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Abdul, on the eve of an ambush
Abdul, on the eve of an ambush a rifle rests in my arms for now steel chilling the bones which ache for the children and the wife in my mind and the maddening smell of morning rice as in a … Continue reading
Posted in book, poetry, politics
Tagged ambush, Ateneo de Manila University Press, jolo, Mindanao, Ricardo de Ungria, Sulu
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a tense life
a tense life against a calm sky, a clear day, but only for a while. © said sadain, jr. 2013
Posted in nature, photography, poetry
Tagged calm, Cordyline, Cycad, Cycas, lines, malaysia, palm lily, pulau kapas, sago palm, tense, Terengganu
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Peculiar Speed of the 5-7-5s
In a parallel universe, I would have been a prolific writer, churning out, day and night, streams of prose and poetry, and kilometric reams of novels and essays, you would wonder if I ever stop for anything, if I ever … Continue reading
Posted in about me, book, fiction writing, haiku, nature, photography, poetry
Tagged 5-7-5, book, family, work, writing
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this is water
this is water this is water we must learn to love while it embraces us beneath our skins and with our best to keep it pure lest we forget to swim and drown in sins.
The Tempest
The Tempest It looms on the horizon riding the back of waves raising sails in ashen canvas that can only burst to spread fury and fire rains and dancing dervishes. It draws in breath to still the air so that … Continue reading
Posted in nature, poetry
Tagged clouds, covenant, dervish, Elysian, maelstrom, nature, oyster, pearls, poetry, Poseidon, scourge, tempest, typhoons, University of the Philippines, UP Literary Apprentice, worry beads
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The Hard Lane
the hard lane there are fast lanes that do not wait, we either get crushed, or get there sooner, or we can stand by to see the rush, and think of falling, and rising water.
last man standing
last man standing under the moon this day each day the clock reminds my eyes are tired as if i do not know, the dark room unclasps me into the dusk to grapple with bleary visions of tomorrow, i am … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, photography, poetry
Tagged 5-7-5, AMOLED, car, car parks, clock, drudgery, empery, gloom, iEye, last man standing, melancholy, moon, poetry, story, tides, trickles, uncompromising, wall
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Babel Rising: 4 – At 4:00 am
4 – At 4:00 am At 4:00 am, Salm woke up with the ethereal feeling that the whole night sky was shining through the window. His tabletop, tilted 110o to face his bed, was glowing softly. It was strange that his … Continue reading
Posted in babel rising - a short story, fiction writing, information technology, poetry, science & technology, short story
Tagged a cappella, agony, AI, artificial intelligence, babel rising, chat, communicator, computer, continent, dance of the sugar plum fairy, database, e-mail, information, Internet, Internet of Things, linguist, longing, music, pablo neruda, peacekeeping, poetry, tabletop, tchaikovsky, technology, time zone, tower of babel
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