ages
ago,
we
heard
our
hearts’
symphony.
It’s
still
playing.

#10w

Jun Lit Aug 2017

100 tula pero hindi para kay Stella

Ako’y tumutula, malapit sa isang daan na
Pero hindi para sa isang Stella
Na tinutukoy sa magandang pelikula
Bagkus ay para sa isang taong mahalaga -
Siya’y yaong tatlumpu’t limang taon na
Hanggang ngayo’y asawa ko’t kasama,
karugtong na ang binuo naming pamilya
At malimit ring iniuugnay sa bayang umaasa.

Jun Lit Aug 2017

Weekend Sale! (Magkano ang buhay ng isang tao?)

isang buhay
labimpitong taon
dalawang magulang
tatlong bala,
maraming pangarap,

Apat na taga-tarato, negosyador:

Magkano?
Bagsak-presyo!
Mamilì kayo –
Ibebenta nyo?
o . . .

Buy One – Take All!
          karakter
                    dangal
                              kalayaan . . .

Translated into English as "What's the Price of One Life?"

Jun Lit Aug 2017

Circles of Love (10w)

Our
fingers,
35
years
fatter . . .
still,
wearing . . .
loving,
our
vows.

#10w

Jun Lit Aug 2017

Freedom of Poetic Thought (10w)

Respect
my
freedom.
These
ten
words.
This
is
my
poem.

#10w