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And in the end, the love you take is the love you make. -The Beatles Isa ito sa mga argumentong dapat lamang pagtalunan. Dahil hindi lahat ng pag-ibig na binibigay mo ay nasusuklian. Masarap lamang itong pakinggan. Noong inibig mo ako, Hindi. Mas tamang sabihin na noong naisip **** iniibig mo na ako, Ay mas pinili **** huwag magbigay ng buo. Hindi ko alam sa'yo pero ikaw na ang pinaka-duwag na taong nakilala ko. Naaalala ko noon ang mga sugat at pilat na naiwan niyang nakatatak at nakakabit sa mga braso mo. Nakikita ko ang mga bakas ng mga hampas nya sa mga balikat mo. Bawat kagat at kalmot at gasgas na ibinigay n'ya sa'yo, Sa mga pagkakataon na akala mo wala lang, Naramdaman ko. Pinaramdam mo silang lahat sa akin. Anghirap palang pilitin na bumuo nang puso na ayaw magpabuo sa'yo. Hindi ko din kasi alam dati na kailangan, ang kagustuhang maghilom, Manggaling sa kanya mismo. Pinilit kong pagtagpi-tagpiin ang mga piraso **** nakakalat sa sahig mula nang binitiwan ka n'ya. Sinubukan kong gamutin ang lahat ng sakit na nagpapanatili sa iyong gising sa alas-tres ng umaga. Pinili kong mahulog sa iyo kahit alam kong mas malabo pa sa tubig ng Ilog Pasig ang pag-asa Na maisip **** sa iyo lang ako. Iyong-iyo lang ako. May mga pagkakataon na nakikita ng ibang tao ang mga pagbabago na akala nila ay ako ang dahilan pero ang hindi nila alam, Sa dami at haba ng mga sakit na iyong naramdaman, Natuto ka lamang na itago silang lahat sa loob mo. Na sa kahit na anong oras, pwede silang lahat lumabas at lamunin na lang ako ng buo. Oo. Ako. Dahil mas pinili kong lumapit sa'yo. Iyong-iyo lang ako. May mga pagkakataon na gusto kong isipin Na ang bagong taginting ng mga tawa mo ay dahil sa akin. Na ang mga panaginip mo kapag ikaw ay mahimbing, ako ang laman. Na ang mga pangarap mo sa hinaharap ay ako ang hiling. At ang bawat pulso mo ay para sa akin lamang. Dahil sa iyo lang ako. Iyong-iyo lang ako. Pero hindi. Dahil andami mo nang natutunang paraan para magtago. Napakadami na ng mga pagkakataon na sinayang mo. Ang akala mo, lahat ng pagkabigo mo sa pag-ibig dati Ay natulungan kang maging mas malakas, mas matatag, mas matalino. Pero hindi. Dahil papasok sa isang bagong pag-ibig ay tinangay mo lahat ng galit. Iniwan mo ang mga aral na natutunan mo maliban sa "Ang pag-ibig ay hindi dapat pagkatiwalaan." Ang tanging bagay na hinahabol mo, na pinipilit **** makuha, Na pinipilit mo dating kapitan kahit na wala na, Ang bagay na akala mo ay lubos sa iyong magpapasaya, Tinitignan mo na may pagdududa ang iyong mga mata. At unti-unti kang nabulag. At hindi mo nakita ang pagibig na nasa harap mo na. Lumipad at nawala. Hindi bulag ang pag-ibig. Bulag ang mga taong pinipilit tumingin sa araw dahil gusto nilang makakita ng liwanag ngunit ayaw alisin ang kanilang mga de-kolor na antipara. Wala kang natutunan sa nakaraan. Hindi ka nga nasasaktan. Hindi mo naman mahagilap ang tunay **** kaligayahan.
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Jun 9, 2016
Jun 9, 2016 at 1:58 AM UTC
Ang kaibahan ng katalinuhan at kaduwagan
And in the end, the love you take is the love you make. -The Beatles Isa ito sa mga argumentong dapat lamang pagtalunan. Dahil hindi lahat ng pag-ibig na binibigay mo ay nasusuklian. Masarap lamang itong pakinggan. Noong inibig mo ako, Hindi. Mas tamang sabihin na noong naisip **** iniibig mo na ako, Ay mas pinili **** huwag magbigay ng buo. Hindi ko alam sa'yo pero ikaw na ang pinaka-duwag na taong nakilala ko. Naaalala ko noon ang mga sugat at pilat na naiwan niyang nakatatak at nakakabit sa mga braso mo. Nakikita ko ang mga bakas ng mga hampas nya sa mga balikat mo. Bawat kagat at kalmot at gasgas na ibinigay n'ya sa'yo, Sa mga pagkakataon na akala mo wala lang, Naramdaman ko. Pinaramdam mo silang lahat sa akin. Anghirap palang pilitin na bumuo nang puso na ayaw magpabuo sa'yo. Hindi ko din kasi alam dati na kailangan, ang kagustuhang maghilom, Manggaling sa kanya mismo. Pinilit kong pagtagpi-tagpiin ang mga piraso **** nakakalat sa sahig mula nang binitiwan ka n'ya. Sinubukan kong gamutin ang lahat ng sakit na nagpapanatili sa iyong gising sa alas-tres ng umaga. Pinili kong mahulog sa iyo kahit alam kong mas malabo pa sa tubig ng Ilog Pasig ang pag-asa Na maisip **** sa iyo lang ako. Iyong-iyo lang ako. May mga pagkakataon na nakikita ng ibang tao ang mga pagbabago na akala nila ay ako ang dahilan pero ang hindi nila alam, Sa dami at haba ng mga sakit na iyong naramdaman, Natuto ka lamang na itago silang lahat sa loob mo. Na sa kahit na anong oras, pwede silang lahat lumabas at lamunin na lang ako ng buo. Oo. Ako. Dahil mas pinili kong lumapit sa'yo. Iyong-iyo lang ako. May mga pagkakataon na gusto kong isipin Na ang bagong taginting ng mga tawa mo ay dahil sa akin. Na ang mga panaginip mo kapag ikaw ay mahimbing, ako ang laman. Na ang mga pangarap mo sa hinaharap ay ako ang hiling. At ang bawat pulso mo ay para sa akin lamang. Dahil sa iyo lang ako. Iyong-iyo lang ako. Pero hindi. Dahil