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blood moon risen
a blood moon risen, is it blemished with my sins, wounded with my pains? © said sadain, jr. 2018
Posted in about me, essay, general, nature, photography, poetry
Tagged blood moon, damas tree, jeddah, lunar eclipse, Mars, Moon Toon, poetry, Serafi Mall, THE RED PLANET please!
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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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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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mt. tumantangis
mt. tumantangis (from the collection: Mt. Tumantangis and Other Poems on Sulu) she lays open the breast to the sea and crouches low enough to ward off the winds, her brows impose the wisdom of the time harder than the jutting … Continue reading
windows are made for breathing
windows are made for breathing even when they’re closed they get more respect than doors that divide when shut or disquiet when open
Posted in haiku, mixed media, nature, photography, poetry
Tagged breathing, doors, eggs, haiku, hatchlings, ledges, life, nesting, pigeons, poetry, tanka, video, windows
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2 while waiting
the times we wait everyone of us at one time or another has waited for something
Posted in photography, poetry
Tagged mobile phone, photo challenge, photography, poem, poetry, smartphone, waiting, writing
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Circuitry
Circuitry The electric circuitry paces An environmental complex even as The swinging of one’s cradle Accelerates to and fro And to and fro: Finally dislodges me.
Posted in about me, collection: untitled (1976), essay, information technology, poetry, politics, science & technology
Tagged blogging, circuitry, computer, crescendo, Diliman, electrical, engineering, Focus Philippines Magazine, homesteading, identity, jolo, Kerima Polotan-Tuvera, Manila, martial law, Mindanews, philippines, poetry, Quezon City, Said Sadain, secessionist, Southern Mindanao, Sulu, technology, University of the Philippines, wiring, WordPress, writing, Zamboanga
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rustles of bamboo leaves one fine afternoon (a collection)
‘Rustles of bamboo leaves one fine afternoon’ is not exactly a new collection, though this is the first time that it is being posted for general reading. Written on a bright and breezy March afternoon, in six short parts, shelved … Continue reading
