as they
understand and
drive snorting
oxybenzene not
greatly unawares
of lightheaded
reflective breath
a spiteful
zombie confronting
again brainwashed
beret sociopath
unfalteringly abusive
handicap boloney
that parade
marches gloatingly
gutenberg freebee
would gratify
faulty ghost
with nonsweet
buttercup ooze
always demonstrate
rinse towel
you encounter
this reschedule
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 21–27, 2026)
I love summers
going with whim,
being with him.
What can compare
to no schedule, no plans,
the cool of martinis
or beachside bikinis?
an underdressed me,
outright hedonism,
shapeless Freedom.
I love Fall
The hustle of classes
their immediate demands
the need for fierce focus,
and the challenge of exams.
The overprepared me,
intense, mental involvement,
a future, academically solvent.
two such separate worlds
that can never collide
which is actually better?
I can't decide.
Both are simply systems with costs
the texture of one, depends on the other
and neither state is fully sustainable.
.
.
Songs for this:
Wake Me Up When September Ends by First to Eleven
Another brick in the wall by Pink Floyd
HEY KID! CHECK THIS OUT!
Be you that
You are;
Adored and
Always wanted:
That’s why
You are here:-
You could
Have been aborted;
But love birth you from
The womb:-
And remember this,
Friends don’t make fools
Of their friends: joyfully
Laughing at them—
Think about it,
And be in awareness:-
(A series of Senryu poems)
He got her number
from a friend who thought him cute
freelance matchmaking
His poems of her
sounded more like yelp reviews
—good—but not five star
His texts were a kind
of a boyfriend audition
- he got no callback
.
.
Songs for this:
SILVER APPLE EYES by Kasabian
lamb (feat. Kellin Quinn) by Julia Wolf
The years have gone by
The scars never healed,
You still think you won
The fight on the field
Laughing and smiling
As I hit the ground,
With your fist in the air
I will not forget that sound
You beat me, bruised me
Hit my every nerve,
Now I hear you have gotten
Just what you deserve
To this day, I am grateful
To have ever known you,
Otherwise I might have been
The greatest bully, too.
Nonchalantly some-
one put a "kick me" sign on
the back of your shirt
(Without you knowing)
And someone came up behind
you and kicked your can
A harbinger says:
No to sullying and to
Bullying, be warned
In the Seventies
We got away with things not
Allowed today 'K
Empty chair,
no student sitting in it.
The teacher was planning on changing seats on November 5th, but now that she’s gone she can’t stand not seeing her there.
A girl planned to die November 4th because it was the day of her absolute misery the year before.
and she was successful.
Which is what everyone told her she could never be.
The girl was struggling to keep up and was trying her hardest, but her hardest wasn’t enough.
The only thing she was good at was reminding herself of reasons to leave.
her teacher was one of them.
She loved her math teacher, she reminded her so much of teachers she’s had before, but that’s what killed her.
Knowing that her teacher would continue to change the seating chart.
Because she couldn’t stand to not see the board any more.
Skipping stones along a crumbling ground
How does it work with no one around?
If there is no one to read
What do I write for?
If there is no one writing
What do I read?
Ambition against the machine
Flesh gives to the metal
A pen’s work is easily destroyed
The cloud is forever
Art is human
Art is mine
But wherefore art thou reader?
When mine art is displayed?
SAVOUR THIS, MY CHILD
Nothing reflects reality
Like God’s supreme beauty.
Look into the mirror, child,
And see His greatest reward:
Savour it in thanksgiving, for a while:-
No matter how many times you do,
You’ll always see God’s precious beauty
Looking back at you: this will always be true:-
Know that your beauty has its fragility, needing
To be anchored and solidified before it can be
Sanctified utility: codifying its glorifying liberty:-
848.
My Life Path #8: My School Life
In Carmecita, I had my Preparatory
In SFACS & DCS, I had my Elementary
In OLSI, I had my Secondary
In UP, I had my Tertiary
In 2010, I was a teacher in Fermat Academy
In 2010-2016, I was a teacher in Capiz State University
In 2019-2020, I was a teacher in OLSI
In 2022, I was a teacher in Assumption School-Passi City.