andami mo nang natutunang paraan para magtago. Napakadami na ng mga pagkakataon na sinayang mo. Ang akala mo, lahat ng pagkabigo mo sa pag-ibig dati Ay natulungan kang maging mas malakas, mas matatag, mas matalino. Pero hindi. Dahil papasok sa isang bagong pag-ibig ay tinangay mo lahat ng galit. Iniwan mo ang mga aral na natutunan mo maliban sa "Ang pag-ibig ay hindi dapat pagkatiwalaan." Ang tanging bagay na hinahabol mo, na pinipilit **** makuha, Na pinipilit mo dating kapitan kahit na wala na, Ang bagay na akala mo ay lubos sa iyong magpapasaya, Tinitignan mo na may pagdududa ang iyong mga mata. At unti-unti kang nabulag. At hindi mo nakita ang pagibig na nasa harap mo na. Lumipad at nawala. Hindi bulag ang pag-ibig. Bulag ang mga taong pinipilit tumingin sa araw dahil gusto nilang makakita ng liwanag ngunit ayaw alisin ang kanilang mga de-kolor na antipara. Wala kang natutunan sa nakaraan. Hindi ka nga nasasaktan. Hindi mo naman mahagilap ang tunay **** kaligayahan.
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Original French Dictes moy ou, n'en quel pays, Est Flora la belle Rommaine, Archipiades ne Thaïs, Qui fut sa cousine germaine, Echo parlant quant bruyt on maine Dessus riviere ou sus estan, Qui beaulté ot trop plus q'humaine. Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? Ou est la tres sage Helloïs, Pour qui chastré fut et puis moyne Pierre Esbaillart a Saint Denis? Pour son amour ot ceste essoyne. Semblablement, ou est la royne Qui commanda que Buridan Fust geté en ung sac en Saine? Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? La royne Blanche comme lis Qui chantoit a voix de seraine, Berte au grand pié, Beatris, Alis, Haremburgis qui tint le Maine, Et Jehanne la bonne Lorraine Qu'Englois brulerent a Rouan; Ou sont ilz, ou, Vierge souvraine? Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? Prince, n'enquerez de sepmaine Ou elles sont, ne de cest an, Qu'a ce reffrain ne vous remaine: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? English Translation Ballad Of The Ladies Of Yore Tell me where, in what country, Is Flora the beautiful Roman, Archipiada or Thais Who was first cousin to her once, Echo who speaks when there's a sound On a pond or a river Whose beauty was more than human? But where are the snows of yesteryear? Where is the leamed Heloise For whom they castrated Pierre Abelard And made him a monk at Saint-Denis, For his love he took this pain, Likewise where is the queen Who commanded that Buridan Be thrown in a sack into the Seine? But where are the snows of yesteryear? The queen white as a lily Who sang with a siren's voice, Big-footed Bertha, Beatrice, Alice, Haremburgis who held Maine And Jeanne the good maid of Lorraine Whom the English bumt at Rouen, where, Where are they, sovereign ****** But where are the snows of yesteryear? Prince, don't ask me in a week or in a year what place they are; I can only give you this refrain: Where are the snows of yesteryear?
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Ballade Des Dames De Temps Jadis (Ballad Of The Ladies Of Yore)
Original French Dictes moy ou, n'en quel pays, Est Flora la belle Rommaine, Archipiades ne Thaïs, Qui fut sa cousine germaine, Echo parlant quant bruyt on maine Dessus riviere ou sus estan, Qui beaulté ot trop plus q'humaine. Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? Ou est la tres sage Helloïs, Pour qui chastré fut et puis moyne Pierre Esbaillart a Saint Denis? Pour son amour ot ceste essoyne. Semblablement, ou est la royne Qui commanda que Buridan Fust geté en ung sac en Saine? Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? La royne Blanche comme lis Qui chantoit a voix de seraine, Berte au grand pié, Beatris, Alis, Haremburgis qui tint le Maine, Et Jehanne la bonne Lorraine Qu'Englois brulerent a Rouan; Ou sont ilz, ou, Vierge souvraine? Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? Prince, n'enquerez de sepmaine Ou elles sont, ne de cest an, Qu'a ce reffrain ne vous remaine: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? English Translation Ballad Of The Ladies Of Yore Tell me where, in what country, Is Flora the beautiful Roman, Archipiada or Thais Who was first cousin to her once, Echo who speaks when there's a sound On a pond or a river Whose beauty was more than human? But where are the snows of yesteryear? Where is the leamed Heloise For whom they castrated Pierre Abelard And made him a monk at Saint-Denis, For his love he took this pain, Likewise where is the queen Who commanded that Buridan Be thrown in a sack into the Seine? But where are the snows of yesteryear? The queen white as a lily Who sang with a siren's voice, Big-footed Bertha, Beatrice, Alice, Haremburgis who held Maine And Jeanne the good maid of Lorraine Whom the English bumt at Rouen, where, Where are they, sovereign ****** But where are the snows of yesteryear? Prince, don't ask me in a week or in a year what place they are; I can only give you this refrain: Where are the snows of yesteryear?
