cold parting sorrowsdecorate a sparkling treeleaving Christmas blues one reunion mendsdeep separation fractures—vicious cycle breaks ✒️ tea solonDecember 17, 2024 | Cebu CityPhilippines
Yearly Archives: 2024
✒️ Gobblers publishes Verglas
by Tea Solon the fountains weep at themiddle of Galway Street’sabandoned square. everywherethe cold Auckland breeze mournsat the melting of Miann chocolateice cream in frozen glass cup as that once vibrant maple leafwent on to become dry earth,the blue ink in this shiveringpen bled cold melancholy March 26, 2018 | 9:40 pmMiann @37 Galway St.Auckland, NewContinue reading “✒️ Gobblers publishes Verglas”
rains of childhood
running cheerfully with friendsin the liberating rains of childhood—a forgotten joy under the gloomyumbrella of oppressing adulthood ✒️tea solonDecember 8, 2024 | Talisay City, CebuPhilippines
puhon | perchance
puhon nidailos na ang bangawpagkurba dinha gikan sakagahapon padulong sa ugma kon asa ang lagubosa kasingkasing mas tim-oskon asa ang dilaab sa kaalammokaylap sa dakong wanang ugma kon asa ang kinabuhisama sa kulon nga gipunoog mga hiyas nga bulawanon ✒️ tea solonDisyembre 4, 2024 | Dakbayan sa SugboPhilipinas ___________ perchance slowly slipping, the rainbowcurves thereContinue reading “puhon | perchance”
Cuff (an English translation of Palpal by Gerwin Vic Bhuyo)
Cuff My handsFeed your quivering fleshReceive your favorite songsScrape the delicious coarseness of your bodyMy handsExplore your ethereal eyes ✒️tea solon (trans)December 4, 2024 | Cebu CityPhilippines _____ Palpal Ang akong mga kamotMolawog sa imong mga unod nga giguslaMagpatutho sa kinaham nimong mga yamyamModugwal sa mga bagal sa imong lawasAng akong mga kamotMosawom sa langitnonContinue reading “Cuff (an English translation of Palpal by Gerwin Vic Bhuyo)”
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253 ⛵ pearls grow on this yachtiridescent nacre wrapsus in love on board 254 🦅 oh, an eagle’s eyesunveil natural beauties!my bare soul takes flight 255 🌊 in minute momentsthe sea of eternitylongs for my retun ✒️tea solonNovember 13, 2024 | Balai Pandesal, Talisay, CebuPhilippines
3 haiku: puto mangga sikwati
childhood in the farma symphony of gigglescomposed by puto a feat to reach youbright sun to a little childsweet cebu mangga crossing the riverriding on a carabaomy sikwati dip ✒️ tea solonNovember 12, 2024 | Cebu CityPhilippines
✒️Gobblers publishes “you gave me white tulips today”
When actions and gifts speak, they surprise and stir the receiver. Like a whole new language being translated, a curious thought emerged. Daghang salamat to my Gobblers by Masticadores editor Manuela Timofte and the entire team for the unflagging support. Visit and subscribe to Gobblers and the sister publications by Masticadores for a wide selectionContinue reading “✒️Gobblers publishes “you gave me white tulips today””
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247 ⛵ in boracay shorestiny boats lay at anchormy reverie docks 248 🌬️ the west wind whistlescalling gently the waves homei wait by the shore 249 🩴 coconut in handfine white sand under the feetmy piece of heaven ✒️ tea solonNovember 9, 2024 | Cebu CityPhilippines
you were fierce yolanda
(on the 11th anniversary of your wrath) eleven years agoyou took the lives of our loved ones like how they cut down a forest of treeseroding our sanityflooding us with sorrowchanging the climate of our dreams but the filipino heart is fiercerit always has beenit always isit always will bewe rage on and on againstContinue reading “you were fierce yolanda”
BUTUNG IS LAYP | Coconut is Life 