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  • Rebelling Against the Powers

    francisjohann

    June 15, 2020

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    American poem, American poetry, APoemADay, blue sky, california, FilAm, Filipino, leaves, love, nature, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry, power, rebel
  • Launch America

    francisjohann

    June 1, 2020

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    FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, LaunchAmerica, peace, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry
  • Sea of Wilted Hope

    francisjohann

    April 16, 2020

    I watched you lose your color. I watched your hues turn from an Indian red to a dull shiraz, but your nourished roots give your petals a tinge of shine. The last living bud in a sea of wilted hope now glimmers anew.

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    APoemADay, california, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, flowers, love, peace, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry
  • Serenade the Split

    francisjohann

    April 9, 2020

    Leaves are just leaves until he falls asleep. With closed eyes, he finds a songstress serenading the split between mind and body, like cracked leaves cascading down on wet soil.

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    california, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, love, love poem, nature, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry, poetry month
  • Taong Grasa

    francisjohann

    March 17, 2020

    He stands alone on the corner of North Broadway and Avenue 21. He accepts the grit and grime of Los Angeles’ embrace. He stands oblivious to the global pandemic and human panic. He stands dressed in layers of clothes drenched in soot, blackened by years of isolation. He stands alone as drivers pass him by.…

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    APoemADay, california, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, love, nature, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry
  • Visions of Vishnu

    francisjohann

    March 13, 2020

    Daydreaming At night Wandering Dark alleys Constipated mind Hide behind Visions of Vishnu Cracking Tail end lights Of dying stars

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    APoemADay, california, FilAmPoet, Filipino, love, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry
  • Daybreak

    francisjohann

    February 4, 2020

    May the light of day guide you along the dark path of night.

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    APoemADay, bouldering, california, desert, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, haiku, joshua tree, love, nature, Oneliner, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry, rock climbing
  • Warren Piece

    francisjohann

    January 14, 2020

    men who can’t articulate peace create fecal art that is war.

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    APoemADay, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, nature, Oneliner, peace, PicAndPoem, poem, Poetry, war
  • California Burnin’

    francisjohann

    November 19, 2019

    when the skies bleed red, the earth rumbles in fiery fury.

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    APoemADay, california, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, nature, poem, Poetry
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    francisjohann

    October 23, 2019

    I tripped on love once or twice. It broke my heart, but not my ankles. I walked on.

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    APoemADay, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, love, love poem, nature, poem, Poetry, StickyNotes

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  • Untitled Crisis

    Breathing in Dread Exhaling Void Furrowed Brows Squinted eyes Searching Freedom

    August 24, 2023
  • Sometimes I Relate to

    A wall clock running on its own time, never late, always early.

    May 24, 2023
  • Handy Hannah

    She was a giant hand with a face for a palm who walked the streets of Manila naked. Bold and confident she marched through sidewalks with her middle finger up like a mohawk. Pedestrians left speechless; jaws dropped on dirty, grimy concrete glued together by forgotten bubble gums. She was a singular force, distinct from…

    March 18, 2023
  • Pondering Pea Pond Pandered

    He is not a pea in a pod. He aspires to be more than that. He is a child who loves to run wild and free, not caring about a thing or two. But he has an urge to release. Not anger. Not pain. Not happiness, but rain. Golden showers sprinkling in a pond of…

    January 13, 2022
  • Private Pool

    The day she didn’t kiss him was the day he took her innocence.  Lydia was at a privately rented house with an average-sized swimming pool.  She was with her boyfriend, Carlo, and his two friends and their girlfriends. A couple of hours drive from Manila to Pansol, the three couples each had separate rooms.  Carlo…

    August 2, 2021
  • First Paycheck

    Today is a special day.   Two months ago, my feet, sheltered in my Adidas Superstar, stepped on the tarmac of LAX by way of Manila, Philippines.  I left my tita’s house in the suburbs of LA a week after getting into a fight with her son because I hung out with a trans woman, and…

    June 22, 2021

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