One of the best parts about movies, literature, and art in general is that you can rewatch/reread them and always learn something new. The movies I’ve watched before can feel like brand new encounters because the experiences I’ve had since then now reframe movies in a new context. Moreover, rewatching …
Perception is a symptom and living a sign of life
To drive to the hospital plunged in blue— tenting this cyanotic skin
Hiya: Saving Face, Anxiety, and Asian-Americans “Wasn’t he Filipino?” Jisoo asked as we walked in. “He might be. Southeast Asian at …
No bulwark here but barren land— filtered arctic beats the aseptic cowl—
Does the soul linger after the last heart beat? Does it uncover the lines and cords strewn on the body—
From the hallway I can see your eyes wide with desire
Telomere— the end is here— Cold leaf on a windshield— wiped— conducts the end of songs—
An ear-thirsty tick— infects the hips The once, proudly latched— now, ails us with sick tips and blips
Buwan Many poems of indigenous Filipino tribes contain imagery of the moon. Below is a poem (ambahan) of the Hanunoo people from Antoon Postma’s Treasure …