Marías at Sampaguitas
Review by Christine Fojas
Maybe that’s one reason why translation is not much-practiced in the Philippines
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Poetry by Noreen Ocampo
Would you buy flowers
for yourself? Can you
tell me all the people who would?
The people who have?
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jan 27, 20212 min read
Poetry by L.R. Dimaandal
How many spoonfuls of shame must you measure out
To start the recipe of my humanity?
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Poetry by Noreen Ocampo
I find a sunny place to survive.
Every morning, a new magnum opus greets me
& I am so awake
& my parents don’t have to worry.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Jan 18, 20211 min read
Poetry by Christine Fojas
the pen pierces the point in the plane
of my graphing paper, at rest
before it swoops, curves, and loops,
where am I?
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Dec 16, 20204 min read
Creative Non-Fiction by Noreen Ocampo
My father insisted that I should have perfect handwriting.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Poetry by Noreen Ocampo
In the refrigerator:
an unopened bottle of orange juice with
half the sugar already missing
because my mother remembered
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 26, 20203 min read
Review by Noreen Ocampo
Finish Filipinx American History Month on a strong note and show Elsa Valmidiano your support!
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Poetry by Bea Piñero
The darkness of
The past frightens me
For I once lost
Myself, trapped in
Society’s idea of perfection
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Oct 15, 20201 min read
Poetry by Christine Fojas
Every morning in paradise, the locals go out to bury the remains
tourists have left in their wake under the sand.
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Marías at Sampaguitas
Sep 20, 20201 min read
Prose by Ennie Marie Dacut Ilasco
heliotrope sprouts from
the palms of his hands,
the dirt sifting between
his thin fingertips
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