I Have Begrudged the Years by Angela Manalang-Gloria
“Therefore behold me now, a Timon bent / On hoarding each coin of love that should be spent / On you and you,” — Angela Manalang-Gloria
Cementerio del Norte by Angela Manalang-Gloria
“White tombs so desolately splendid, bone unto alien bone,” — Angela Manalang-Gloria
Querida by Angela Manalang-Gloria
“The door is closed, the curtains drawn within / One room, a brilliant question mark of light
#136 [The, hands, on, the, piano, are, armless.] by José García Villa
“No, one, is, at, the, piano. / The, hands, begin, and, end, there.” — José García Villa
Landscape II by Carlos A. Angeles
"And universal tenderness which drains / The sucked and golden breath of sky comes bare." – Carlos A. Angeles
To the Man I Married by Angela Manalang-Gloria
"You who are earth, O never doubt that I / Need you no less because I need the sky!" – Angela Manalang-Gloria
Revolt From Hymen by Angela Manalang-Gloria
"To turn the face this way and that and feel / No kisses festering on it like sores," – Angela Manalang-Gloria
Soledad by Angela Manalang-Gloria
"Her soul's cathedral burned by his desires" – Angela Manalang-Gloria
Kanina ni Rolando S. Tinio
"Nagsimulang bumalong sa aking kalooban, / Halos dalamhating walang ngalan, walang saysay," – Rolando S. Tinio