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Ignore the itch you can't scratch deep in the palm of your hand. Ignore the morning alarms, just sleep right through them. Ignore the sound of the coffee bubbling over, let it spill. Ignore the toothpaste stain on your new shirt. Ignore the voicemail notification, who listens to them anyway? Ignore the mailman at the mailbox, he didn't really say hello. Ignore the stare of the drunk man in your lobby. Ignore the morning brigade of children running behind you. Ignore the damage your heels are doing to your feet. Ignore the whistle from the man half your height. Ignore the traffic light, the cars are going the other way. Ignore the loud honk from the trucker as he speeds off. Ignore the liquor store, and the desire to take a shot. Ignore the "Baby let me talk to you," from the **** wannabe. Ignore the text message, don't let them know you have a phone number. Ignore the cigarette smoke invading your lungs. Ignore the baby boy getting slapped by his mother. Ignore the bakery with the tres leches cake you like. Ignore the bank, you're probably broke. Ignore the homeless woman, she just wants to buy drugs. Ignore the Facebook notification, just another ALS challenge. Ignore the time, you're at work early. Ignore the habits, listen to your conscience and speak loudly and clearly. You are so much more than ignorant.
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Sep 5, 2014
Sep 5, 2014 at 8:51 AM UTC
Ignorance
Gabi. Nang una kitang makita. Ikaw yung matingkad at nagniningning sa madilim na parte. Sa may kubo. Nakaupo. Ikaw, alak, at sigarilyo. Lumapit ako. Dahan-dahan, para malaman kung alin at ano. Kung bakit nga ba sa dinami-dami ng tao, Bakit sa’yo ako dumiretso. Gabi. Ikaw ang unang nag-salita. Ngumiti lang ako, habang nakatitig sa’yo. Tila may kabog sa dibdib. Hindi maipaliwanag ng bibig. Tinanong mo ako kung naniniwala ba ako sa diyos. Sagot ko ay hindi. “So, atheist ka?” Tanong mo na may halong pag-dududa. Sinagot kita. Sabi ko, oo. “Tayo na ba?” Ngumiti ka at tumawa. “Sige.” Biro-biruan lang. Walang palitan ng “mahal kita.” Nag-palitan lang tayo ng numero. Sabay sabi “nandito lang kung sakaling kailangan mo ako.” Lumipas ang ilang araw. Hindi na tayo nagkita. Minsan, nag-uusap sa telepono Madalas, hindi kumikibo. Minsan, magpaparamdam. Madalas, parang wala lang. Minsan, nariyan lang. Madalas, wala lang. Gabi. Nang tayo’y muling magkita. Sa harap ng bahay. Sa may kalsada. Nag-usap ang ating mga mata. Ikaw, alak, at sigarilyo. Tanda ko pa non, magpapasko yun. Laseng na ako. Madaling araw na, tara sa dagat, ligo tayo. Mga alas tres na yun. Tapos nag-inom ulit tayo dun. Sa likod ng pick-up truck. Sa bote na ng Jim Beam deretso ang inom. Walang chaser. Kasi wala namang habulan. Hindi naman tayo naghahabulan. Gabi. Pang-ilang ulit na ba? Akala ko biro lang, Akala ko lang pala. Yung joke time, tila nagiging seryoso na. Natatakot ako baka bigla na lang ‘tong mawala. Pero sa t’wing magkasama na, Lahat ng problema’y nalilimutan bigla. Kita ko ang ngiti sa mga mata mo. Madilim man ang paligid, Maliwanag naman sa piling mo. Gabi. Hindi ko alam kung saan magsisimula, Kung ano ba ang dapat sabihin, Yung tama lang at hindi makakasakit ng damdamin, Pero bago natin tuldukan, Bakit hindi muna natin simulan sa kama, Kung ang ending ba natin ay parang sa pelikula, Yung masaya o tulad din ng iba, yung hindi pinagpala. Pero maaga pa ang gabi, Hayaan **** mahalin kita ng lubos kahit sandali, Pati ang mga galos at sugat mo, Yayapusin ko hanggang sa maghilom at mawala ang sakit, Dahil kung may pusong mabibigo, 
 Gusto ko yung hindi sa’yo. Kay hayaan na lang muna siguro natin na gan’to, Pag-sapit naman ng gabi, Ikaw pa rin ang uuwian ko.
