Stories

Manong Dyoso / Erlinda K. Alburo

The first rain / Annabelle Tan-Amor

Bear's claw / Ligaya Barcenas

Ang buwan ug ang buktot / Perla Blanca

The dead boy / Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

The virgin's last night / Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

The departure / Erma M. Cuizon

The return / Erma M. Cuizon

The woman who had a star / Ruby T. Enario

The man and the voice / Lilia N. Lopez-Chua

Little world / Lilia N. Lopez-Chua

Adula / Aida Rivera-Ford

A window in the war / Aida Rivera-Ford

Tulokbon / Alice Tan Gonzalez

Sometime, somewhere / Rosario P. Isiderio

Billy Joe / Fanny H. B. Llego

Rabbit, granda, and littletree / Mitzi Lungay

Homecoming / Margarita Marfori

Grandmother bids me goodbye / Christine Godinez Ortega

The wake / Fe N. Reyes

Poems

Padulong sa baybayon / Erlinda K. Alburo

Patay na tuod si Maria Clara / Erlinda K. Alburo

Bakuko, balas, ug ulahipan / Erlinda K. Alburo

Kun unsaon pagdakop ang bulalakaw / Merlie M. Alunan

Ang misay kun mangangalon / Merlie M. Alunan

Ang tulay sa dawis / Merlie M. Alunan

On a lost ship to Erehwon (or the poets' fate) / Merlie M. Alunan

Street child / Becky N. Alviola

Child's fall / Becky N. Alviola

Legacy / Becky N. Alviola

Happy hour / Becky N. Alviola

Hot showers / Annabelle T. Amor

Womenspeak / Eva S. E. Aranas

Mandoliman marancing / Eva S. E. Aranas

To Vincent who complained of chest pain / Eva S. E. Aranas

Pilipinas pagkabulahan ikaw / Pafuncia Borja

The dreaming of Eistlin / Dindin Cañete

Street witch / Dulce Cuna-Anacion

The oxymorons of anger / Dulce Cuna-Anacion

Tontoy Tudlok / Dulce Cuna-Anacion

Sleep / Ma. Milagros T. Dumdum

For my daugther on her first birthday / Ma. Milagros T. Dumdum

Spirit / Ma. Milagros T. Dumdum

The harpist / Ma. Milagros T. Dumdum

Alang kang Nana Salvacion, edad 69 / Ruby T. Enario

Is it the kingfisher? / Marjorie M. Evasco

The Canadianborder / Marjorie M. Evasco

Sonnet to a vacant sleep / Ma. Zenaida B. French

Demon-lover / Ma. Zenaida B. French

Motugway siya ug kanding / Marvi Gil

Hayahay nakon / Magdalena G. Jalandoni

Dakpa ang kilumkilum / Ester M. Jundis

Awakening / Pura L. Kintanar

The buses to Argao / Pura L. Kintanar

A day at the newsroom / Pura L. Kintanar

The collection order / Clarita Kwan

Within bounds / Clarita Kwan

The look / Clarita Kwan

Katalona / Elsa MArtinez Coscolluela

Katipunera / Elsa MArtinez Coscolluela

Water bearer / Elsa MArtinez Coscolluela

Maidservant / Maria Cristina Martinez-Juan

Matchboxes / Maria Cristina Martinez-Juan

Meat cuts / Maria Cristina Martinez-Juan

Splinters / Maria Cristina Martinez-Juan

A meduim-rare encounter / Maria Milagros G. Lachica

Paper dolls / Maria Milagros G. Lachica

Lupa kagbaybay sa pinggan / Maria Milagros G. Lachica

Pabay-i ang bulan / Maria Milagros G. Lachica

Poem by a child who ate worms / Lilia N. Lopez-Chua

Waking / Lilia N. Lopez-Chua

Arachne remembered / Nelia Heloise Lungay

Higala / Marianiata Mangubat

Mga kabog / Luz De Mañana

Epistles for Ophie, friend / Rhoda R. Montes-Cebricus

Sundial / Rhoda R. Montes-Cebricus

Letter crazy / Christine Godinez-Ortega

The goose lady / Christine Godinez-Ortega

You the emptiness I cupped / Leolyn Panes-Jugador

Cigarette / Jocelyn Pinzon

T'boli / Jocelyn Pinzon

Rematado sale / Jocelyn Pinzon

Bisperas sa bagyo / Jocelyn Pinzon

Salapi / Salud Quiña

Madyik / Fe Echavia Remotigue

Palihug / Fe Echavia Remotigue

Memorandum to a daugther / Fe N. Reyes

Pruning / Fe N. Reyes

Bougainvillea / Fe N. Reyes

Hymn / Fe N. Reyes

Offering / Fe N. Reyes

Tingligbos! / Lucia Segarra

Bisan lugod may kinabuhi / Rowena Seloterio

Harbor home / Myrna Peña-Reyes Sweet

Passing through / Myrna Peña-Reyes Sweet

An overused dress / Ma. Paloma Sandiego

Delicate times / Ma. Paloma Sandiego

Just another case / Ma. Paloma Sandiego

At weddings and wakes / Leahlizbeth Angbetic Sia

Seveteen / Leahlizbeth Angbetic Sia

The game / Leahlizbeth Angbetic Sia

Tambag kang Bartang pakyas sa gugma ug uban pa / Leticia U. Suarez

Tibalas / Leticia U. Suarez

Kamusta ka, Cristine? / Alice Tan Gonzales

Sentensya / Alice Tan Gonzales

The rug / Marlinda Angbetic Tan

Mother Chang / Marlinda Angbetic Tan

Ang asawa sa mangingisda / Ester Tapia

Ang banga / Ester Tapia

Nanalingsing ang ulan / Ester Tapia

Handulamay, bayokawi, sambulawan / Ester Tapia

Holding the mainland / Edith L. Tiempo

Mining resources / Edith L. Tiempo

Asylum flowers / Rowena Tiempo-Torrevillas

Mountain baptismal / Rowena Tiempo-Torrevillas

The seeress / Rowena Tiempo-Torrevillas

Across the moon / Michelle Varron

Taligsik, ting-init / Catherie Viado

Sakay sa jeepney pauli sa amo / Catherie Viado

A not-so-kabuki story / Catherie Viado