Naming the Trees by Eric Gamalinda
“home is that place / you are continually born into, / that you leave with no regret, / that grows smaller each time you return.” — Eric Gamalinda
Solar by Luisa A. Igloria
"I worry I can no longer pretend / enough to get through another / year of pretending
Yevtushenko, On A Rainy Day by Benilda S. Santos
"He is saying between quotation marks / that look like droplets of rain / suspended near the edge / of my windowpane, / he is saying, // “And I run like mad / Never catching up with myself.”"
When the Heart Flies from Its Place by Eric Gamalinda
"how the heart feels / when it flies for no reason other than" — Eric Gamalinda
Lumbay ni Rolando S. Tinio
"Mukhang uulan sa buong mundo. / Wala na ang mahal ko, iniwanan ako." — Rolando S. Tinio
Paglikha ni Benilda S. Santos
"Ako ang ulap na bilanggo ng liwanag at dilim / na magpahanggang-ngayon lambong lamang ng buwan" — Benilda S. Santos
‘Cello by Ramón C. Sunico
“the way he favors / his left hand (which touches / its strings) as if it were a wing // that touched God;” — Ramón C. Sunico
Pagwawalay ni Rolando S. Tinio
"May mga kalungkutang hindi mabansagan, / Walang dahilan o katwiran" — Rolando S. Tinio
Old Maid Walking on a City Street by Angela Manalang-Gloria
"Because her mind refused the heavy burden, / Her broad feet shovelled up the world." — Angela Manalang-Gloria