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Sep 10, 2017
Sep 10, 2017 at 1:50 AM UTC
Gabi
Gabi. Nang una kitang makita. Ikaw yung matingkad at nagniningning sa madilim na parte. Sa may kubo. Nakaupo. Ikaw, alak, at sigarilyo. Lumapit ako. Dahan-dahan, para malaman kung alin at ano. Kung bakit nga ba sa dinami-dami ng tao, Bakit sa’yo ako dumiretso. Gabi. Ikaw ang unang nag-salita. Ngumiti lang ako, habang nakatitig sa’yo. Tila may kabog sa dibdib. Hindi maipaliwanag ng bibig. Tinanong mo ako kung naniniwala ba ako sa diyos. Sagot ko ay hindi. “So, atheist ka?” Tanong mo na may halong pag-dududa. Sinagot kita. Sabi ko, oo. “Tayo na ba?” Ngumiti ka at tumawa. “Sige.” Biro-biruan lang. Walang palitan ng “mahal kita.” Nag-palitan lang tayo ng numero. Sabay sabi “nandito lang kung sakaling kailangan mo ako.” Lumipas ang ilang araw. Hindi na tayo nagkita. Minsan, nag-uusap sa telepono Madalas, hindi kumikibo. Minsan, magpaparamdam. Madalas, parang wala lang. Minsan, nariyan lang. Madalas, wala lang. Gabi. Nang tayo’y muling magkita. Sa harap ng bahay. Sa may kalsada. Nag-usap ang ating mga mata. Ikaw, alak, at sigarilyo. Tanda ko pa non, magpapasko yun. Laseng na ako. Madaling araw na, tara sa dagat, ligo tayo. Mga alas tres na yun. Tapos nag-inom ulit tayo dun. Sa likod ng pick-up truck. Sa bote na ng Jim Beam deretso ang inom. Walang chaser. Kasi wala namang habulan. Hindi naman tayo naghahabulan. Gabi. Pang-ilang ulit na ba? Akala ko biro lang, Akala ko lang pala. Yung joke time, tila nagiging seryoso na. Natatakot ako baka bigla na lang ‘tong mawala. Pero sa t’wing magkasama na, Lahat ng problema’y nalilimutan bigla. Kita ko ang ngiti sa mga mata mo. Madilim man ang paligid, Maliwanag naman sa piling mo. Gabi. Hindi ko alam kung saan magsisimula, Kung ano ba ang dapat sabihin, Yung tama lang at hindi makakasakit ng damdamin, Pero bago natin tuldukan, Bakit hindi muna natin simulan sa kama, Kung ang ending ba natin ay parang sa pelikula, Yung masaya o tulad din ng iba, yung hindi pinagpala. Pero maaga pa ang gabi, Hayaan **** mahalin kita ng lubos kahit sandali, Pati ang mga galos at sugat mo, Yayapusin ko hanggang sa maghilom at mawala ang sakit, Dahil kung may pusong mabibigo, 
 Gusto ko yung hindi sa’yo. Kay hayaan na lang muna siguro natin na gan’to, Pag-sapit naman ng gabi, Ikaw pa rin ang uuwian ko.
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Patay sindi ang ilaw sa kwarto. Bawat pagsindi ay napuputol ang tulog na mga limang minuto pa lamang ang tinatagal. Kaluskos mula sa kisame ay pilit na sinasawalang bahala. Ang salamin sa aparador sa paahan ng aking kama ay mistulang naggiging larawan. Mayat maya'y nagkakaroon ng imahe ng isang babaeng naka trahe de boda. Balingkinitan ang katawan, bagsak ang balikat, bahagyang nakatungo't walang bahid ng kagalakan sa kanyang mukha. Ilang saglit lang ay mawawala. Dali-dali akong tumayo at binuksan na lamang ang pinto ng aparador. Ihinarap sa pader ang salamin, sabay balik sa aking kama. Ang loob ng aparador na lamang ang aking nakikita. Wala na ang babaeng nakaputi, di narin nagparamdam muli. Nawala narin ang nakakabahalang kaluskos sa kisame. Ang ilaw ay nanatiling nakasindi. Alas-tres na ng umaga nang ako ay nakatulog. Nagising ng alas-sais at nagmamadaling naligo't nagbihis. Iniligpit ang gamit sa bag, nagsuklay at napaharap sa salamin. Natigilan. Nakasara na ang aparador. - March 15, 2010, Vigan
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Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010 at 1:34 AM UTC
Ang Aparador
Hindi niyo ba nakikita Ang kanilang panlilinlang sa taong bayan Sa pagpapakita ng malayang lansangan Ngunit ang totoo'y sila ang kapahamakan Apat na dekada nang nakalipas Bata, matanda, sanggol, walang takas Walang takas sa pagmanalupit ng mga pulis at sundalo Ang nakaraan, hindi ba tayo natuto? Mga pulis ay nagkalat Mga sundalo'y laganap at dumadami Kahit saan lumingon, sila ang matatanaw Nagmamasid, nag-iikot, baril ay nasa tabi Putok ng baril biglaang maririnig Kasunod ay balitang may nabaril Iisa ang rason: nanlaban Ang tanong, nanlaban ba o kunwariang nanlaban? Kanilang pagkatok Biglaang pasok Naghalungkat na walang pahintulot Tama pa ba ito? Mga tao'y hinahayaan lang Ang mga naglalakad na kapahamakan Dahil sa takot na sila'y tauhan ng presidente Isang kamay sa bibig, kabila'y sa mata Unti-unti nang nagpaparamdam Ang pagbalik muli ng setyembre bente-tres Tao'y nabulag, hanggang ngayon ganon parin Kailan kaya magigising ang tao, kapag huli na ba ang lahat?
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Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 8:22 AM UTC
Ang Pagbalik
I had walked miles that day. Finding myself in these old Los Angeles side streets, was to travel back in time. Bougainvillea, overflowing with color, festooned the weathered cedar cottages. Heavy trumpet flowers, sleepy in the filtered light, stirred beside huge green leaves, in the easy marine air. I walked on.   Evening had come, and with it, a few stars shone over the ocean. After a perfect dinner, I still craved a bit of sweetness on my tongue. Walking back from the end of the pier under deep cobalt, the night sky held me. Just ahead, tiny birthday candles,   and warm, kind faces, welcomed me into their midst. Softly, they sang 'Las Mañanitas' in one voice, and I sang with them. Someone's hand reached out to me; a thin paper cake plate, heavy with treasure, was silently offered. Tres Leches, soaked with tender love and milky sweetness. Heaven could only be more of this.
