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Daw: Poetry Sampler
Free poetry sampler from the author's previous works: Paper Cage (1987), Lola Coqueta (2009), and Maybe Something (2015). A digital release during the enhanced community quarantine in the Philippines to thank all those who donated to initiatives and drives to help frontliners and vulnerable communities.
27 pages, ebook
Published May 5, 2020
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Isabela Banzon
8 books11 followersBorn in Manila, grew up in the university town of Los Baños, Laguna and has lived in Quezon City since 1971.
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January 20, 2022
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lines for my friends:
to E, who introduced Banzon to me two years ago. i was asking you to introduce me to a national democratic movement organization at the time, and somehow, like all good conversations, we ended up talking about poetry. "We are shadows in a show not of ourselves. / who are we / that to leave you in the island of the gods / is difficult." from Rindu.
to K. one time, three years ago, in my income taxation class, C told me i look a lot like you during a ten minute break, minutes before i went down with R to get some coffee. i couldn't stop thinking about it. good or bad? "after tonight, when i'm through acting out / little scenes and conversations in / my head until nothing remains but / your absence, / i'm back to square one." from Killing Memory.
to P, what is it like now in dubai? visit me in my dreams as quickly as you are able to. "where i come from, the chempaka is like / the ilang-ilan, the frangipani is the calachuchi; / but i suppose. they aren't important, these / distinctions." from Letter to Mr. Thumboo.
lines for my friends:
to E, who introduced Banzon to me two years ago. i was asking you to introduce me to a national democratic movement organization at the time, and somehow, like all good conversations, we ended up talking about poetry. "We are shadows in a show not of ourselves. / who are we / that to leave you in the island of the gods / is difficult." from Rindu.
to K. one time, three years ago, in my income taxation class, C told me i look a lot like you during a ten minute break, minutes before i went down with R to get some coffee. i couldn't stop thinking about it. good or bad? "after tonight, when i'm through acting out / little scenes and conversations in / my head until nothing remains but / your absence, / i'm back to square one." from Killing Memory.
to P, what is it like now in dubai? visit me in my dreams as quickly as you are able to. "where i come from, the chempaka is like / the ilang-ilan, the frangipani is the calachuchi; / but i suppose. they aren't important, these / distinctions." from Letter to Mr. Thumboo.
August 14, 2025
A classic and rich Pinoy genre.
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