Marías at Sampaguitas
Poem by Elodie Rose Barnes
Summer, Paris For days, now the fan has spun its lonely circles around the same spot on the ceiling, the only thing, it seems, that...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Poem by Karlo Sevilla
Sumbat Mas panatag ako Sa bubog sa daan Na malayo pa lang Ay maaring makita; Lalo na’t kung maaninagan Ng sinag ng araw, Ito ay kikinang,...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Poem by Karlo Sevilla
Kung Mabutas ang Kisame at Mahulog ang Dagang Kumakaluskos Ang bagsak sa tuktok ng aking ulo, Kung ako'y nakatingin nang diretso. O sa...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Poem by Karlo Sevilla
Tag-ulan Na Naman... Pag nagkapera, magrerenta Ng condo unit. Sa ika-sampung palapag. At kapag umuulan, tatabi Sa bintana. Aasa na sa...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Poem by Dr. Krushna Chandra Mishra
REST Why at all when the sun goes down I find in me an unusual emptiness that grows and grows making me dull and pale and placid and...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 10, 20192 min read
Poem by Shreyaa Tandel
I fell in love with a dress.. You know how love is Insane, blind Absolute, pure Invincible, impeccable And adjectives further to add on...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Poem by Lauren Elizabeth Taylor
How Will I Sound When My Voice Returns? will words gush froth over sand-dry lips and caress the feet of strangers? perhaps, a voice...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 7, 20191 min read
Poem by Christine Bumatay
Four Years Later The blinds sway back and forth with the glass window half open and the midnight air enters this studio filled with...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 7, 20191 min read
Poem by LE Francis
Gray sky, empty page I love the way he rocks back & forth like an aspen tree with tilted arms & hair flickering in the light as it dances...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 7, 20192 min read
Poem by April Frances Federico
Thick Thighs and Trying Times I bought a pair of high waisted jeans that button and zip— not jeggings. Jeggings were the only pant I...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 7, 20191 min read
Poem by April Frances Federico
A Lineage of Cardinal-Red Lips I put on a bold, red lip on a January, Sunday morning, channeling my inner Marilyn Monroe, feeling like I...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 7, 20191 min read
Poem by April Frances Federico
The Taboo of Wearing a Black Thong By now, we’ve all gotten to the point where talking about sex is natural. My best friend bought a...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 6, 20191 min read
Poem by Rickey Rivers Jr
The Rain You spoke so softly. I couldn't hear you over the rain. What did you say? I was focused on the rain. It sounded so beautiful...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 6, 20191 min read
Poem by Rickey Rivers Jr
Water Remains You've been gone a long time and yet I'm still picking up your things, hairbrush, comb, hair. Everything you left is...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Poem by Morgan Russell
Dichotomy—your name is womxn Is there anything so unloved as a daughter? Is there anything so loved as a daughter? Morgan Russell...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Poem by Morgan Russell
I sneezed in church and my neighbor said the devil took my soul Can you conceptualize the price of womanhood? Give them your life. They...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 3, 20192 min read
Poem by Morgan Russell
Not a Metamorphosis Metaphor Sencha chimes. Try to wake but mostly sleep. Sleep. Too much sleep and too little sleep are both markers of...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Poem by Lynne Schmidt
A Place to Rest This felt like a place to rest: a soft pillow for my head to lean against warmth to press into on cold nights. This felt...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jul 3, 20192 min read
Poem by Tiny Tanaka
Yelling You’re such a little bitch! You know that with your grades you’ll never get into a good school! the yelling the yelling the...
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jun 30, 20191 min read
Poem by Gervanna Stephens
“Well this doesn’t rhyme, instead of...” My mother sends me old pictures of myself, the caption reads ‘memories.’ I open my camera, snap...
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