for Cory Aquino
A line of sacred ibises beats
silently against the blue chill
of dawn. How certain they are,
eastward, though darkness grips
their beaks. Not for themselves,
they bring together land and sky.
Their journey is everything and nothing.
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Jim Pascual Agustin writes and translates poetry. Sometimes he tries his hand at essays and stories. In 2011 the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House in Manila released BAHA-BAHAGDANG KARUPUKAN (poems in Filipino) and ALIEN TO ANY SKIN (poems in English). The same publisher released his most recent poetry collections SOUND BEFORE WATER and KALMOT NG PUSA SA TAGILIRAN. In 2015 a new poetry collection in English, A THOUSAND EYES was released. His first collection of short stories in Filipino, SANGA SA BASANG LUPA, was released in 2016. UK publisher The Onslaught Press launches his latest poetry collection, WINGS OF SMOKE, worldwide in February 2017.
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August 4th, 2009 at 03:09
Jim, I so love your style of writing. I’m not real familiar with ibises, but I am sure they are beautiful in flight.
August 4th, 2009 at 08:45
Missy,
The wikipedia entry on the sacred ibis does not capture how they fly. But here it is anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Ibis
Thank you for reading this.