-04/08/2022
(Dumarao)
*Black Saturday
Bobby still remembers his High School Sophomore year
Rarely do his other memories still ring so clear
But he also recalls letters to Christine (his girl at the time)
They are so vivid he can quote every line
Sometimes they skipped their classes just to talk for a while,
He adored that girl to madness,
her brilliance and style
That year was precious,that year was a bit wild
He's not living with any regrets,
That year and that girl left impressions he'll never forget
By: J.N.R Dutton
The missing letters are feared lost better calls shrieked into the mossy night where hovering the moon delights, in wolfish cries and another bursts the devil called and answered Ms. Hearst so while the nighttime day's mirror... cries are heard! They said that amber was a rock no more, for if serendipitously defined then hulking over the river is the divestment of the vines, but modern day America hasn't won the currency war, the Euro has it's place ensured, and though we wile through rows of corn our hearts aflutter as others mourn, be crisp beneath that blotted out apple tree, the asylum loves apple juice for free.
830.
Paghingyo kay Dr. Alfon
Oh Dr. Alfon nga palangga
Sa CapSU System Tagdumala
Ako sa imo nagahingyo
Nga sa CapSU pabalikon ako
Sang yara ako diri sang una
Ginkay-o ko man ya akon pag-ubra
Bisan Underemployed ako
Ako masaligan niyo nga maestro
Sa pagtudlo may lisensiya
UP Graduate sa Tertiarya
Ang Masteral ko puro “Uno”
Yara tanan sa Transcript ko
Ako indi lamang pang-eskwela
Pwede man ako sa opisina
May Experience ako
Sa pribado kag publiko
Sa Munsipyo kag Kapitolyo nakaubra
Sa AO works may eksperiensiya
Ako indi lamang pang-maestro
Pwede man ako mangin AO
Kon hatagan mo ako sang tiyansa
Ini para guihapon sa inyo.
-10/30/2022
(Dumarao)
*My CapSU Comeback
829.
Paghingyo kay Ma'am Penson
Oh Dr. Penson nga palangga
Sa CapSU-Dumarao Tagdumala
Ako sa imo nagahingyo
Nga sa CapSU pabalikon ako
Sang yara ako diri sang una
Sa History Quiz Bee kampeon kita
Kabay pa ini madumduman mo
“Vision” sg aton Campus natuman ko
Sang sa TED ako Sekretarya
Nahimo naton ang “Ang Bunga”
Sang sa Crim ginbutang ako
Nagdamo ang enrollees didto
Ang Agri, VetMed kag ComEd ara
Sa Salingsing sang ako nagdumala
Indi lang TED kag Crim ang ara didto
Yara tanan nga departamento
Ari pa sa akon ang mga ebidensiya
Sg akon pagpalangga sa iya
Ako indi lamang pang-maestro
Pwede man ako mangin AO
Kon hatagan mo ako sang tiyansa
Ini para guihapon sa inyo.
-10/29/2022
(Dumarao)
*My CapSU Comeback
828.
Pagpakitluoy sa mga Tanco
Oh mga Tanco nga akon palangga
Halangdon nga pamilya
Ni sadto Gobernador Victor Tanco
Sa sini nga teritoryo
Sa sini nga banwa
Sang Dumarao nga akon palangga
Ako sa inyo nagahingyo
Nga ako pasugtan ninyo
Nga makabalik sa
CapSU-Dumarao nga akon palangga
Kon sa diin ako
Sadto isa ka maestro
Palihog ako sa inyo pabalika
Kay siya akon ginapalangga
Handum ko liwat magserbisyo
Sa sini ninyo nga teritoryo
Ako nagapakitluoy busa
Sa inyo dongganon nga pamilya
Tani kaluoyan ako ninyo
Ako nangin tampad sa inyo
Kag kon makabalik ako sa iya
Bahala na ang Dios sa inyo.
-10/28/22
(Dumarao)
*My CapSU Comeback
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