Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo, Philippines
with legs, stomachs, fingers, eyelids
we cling
holding air
we cling
holding air
go forward
old places break
should we return
stranger helps a stranger
they forget but not you
who is outside this kindness
they forget but not you
who is outside this kindness
songs grow in number by the minute
not yet, but someday one
with the color of your eyes
struck out
a name
weighs down the table
find our family reunion
joyful
through a sniper scope
streets take long
teaching most of earth
isn’t home
teaching most of earth
isn’t home
all seven days but
now is Enough
ringing through our ears
now is Enough
ringing through our ears
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Today’s LittleNip:
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
—Isaac Asimov
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Dennis Andrew S. Aguinaldo, our first visitor from the Philippines, works merrily at the Department of Humanities of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Here, he helped institute courses on young adult narratives and creative nonfiction. His work appears online, in the closing issues of Otoliths and Gnarled Oak, among others. Welcome to the Kitchen, Dennis, and don’t be a stranger! (See also last Monday’s post for two more poems from Dennis.)
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—Medusa
Dennis Aguinaldo
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