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  • Not a Knot

    francisjohann

    October 16, 2019

    Time is not a knot you can untie

    BLOG
    APoemADay, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, nature, Oneliner, poem, Poetry
  • Patterns in Nature

    francisjohann

    July 29, 2019

    checkered, stripes, coffee where is me, leafy poetry?

    BLOG, Poetry
    APoemADay, FilAm, Filipino, nature, patterns, poem, Poetry
  • Joshua Tree

    francisjohann

    July 19, 2019

    Crack, crack step. Get lost In the desert gift of gods Breathe. Climb. Sit. Dream. Breathe.

    BLOG
    APoemADay, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, haiku, poem, Poetry
  • Note to Self

    francisjohann

    January 27, 2019

    Live a life worth retelling.

    Uncategorized
    APoemADay, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, Oneliner, poem, Poetry
  • Life Lesson

    francisjohann

    September 13, 2018

    There is no greater meaning in life, other than learning from it until the day we leave the world of the living.

    Uncategorized
    APoemADay, FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, Oneliner, poem, Poetry
  • misspellings & misgivings

    francisjohann

    August 6, 2018

    at the hite of my car rear, i had a drinking match with jameson on top of mount gay.

    Uncategorized
    APoemADay, FilAmPoet, Filipino, Oneliner, poem, Poetry
  • Laugh

    francisjohann

    June 18, 2018

    Laugh like embers of fire wild and free because insanity laughs at love’s duplicity.

    BLOG, Uncategorized
    FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, poem, Poetry
  • Sticky Note Syndrome #4

    francisjohann

    April 12, 2018

    Tread the line that leads to a light so fine you’ll unwrap your soul & see that you are as mighty as a dying bee.

    Uncategorized
    FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, Oneliner, poem, Poetry, StickyNotes
  • Sticky Note Syndrome #3

    francisjohann

    March 5, 2018

    The night winter fell asleep I wished this town was safer.

    Uncategorized
    FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, Oneliner, poem, Poetry, StickyNotes
  • Sticky Note Syndrome #2

    francisjohann

    February 2, 2018

    Breathe Sleep Wake & Bake Like a Broken record

    Poetry
    FilAm, FilAmPoet, Filipino, Oneliner, 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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