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Oct 27, 20212 min read

TIME: A meditation

by: Emily Bilman Like water-swathes, Time, I thought, Contains hours that differ within the day. When the halcyon breeze eases my breath...

Oct 27, 20211 min read

Here’s what I know:

by: Leila Tualla Here’s what I know: Usa lang ako. I am one. I am alone. Mahal ko…..STOP. Sayap. I am sorry. Words escape me, And my...

Oct 27, 20211 min read

Emily

by: Aldo Quagliotti You grow and I get old we swing as weeds get cut your voice tones up, my hair turns white the noise of days getting...

Oct 27, 20211 min read

Crepuscolo

by: Aldo Quagliotti I appreciate days among dandelions breathing in the briny hue whilst the cliff stands in the way certainties flake...

Oct 27, 20211 min read

My Language is

by: Sreekanth Kopuri something that crumbles with the bruised touch of the Silence, the living weapon i need to fight by, born without a...

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falcon heavy takes it all

by: Monica Mills what lack is had in great escape? not adder nor eagle nor minnow but rabid here a lonely bird and there it goes hoisting...

Oct 27, 20211 min read

Acid Rain Tastes Pepper Sweet In May

by: Monica Mills twenty-three numbers in his name it harps like snarky buzzards leeching flesh a taste so blue burned it’s hardly not...

Oct 27, 20214 min read

'Please bring honor to us all!': Ancestral Halls and Southern Fujian

Author: Yixuan Wu Ancestral halls (in Chinese it is either 宗祠 or 祠堂), are monuments for the Han Chinese to worship ancestors. It is also...

Oct 27, 20214 min read

Fairies, magpies, and rice balls: The Qixi festival

Author: Yixuan Wu The Qixi Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that became popular in the Tang and Song dynasties. According to...

Oct 27, 20214 min read

What's the tea? Notes on Hokkien tea culture

Author: Yixuan Wu People living in Southern Fujian have a long history of loving tea. “无茶不成礼” is a common saying among the Chinese, which...

Oct 27, 20214 min read

Mazu of the Orient: Legends, origins, connections

Author: Yixuan Wu Mazu, or 妈祖 (Ma Zu) in Chinese, is an indigenous spirit of the seas worshipped by many East Asian seafarers...

Nov 2, 20204 min read

6 fun ways to become productive during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author: Sharmaine Ibarra Editor(s): Steffi Chong, Kashmir Capuno, Hysa Guarte, Dave Go It has been more than half a year since the...