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AWIT SA MANDARAGAT
Ni Victoria Kapauan-Gaerlan

Halika't sisirin
ang aking mga mata
pagmasdan ang mga isdang
bahaghari sa pagitan
ng korales.

Hulihin ang bahaghari
isilid sa garapon
takpan, iuwi, itago
sa dilim ng makitid mong
silid.

Kay gandang pagmasdan
kulay ng liwanag
lalo na't bumabagyo
at hindi maaaring
pumalaot.

Matalim ang korales
mailap ang isda.

Hamunin ang sarili
masugatan man, o malunod
O amining hindi ka marunong
lumangoy.

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SARAH GAMBITO
GLOBAL FILIPINO LITERARY AWARD FOR POETRY

Untitled

Scene: A Loom

Paloma's Church in America

Grief God

The Glitter Lamb

Passage

EDGAR BACONG
Habang Nag-iisa sa Warsaw

Oda Para Kay Inay

YMUS BLUMENTRITT
Forty-four Geese

CARLENE SOBRINO BONNIVIER
Rejectionitis

CYNTHIA BUIZA
Time Warp

Waiting for the Poem

JENNY CARIÑO
No Return

GLORIA ALOP DEL CARMEN
Sa Emong's

ROLLY DELOS SANTOS
Malapot na Tubig

MAYBEL FERNANDEZ
Gunita

ALMIRA ASTUDILLO GILLES
Balancing Act

Mangoes

AILEEN IBARDALOZA
Clematis

LUISA IGLORIA
Rice

Olan-olan

PAOLO JAVIER
English Is an Occupation

VICTORIA KAPAUAN -GAERLAN
Awit sa Mandaragat

Panamilit

MINNIE G. MAÑALAC
Untitled 3

JOHN MCKNIGHT
Dear Heart of Sweet Perfume

RENE J. NAVARRO
Kari-Kari

PAPA OSMUBAL
BA Flight No. 032 (1977) to Kai Tak Airport, Hongkong

PATRIA RIVERA
1945

Sitting down for tea with the First Lady

SONNY C. SENDON
Nang Matanggap Ko ang Sulat ni Itay Galing sa Alaska

Pantalan

EILEEN R. TABIOS
from ";Song is Subjective" ; The Embodiment of Language

Unplayed Piano Music

Thin Music
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