August 3, 2009

From Where I am, I Can Only Look at Pictures of What You Leave Behind

By matangmanok

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.

-o-

About matangmanok

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. View all posts by matangmanok
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