'The runner's dance'
This creative nonfiction essay was a requirement for my Editing Class as a Literature student at De La Salle University. Contains sensitive themes. Reader…
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Gothic literature
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'Should Tonight Be My Last Night'
A poem saying goodbye, reflecting on memory, loss, and the desire to be remembered for how one touches another's life.
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'The first man and woman aren’t Adam and Eve'
A reflective essay on how the roles of Mother and Father shapes one's identity and understanding of love.
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‘Testamento’
Isang koleksyon ng limang tula na tumatalakay sa pananampalataya, kaligtasan, at pagsumpa.
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Monopolizing storytelling made Oz less and less colourful
A reflection on how single-story narratives flatten characters, and how retellings like Wicked reveal the complex, colourful world hidden beneath Oz.
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Becoming through each act of creation
A Lasallian scholar and graduate reflects on how art, connection, and intentional acts transform life, offering meaning, resilience, and a sense of belonging.
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'The Hollowing'
"And whatever walked there, walked alone." ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
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'Tangled Threads'
“But how do you speak to a granddaughter in her dead mother's stead? Can the responsibility to the dead ever be replaced by the responsibility to the living?”…
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'Almost, but not quite'
"Almost" seems to be a recurring theme in my life. Never quite reaching. Always just barely.
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The language of power: Dehumanization and accountability in the Philippines
A reflection on language, power, and public outrage in the Philippine flood control scandal—examining how dehumanization shapes politics, criticism, and…
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'Her Requiem Express'
A poem inspired by "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie.
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'A Life Measured'
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man? In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, or the way that she died. ⸺ Rent
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'Mercy, Cried the Monster'
In this dark fairytale, a princess weeps golden tears and claims to be hunted by werewolves. But beneath her sorrow lies a truth: she is the real monster,…
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‘These scars water our love, still’
A moving story of grief, devotion, and the haunting endurance of love, These Scars Water Our Love, Still follows a man who meets his estranged wife years after…
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'Black Shama'
“Black Shama” draws its name from the endangered bird native to Cebu — a quiet symbol of vanishing voices. The poem captures the tension between silence and…
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