God Said, “I Made a Man”
God said, “I made a man Out of clay – But so bright he, he spun Himself to brightest Day Till he was all shining...
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Death
We are Leaves of Life’s tree — And death is the wind that shakes The branches gently ’till its leaves All fall. Our Reader Score...
The House of Zapote Street
Dr. Leonardo Quitangon, a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, cool-tempered Caviteno, was still fancy-free at 35 when he returned to Manila, after six years abroad. Then, at the...
Indecision
He craves to sit beside the shady buttress Of some ancient tree, Or better still, on some abandoned beach, Or on a ferny hillside sloping...
Love In The Cornhusks
Tinang stopped and waited before the Seňora’s gate. The dog’s came to bark at her and her baby cried out loud. Not so long, Tito,...
Like a Joke that Seems True
Pets and lightning may strike them in Manila But pray not here in the restaurant of Go Bani The filthy “pansit” still delights the tongues,...
A Dialogue Among Clever People
ONCE some guests were gathered in a rich man’s home, and it happened that a serious conversation about life arose. They talked about persons absent...
All Over The World
ONE evening in August 1941, I came out of a late movie to a silent, cold night. I shivered a little as I stood for...
The Creation Story (Tagalog Myth)
When the world first began there was no land, but only the sea and the sky, and between them was a kite (a bird something...
The Children of the Limokon
This story is a myth from the Mandaya tribe of Mindanao, Philippines. In the very early days before there were any people on the earth,...
