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Fhen M. was a fellow in a creative writing workshop. His verse โ€œUyasanโ€ was published in ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช: 15 ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ. His poems โ€œA Name Whispered in the Wind,โ€ โ€œYakal House beside the Sabang River,โ€ โ€œYouโ€™ll Never Know,โ€ among others appeared in ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข anthology series. Red Penguin Booksโ€™ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ published his piece โ€œOutside the Block Universe.โ€ His poem โ€œSea Snailโ€ is featured in ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข/๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ by Open Shutter Press. His verses โ€œPagkita ha Kalibutan,โ€ โ€œMga Pinanmayaan ha Cancabatoc,โ€ and other siday won in the 1st Chito Roรฑo Literary Awards.

 

Trigger Warning

I always picture her
wrinkles, crinkles
her once white hair
now falling strands to dust.

she sleeps peacefully
in a soft coffin bed
her marble tombstone marks
in loving memory.

yellow Chrysanthemum
blossoming beside the stone;
near the Sabang river
she had a flower garden.

she is now earth;
her daughter plants flowers
the buds are bursting
the scent is fragrant.

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