Bugs & Bytes, A day in a poet's life by Raul Moldez

Poetry Section
2nd Quarter 2000

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This issue brings you forceful poetry for the soul from Mindanao writers.

Mindanao is Bleeding
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Unleashing the Dogs of War
by Said Sadain, Jr.

The Abuja Islamic Education Trust
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What is Shariah?

Poetry
written by
Raul Moldez
Rene Bernales
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written by
Fr. Eliseo Mercado, Jr.
Mehol Sadain
Said Sadain, Jr.

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A day in a poet's life
by Raul Moldez

he sits
a wooden chair
and rests his back
on a cushion.

a pen
in his hand
is ready to take down
the dictation
of his thought.

and minutes later
the blank paper
on the table becomes
a kingdom of words.

(Published in HomeLife, July 1998 issue)

Other poems by Raul Moldez in this issue

Directive

Executive order

Floating in the air

Rated XXX

The unbaptized eyewitness of a stabbing incident
interrogated by the cop at the precinct