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Aug 27, 2015
Aug 27, 2015 at 6:02 PM UTC
Dulce de Vida
Madrid quedó vacía sólo estamos los otros y por eso se siente la presencia de las plazas los jardines y fuentes los parques y glorietas como siempre en verano madrid se ha convertido en una calma unánime pero agradece nuestra permanencia a contrapelo de los más es un agosto de eclosión privada sin mercaderes ni paraguas sin comitivas ni mitines en ningún otro mes del larguísimo año existe enlace tan sutil entre la poderosa metrópoli y nosotros pecadores afortunadamente los árboles han vuelto a ser protagonistas del aire gratuito como antes cuando los ecologistas no eran todavía imprescindibles también los pájaros disfrutan ala batiente de una urbe que inesperadamente se transforma en vivible y volable los madrileños han huido a la montaña y a marbella a ciudadela y benidorm a formentor y tenerife y nos entregan sin malicia a los otros que ahora por fin somos nosotros un madrid sorprendente casi vacante       despejado limpio de hollín y disponible en él andamos como dueños tercermundistas del arrobo en solidarias pulcras avenidas sudando con unción la gota gorda el verano no es tiempo de fragor sino de verde tregua empalagados del rencor insomne estamos como nunca dispuestos a la paz en el rato estival la historia se detiene y todos descubrimos una vida postiza pero cuando el asueto se termine volverán a sonar las bocinas los gritos las sirenas los mueras y los vivas bombas y zambombazos y las dulces metódicas campanas durante tres fecundas estaciones nadie se acordará de pájaros y árboles
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Pausa de agosto
Madrid quedó vacía sólo estamos los otros y por eso se siente la presencia de las plazas los jardines y fuentes los parques y glorietas como siempre en verano madrid se ha convertido en una calma unánime pero agradece nuestra permanencia a contrapelo de los más es un agosto de eclosión privada sin mercaderes ni paraguas sin comitivas ni mitines en ningún otro mes del larguísimo año existe enlace tan sutil entre la poderosa metrópoli y nosotros pecadores afortunadamente los árboles han vuelto a ser protagonistas del aire gratuito como antes cuando los ecologistas no eran todavía imprescindibles también los pájaros disfrutan ala batiente de una urbe que inesperadamente se transforma en vivible y volable los madrileños han huido a la montaña y a marbella a ciudadela y benidorm a formentor y tenerife y nos entregan sin malicia a los otros que ahora por fin somos nosotros un madrid sorprendente casi vacante       despejado limpio de hollín y disponible en él andamos como dueños tercermundistas del arrobo en solidarias pulcras avenidas sudando con unción la gota gorda el verano no es tiempo de fragor sino de verde tregua empalagados del rencor insomne estamos como nunca dispuestos a la paz en el rato estival la historia se detiene y todos descubrimos una vida postiza pero cuando el asueto se termine volverán a sonar las bocinas los gritos las sirenas los mueras y los vivas bombas y zambombazos y las dulces metódicas campanas durante tres fecundas estaciones nadie se acordará de pájaros y árboles
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A trio of scarlet tomatoes perch on my kitchen windowsill, traveled here in the hands of a friend. These are New Mexican tomatoes, brought to my Portland home, tres soles against the grey rain of Oregon. She made salsa for me, and was on her way, leaving behind her luminous Kat-laughter, and three red tomatoes.
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Apr 30, 2016
Apr 30, 2016 at 2:57 PM UTC
A Trio of Scarlet Tomatoes
This was written a few Septembers ago.  Walking on the streets of a now deserted beach island, only the leaves, in various states, to keep me company. September, walk with me, under bridges of wedding tree canopies, still green aplenty, tho subtle marked for change, making summer illusions, environmentally unsustainable. September, stroll on pathways of lesser, off the track, shaded lanes, the sun blocker trees wear new necklaces, brown and yellow diamonds, a coming attraction of their denouement, their denudement. The September trees are: Ever so slightly stooped, bent with weight of a surety, knowing with high certainty, their future, bleak, bowed and drooped, discouraged by the cold travails soon to arrive. Living in the recent past, I am dressed inappropriately, white tee and shorts, past pretender, still dressed in my Gap issue summer uniform, summer suspended animation. Island streets are de-humanized, gone home are the children, newly fallen leaves have, their place, taken. The leaves are: magically organized along the sidelines of empty streets, quiet stadiums of would be kid's touch football fields.   browned, crisp and soulless, first greet this solitary stroller, like a cheering throng of ghosts, celebrating a sighting - man, as a seasonal fossil, one that still is living and worth reminding, yet human too shall pass when his fall arrives. the leave's cheers make over into jeers and mocking laughs: Oh humans, they say, your summer songs naive, mais tres charmant. On Crescent Beach, the driftwood sadly forlorn, looking more adrift than ever, for no one passes to express admiration at the past seasons Nouveau Expressionism, an objet d'art lonely, for the beach gallery shuttered,   raising questions existential. Is driftwood on the beach sans human admiration, art, truth or refuse? I am looking backwards as the Earth moves forward. My own axis, my eyes, conscientious objectors refuse to be pressed into service of the seasons. No, no, to involuntary servitude, to rotation and revolution. Nature's witnesses, trees and leaves write their own poem, of foolish men who: Bow and droop, discouraged by the travails soon to arrive, Delaying their own fall, finally shed summer delusions like leaves upon the ground, summer poetry silenced, summer suspended, no more.
