Liyab

by FRANZ ZOE STOELZL BAROÑA AURELIO POUNDED his knuckles onto the door of a two-story townhouse in Binondo. His calloused fingers throbbed while sustaining the weight of two buckets of fried chicken and two bottles of Coke. When the door opened, his tense eyes leered onto a man of his…

by VON ZYRON P. ALIMORONG   IT WAS a pale October morning when Kyle found himself inside Romuel’s Oldbarn again. He was a man worn by age and grief, yet he glanced around the vintage shop with youthful glitter in his eyes.  He did not want to be there alone.…

by TRIXCY ANNE B. LOSERIAGA   Pluto had swung his rusty scythe, as the children lay their promises before the sleeping maiden.   Flowers embraced her,  as nature soothes her delicate soul. The moon glows bright tonight, illuminating her way towards the gate.   She knew she was no match…

by ABIGAIL M. ADRIATICO I will never be accustomed to the silence  in my halls now bathed in darkness, for all that is left in my hallowed ground once graced by hope and harmony are the timid footsteps of those that come and go, bearing nothing but unease and uncertainty.…

by CZERIZHA KAIZEL S. ADZUARA THERE WAS hardly a rise and fall of the tides. Ramil approached the waters, a seastorm stirring within his chest. He watched the graceful ebb and flow of the sea—in hopes to find serenity in the coastline. Alone and deep in thought, Ramil settled down…

My beloved languished was I  whenever I recall   those luscious lips of yours.   Your fiery soul concealing the blissful agony of my sworn brothers.   Their sunken eyes  cloaked in your warm embrace. How I wished to reunite with them  but Tyche was never in my favor.    My…

by TRIXCY ANNE B. LOSERIAGA MALAYO RIN ang nilakad ni Dana bago niya natanaw ang pampang.  Maaliwalas ang simoy ng hangin at ang mga bata ay nagtatampisaw sa tubig. Nagkalat sa dalampasigan ang liwanag ng mga alitaptap.  Dumako ang ilang alitaptap sa kinaroroonan ni Dana. Hinuli niya ang isa subalit…