Compost by Dan Chelotti
“Pretty, Selma said. / Yes, I said. And underneath my yes / Another yes, the yes to my body” — Dan Chelotti
Not Horses by Natalie Shapero
“I know how it feels, born as I’ve been / into these rotting times, as into sin. Everybody’s / busy, so distraught they forget to kill me, / and even that won’t keep me alive.” — Nathalie Shapero
Sa Tabi ng Dagat ni Ildefonso Santos
"Sa dagat man, irog, ng kaligayahan, / lahat, pati puso / ay naaagnas ding marahang-marahan