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Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 at 8:06 AM UTC
September Summer Suspended Animation
This was written a few Septembers ago.  Walking on the streets of a now deserted beach island, only the leaves, in various states, to keep me company. September, walk with me, under bridges of wedding tree canopies, still green aplenty, tho subtle marked for change, making summer illusions, environmentally unsustainable. September, stroll on pathways of lesser, off the track, shaded lanes, the sun blocker trees wear new necklaces, brown and yellow diamonds, a coming attraction of their denouement, their denudement. The September trees are: Ever so slightly stooped, bent with weight of a surety, knowing with high certainty, their future, bleak, bowed and drooped, discouraged by the cold travails soon to arrive. Living in the recent past, I am dressed inappropriately, white tee and shorts, past pretender, still dressed in my Gap issue summer uniform, summer suspended animation. Island streets are de-humanized, gone home are the children, newly fallen leaves have, their place, taken. The leaves are: magically organized along the sidelines of empty streets, quiet stadiums of would be kid's touch football fields.   browned, crisp and soulless, first greet this solitary stroller, like a cheering throng of ghosts, celebrating a sighting - man, as a seasonal fossil, one that still is living and worth reminding, yet human too shall pass when his fall arrives. the leave's cheers make over into jeers and mocking laughs: Oh humans, they say, your summer songs naive, mais tres charmant. On Crescent Beach, the driftwood sadly forlorn, looking more adrift than ever, for no one passes to express admiration at the past seasons Nouveau Expressionism, an objet d'art lonely, for the beach gallery shuttered,   raising questions existential. Is driftwood on the beach sans human admiration, art, truth or refuse? I am looking backwards as the Earth moves forward. My own axis, my eyes, conscientious objectors refuse to be pressed into service of the seasons. No, no, to involuntary servitude, to rotation and revolution. Nature's witnesses, trees and leaves write their own poem, of foolish men who: Bow and droop, discouraged by the travails soon to arrive, Delaying their own fall, finally shed summer delusions like leaves upon the ground, summer poetry silenced, summer suspended, no more.
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red tile roof ... whitewash balcony in romanesque cemicircle , fridge full 'f                         1 litro bottles Alhambra cerveza -- clawfoot tub, coldwater (couture) $1000/week: (i could live on that) lucky strike spirals in spanish summer, bare feet on the railing upturned to sun beaming on pearly albayzin of granada. afternoon mojitos with a new woman ev'ry week. (reading magazines) spend 75 drunk nights ( reading ,   smoking ,   swilling gin ) & typewriter whirring out pages (underwood airbus laissez-faire) flamenco on a record player back in the house one of those spanish girls slipping off a white dress (which falls like a soft breath of cloud down to the ground and sits there still as death) as she gets into the jacuzzi. & spend 75 high days throwing change into fountains, hand up skirt of my carmen-du-jour. climb drydust hills with guinness tallcans in plastic borsa drinking dark beauties as golden orb hung in clouds keeps on grinning heatwaves. (feelin' like maybe perhaps possibly i be free)
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Jul 15, 2012
Jul 15, 2012 at 3:44 PM UTC
dream 162 / tres meses
Uno Matamlay siya Hindi man lang abot sa akin. Dos Pakuwari ko'y manhid siya't bingi Iihip, balakid pala ang munting tela. Tres Niyapos ko ang mas makapal na tela Hinagkan ang kabuuan Bumaluktot buhat sa kakulangan. Ulila ang mga paa Nais magtago nitong sampu Wala namang patutunguhan Kundi ang nalalabing tela sa ulunan. (6/29/14 @xirlleelang)
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Jun 28, 2014
Jun 28, 2014 at 12:32 PM UTC
Bintilador
*Un, dos, tres, un pasito 'palante, Maria!* Were the words that ignited her flare, seducing every man in the room with her dessert-like tone skin, cherry colored dress, and her Latin moves awing every soul. She embodied seduction, she embodied Salsa music. She was Salsa music.
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Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 at 2:36 PM UTC
Salsa Flavored
Binubuhay ng pag-iisa ang iba't ibang pakiramdam. Nalalaman mo na may mga bagay na 'di mo kayang gawin nang ikaw lang. Nailalabas ang kalungkutang ikaw lang ang nakakaalam. Nailuluha ang pighati na sa sarili mo lamang ipinapakita. Lumalakas ang pag-iyak na mumunting hikbi lang sa tuwing may kasama. Nauunawan mo na minsan kailangan mo lang din mapag-isa. Nagagawa **** maging matapang - Na kahit hindi mo kaya ay iyong sinusubukan. Nagagawa **** pasayahin ang iyong sarili. Hindi mo na kailangan pang magpanggap na hindi ka sawi. Dumadagsa ang mga kaisipan na sa pag-iisa mo lamang namamalayan. Ngunit sa lahat ng iyan, Napagtatanto mo na ang pinakamasakit na pag-iisa ay iyong may kasama ka. Wala naman kasing pagkakaiba 'yong pag-iisa na ikaw lang Sa pakikisama mo sa karamihan O sa tuwing napaliligiran ka ng tinatawag **** kaibigan. Pareho lang ang ibinibigay nilang pakiramdam. Pareho lang ang inuukit sa iyong isipan Na mag-isa ka - Kahit ikaw lang o kahit na mayroong kasama. © Tres
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Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 4:38 AM UTC
Sa Pag-iisa
Zombies are waddling toward their door. Witches are cackling, black cats are scratching, And the ghouls want brains and more. But Brig and Ophelia aren’t scared yet, They’re waiting inside, Gobbling strange snacks while they hide. It’s bugs they like to chew and gnaw; And they love to eat their spiders raw, Not fried with onions, like Granda; Or served with broccoli, like Nana. Not boiled with worms and creepy crawlers. Ciaran eats those, Not these crazed daughters. Ophelia and Brig Eat them raw, Alive, not dead, With wiggly legs and sharp jaws; And wrapped up with mosquito heads In white sticky spider webs. They eat Black Widows soaked in goblin blood And wicked witch’s poo; Made from bats and rats and unschooled fools, That witches eat to soften  stools. They eat fat spiders Floating in soup, That slide and wiggle Down their throat. They eat them with their mouldy cheese, Melted over wasps and bees. The girls fork down spider stew, They love the taste “Tres beaucoup.” The gravy’s made from a mummy’s spit, And sweat that drips from a ghoul’s armpit. They like their spiders spread on bread, A feast to feed the risen dead. When their snack is finally done, They’ll pick their teeth and scrape their tongues For Daddy Long Legs they didn’t eat. The long legs caught between their teeth. They'll use those legs to weave a wreath, To trick flies and bugs and lonely spiders Into their hungry House of Horrors.
