by Bridge Telva Mapangdol | Jun 16, 2019 | Essays
Anger. Sorrow. Pain. Universal cancers compounded by time. The cure is liberation determined by time. The comfort is hope sustained by time. While man endures all these, he has not forgotten to capture their progression. Through his various competencies, each face of...
by Bridge Telva Mapangdol | Jun 16, 2019 | Poems
Aniya: Ah, Louisian ka pala. Sa maingate nakita kita, Doon ika’y nakatanga. Namumula.Nakikibaka. Mas maingay ka pa sa tindera. Ang mama dinadamay mo pa. Sa kapwa ’di ka naawa, Dinidikta pagpasok nila. Louisian, humarap ka! Sa akin mo ipakita Dakila mong paniniwala....
by Bridge Telva Mapangdol | Jun 16, 2019 | Poems
You treated my eyes and you saw the lines of my passion’s recesses. You enclosed my mouth into yours and whispered a vision of my life’s bearing. In darkness, hate and anger, you wandered along my being. Bound my hands, Stained of lashes, scratches and flames. You...
by Bridge Telva Mapangdol | Jun 16, 2019 | Poems
When calendars move, I make someone richer. Kill my pocket if you wish Break the head that you can’t keep For you know you cannot steal Wishing there is more to fill. Bind my hands on solid steel For me to move my life revealed Debris of unpronounced life they fear I...
by Bridge Telva Mapangdol | Jun 16, 2019 | Poems
11:30 The amorous melody, the reflection of serenity, The incensement of hope. Bless my eulogy… I’m sustained by blood. 11:35 The vast universe of no end, the mind exploded, The neon lights’ glimmer. Seal my fate. I’m the ash…gone. 11:40 Engulf my flesh ’til dusk...