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Oct 30, 2023
Oct 30, 2023 at 11:06 AM UTC
Brig and Ophelia's House of Horrors
it was suggested that there be no nexus between texas and your pal- omino - tagging the alamo, ** en el barrio, yo(u)- and your gringa  homecoming queen in tight-assed jeans -running with ms-13? -playing twister with your hipster sisters misters smith & wesson oiled up and and ready to go - new mexico? i found you in tres piedras at a place called ortega's eating huevos rancheros - shooting jose cuervo? -muthafucka mara salvatruchas in a red camaro and two bruthas on a burro with bow and arrows -stole your palomino? *-they shoot horses don't they?* riding the black el camino -on the blue mesa. r ~ 9/30/14
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Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014 at 6:08 PM UTC
black el camino on the blue mesa
~ ***TRAVEL TIME   TROPICS TRIP    TOURIST TOWN   TUNNEL TOLL   TICKET TAKER TAXI TOKEN   TRANSIT TRAIL   TRANSPORT TRUCK   TRACTOR TRAILER   TRAIN TRACK   TROUBLE TEST   TERROR TRAP   TRIBAL TURF   THINK TALK   TRY TRANSLATE   TONGUE TIED   TEMPER TAMPER   TIMEBOMB TICKING   TRINKET TRADE   TARIFF TERMS   TWINKLE TAX   TREASURE TOTAL   THEFT TAKEN   TWISTING THROBING   THIRSTY THROAT   TECATE TAVERN   TWO TEQUILA   TRES TACOS  TASTY TORTILLAS  TEN TEQUILA   TABLE TAB TIP TINA TAWDRY TROLLUP   TATTOO TABOO    TOE TAP   TICKLE TEASE   TERRIBLE TUNES   TENOR TONES    TRUMPETING TROUBADOURS   TWENTY TEENS   TICK TOCK   TARDY TIME   TIRESOME TESTIMONY   TOTALLY TRANSGRESSED   TUMULTUOUS TRAVELER***
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Jan 1, 2014
Jan 1, 2014 at 5:25 PM UTC
THE TUMULTUOUS TRAVELER (revised)
listening to French pop "I'll have liked it when it was cool before it get's cool" sriracha sauce on pesto pizza "The waiter was right the flavors are very complimentary to the palate." watching a ****** "me" movie "wow their color usage in the lighting really shows the Giallo Italian horror influence" Listening to the Friendly Indians "My favorite band? They are only popular in Orange County so you've probably not heard of them.... oh you have?" watching Un Chien Andalou "tres interessant" reading Sartre and Nietzsche "my favorite philosophers man." my pretention leaking out slowly to reveal I'm just a ********* underneath this finely unkempt exterior. Is that changing? Well no but i thought you should know anyway.
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Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 4:06 AM UTC
I'm a prentious ***** and if you get this poem you likely are too. But that's okay
Nagising ng Alas tres ng madaling araw tila wala ng araw na sisilaw Iniisip ang mga salita na binigkas mo sa araw na hiniwalayan mo ako Bakit hindi napansin ang iyong mga galaw Na ayaw mona at pagod ka na kaya nag-paalam Nabigkas mo ang mga salitang hindi ikaw ang dahilan kundi ako sinta Mga sandaling kay saya napalitan ng lungkot at luha Nakita ang luhang sanhi ng kalungkutan na nagmarka sa aking unan Na tila magmamarka na rin sa aking puso at isipan Bakit hindi napansin na hindi ka na pala masaya aking sinta Lumipas ang ilang araw, linggo at mga buwan Nakita kitang masaya at hindi na lumuluha kasama ang aking kaibigan Ako'y parang isang tangang tumatawang humuhikbi Basang basa sa ulan na umuwi Parang wala ng humpay ang sakit Gusto ng mawala sa mundong puno ng pait Kailan kaya ako makakakita ng isang taong hindi ako ipagpapalit Na magiging masaya kung ano ako at kung ano ang meron kami
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Jun 19, 2019
Jun 19, 2019 at 1:54 AM UTC
Kwento ng isang sawi
Dear Brady, Your hair is so luscious How is it so curly? It's like Fabio Learned what a curling iron is You're a straight baller Poppin' tres like it's nothin' You're like Kobe, Except you actually play You have a long way to go To dunk, even though you're like 6' 7" You have late team parties Pushed back 3 weeks I guess it's okay though At least you have them So you're Brady The curly-haired baller Who has late team parties. Nice to meet you.
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Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 8:29 AM UTC
Letter Poem to Brady
The "dark planet" it's called because a stars light can't reflect a single atom of brightness visible to the eye. Suspended in space light years and light years away an entire new world with a blackened sky. A human hand can't touch a surface too hot for clouds, that swims beneath supernovae, absorbing the potential of sunrise. The journey would pass through the Pillars of Creation around Sirius and Betelgeuse and Proxima Centuri. If I could explore many a glittering nebulae, with Sagittarius I could speculate and with comets could I pry. But on a marble's where we've thrived, and speculated a silver rock, why not look deeper to the veil of explosion And, with that, the wonders that colour our sky?
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May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 at 7:14 PM UTC
TrES-2b
I saw Agnes outside Harrods Looking tres chic, le chic I say darling, what's happening, sweetie where's your Wainpatrik from the sticks our erudite writer who thinks aspic is pate I gave that hick the 'go find your level' Agnes replied with a smile You know how it is with him and his drivel that coarse, crude, pretentious oik without a shovel He tries to be intelligent but his head is full of gravel bathes once a fortnight and has a todger like a weasel You can't beat good breeding, she continues those reconstituted barrow-boys with  B-Tech English thinking they are now genuine Lacks confidence, style, self assurance, wet as the Rhine ******* in the boudoir, sloppy kisser, todger like a string Bully and a coward trolling on his stolen PC, has no spine Hey, lets **** down round my pad, she purred You may be out of shape at the moment But who's cooler, more charismatic and interesting than vous Do you know you're the best I have ever had and I mean it too You're head and shoulders above Wainputrid and that's so true The twerp is so envious of you, he and his barrow mates stew Tales of your exploits and size just leaves them aghast and askew Hahaha...haha..she laughs as she linked arms, a glint in her eyes!
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Sep 1, 2018
Sep 1, 2018 at 1:59 PM UTC
Wainpatrik..resident Troll at MPS.....
A Parody Brigitte my love Our Country suffers of many debts The people are restless Whatever shall we do love? Ah Macron, we must think past the cookies The solutions are complex, answers evasive Let me speak with Marie Antoinette, she shall know! Queen of Navarre, By god we shall be saved! Marie, Marie Antoinette our people are restless Our republic is in debt. these are crazy times! Whatever shall we do? I am fed up, allons-y Ah fear not, if they have not bread! Let them eat Nutella! Lower the prices Nutella for the masses!!! Marie, are you sure? very very sure of such things? Oui oui, on with it, my father was emperor of Rome Nutella will calm the masses Come here Nemo. taste, see even Nemo is tres happy now! And so France lowered the prices of Nutella Thus began the nouveau French Revolution Riots in the streets, brawling in the magasins The uprising has began, we want our Nutella for free The masses rose Nutella for all, Nutella for sans prix We are all somewhat fou for Nutella you see! And so the masses fought each other for Nutella's liberty Nutella one and Nut Ella all! I swear to your Brigette We should have given them Macarons!!! People remain civilized with cafe and cookies! n'est pas? Emmanuel my love, fret not The revolution shall be quelled Qh I have the perfect person for this He shall restore order to our dear republic Prey tell Brigette? Who could do such a thing now Riots everywhere, the masses fight each other daily? The streets are not safe There is a shortages of Nutella now, we are doomed cheri Non non mon amour, I shall call Alizee She shall sing us out of the terrible mess She is the mistress of Doug McMillion This man can save us all!! Brigitte, who is this man you call Doug? Why Emmanuel he is the president of Walmart He has squashed many Black Fridays rebellions He shall save us all!!!!!! From these unruly unsavory Nutella shoppers!!!!! Vive la France! Vive Alizee Mange ton macaroon mon cheri C'est ton droit et ta liberté
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Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018 at 1:18 AM UTC
French Revolution
A Parody Brigitte my love Our Country suffers of many debts The people are restless Whatever shall we do love? Ah Macron, we must think past the cookies The solutions are complex, answers evasive Let me speak with Marie Antoinette, she shall know! Queen of Navarre, By god we shall be saved! Marie, Marie Antoinette our people are restless Our republic is in debt. these are crazy times! Whatever shall we do? I am fed up, allons-y Ah fear not, if they have not bread! Let them eat Nutella! Lower the prices Nutella for the masses!!! Marie, are you sure? very very sure of such things? Oui oui, on with it, my father was emperor of Rome Nutella will calm the masses Come here Nemo. taste, see even Nemo is tres happy now! And so France lowered the prices of Nutella Thus began the nouveau French Revolution Riots in the streets, brawling in the magasins The uprising has began, we want our Nutella for free The masses rose Nutella for all, Nutella for sans prix We are all somewhat fou for Nutella you see! And so the masses fought each other for Nutella's liberty Nutella one and Nut Ella all! I swear to your Brigette We should have given them Macarons!!! People remain civilized with cafe and cookies! n'est pas? Emmanuel my love, fret not The revolution shall be quelled Qh I have the perfect person for this He shall restore order to our dear republic Prey tell Brigette? Who could do such a thing now Riots everywhere, the masses fight each other daily? The streets are not safe There is a shortages of Nutella now, we are doomed cheri Non non mon amour, I shall call Alizee She shall sing us out of the terrible mess She is the mistress of Doug McMillion This man can save us all!! Brigitte, who is this man you call Doug? Why Emmanuel he is the president of Walmart He has squashed many Black Fridays rebellions He shall save us all!!!!!! From these unruly unsavory Nutella shoppers!!!!! Vive la France! Vive Alizee Mange ton macaroon mon cheri C'est ton droit et ta liberté
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Je suis tres fatigue. Je veux dormir. Où est le lit? J'aime sommeil. Je vais a ma chambre. Je n'aime pas travailler. Je veux ai fermé mes yeux et serais reves. Bonne nuit, au revoir.
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Apr 20, 2010
Apr 20, 2010 at 6:14 PM UTC
Fatigue