This FREE digital collection is my first of three projects as a 2024 International Fellow (for poetry) of the International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM): .
From my June 19, 2024 article on Medium:
For this collection, “Datuterte: Imagined
@realDonaldTrump
Did these same people also storm the US Capitol to kill upon your command on January 6, 2021, Donald Trump? No! And you yourself is a leader of a terrorist and fascist organization: the MAGA movement. (Albeit you're not the smartest one - fortunately or unfortunately.)
@ABSCBNNews
Principle of Reciprocity: Filipino tourists need to apply for a Chinese visa to visit China. Conversely, Chinese tourists must apply for a Philippine visa to visit here. Lagyan naman natin ng boundaries ang Filipino hospitality. Konting self-respect naman.
@News5PH
Lalong nagalit si Harry Roque kasi tinanggihan yung apela niya na pasamahan siya sa detention ng travel companion niya kasi may diabetes siya.
@rapplerdotcom
Itong kampo ng mga Duterte talaga: Si Sara ayaw mag-oathtaking, si Harry Roque ayaw magpakita sa Kongreso. Exempted? Saang lupalop niyo pinagawa exemption letters niyo? Sa Recto? Akala ko ba Duterte Legacy ang sumunod sa batas at rumispeto sa mga institusyon ng gobyerno?
@CrushMajor
"In one swept move"?!
"In one fell swoop" ang tama! Ngayon alam ko na ang sagot sa tanong ni Rep.
@iamRaoulManuel
kung sino ang editor ng "Isang Kaibigan" ni Sara Duterte: si Jay Sonza! 😂
@nikkidottxt
Yung kinurakot ng pamilya nila sa bayan, imbes na isauli, ay pinantatakbo pa sa (mga) eleksyon, pambayad sa mga hakot, pambayad sa mga trolls, produksiyon ng mga YouTube videos promoting historical revisionism in their favor, etc.
@roymabasa
Among other reasons, may I forward what I find plausible:
It was a "how to be more like you and less like me" learning session for VP Sara Duterte. 👍
@rapplerdotcom
Yes, I'm a bit ruffled but I'm not in a condemnatory mood. Our Catholic Church must be confident enough to let this pass. And Michelangelo's nude figures are still mostly preserved in the Sistine Chapel. Let's talk about social sin that Ama Namin truly disapproves, e.g., plunder.
@ABSCBNNews
RIP. Mainam namang dalawin ni VP Sara Duterte ang lamay para sa namatay dahil sa atake sa puso . . . Pero ilan na ang dinalaw niyang lamay para sa mga di naman talagang nanlaban pero napatay sa ATAKE ng Tokhang at EJK?
#ComelecHacked
? Eh si Marcos Sr. ang may precedent ng pandaraya sa eleksyon, 1986: "International election observers said Sunday that they had witnessed widespread fraud by supporters of President Ferdinand E. Marcos . . ."
@welverder
Promoting both charter change and historical revisionism. And a "people's initiative" by and for the elite few w/ a P100 bribe for each prospective signatory from the masses? And the bribe is from the Filipino taxpayers money? And perhaps we the people also paid for this paid ad?
@barnabychuck
Ako nga, college dropout pero buwan-buwan nagbabayad ng buwis . . . para sa confidential funds mo. Pwede naman sigurong magtanong kung paano mo ginagamit iyan, ano? Kuya Kim, este, VP Sara Duterte, ano na?
I'm not exactly fond of Atty. Barry Gutierrez, whom I've known during my student days in UP Diliman in the 1990s. However, Barry was an editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian, then chairman of the UPD student council. And Yorme Isko wants this lawyer to shut up? Well . . .
@jclem3
At least Henry Sy knew that 1) he was born in Fujian, China, that 2) his parents are Chinese, that 3) he moved to the Philippines at age 12, and 4) most likely remembered the exact age he started a business in his youth . . . Eh yung Miracle of Agoo, este, Alice Guo?
@jolizco
@inquirerdotnet
About giggling: it could be a cultural thing sa ating mga Pinoy. I think it's our way to express, voluntarily or involuntarily, both delight and exasperation -- and perhaps other emotions in-between. Parang yung napapangiti tayo sa iba't kadahilanan.
@inquirerdotnet
Kaya may relihiyon at may paniniwala sa langit at impiyerno ang maraming tao: kung walang hustisya dito sa lupa, baka meron sa kabilang buhay . . . 🙏
Maging patas at makatarungan tayo palagi:
Panagutin si Dr. Chao-Tiao Yumol sa ginawa niyang krimen na pamamaril at pagpaslang.
Hulihin at panagutin din ang mga nasa likod sa pagpaslang sa kanyang ama sa Lamitan City.
Dapat manaig ang batas -- hindi gantihan at patayan!
@MacLopez769
Ah siya ang nag-mukhang tanga, katulad niyong mga trolls niya! At buwaya rin siya sa paghangad ng di niya maipaliwanag na confidential fund. In fairness, Sara Duterte is consistent: bastos sa Senado at bastos din sa Kongreso, at sa sarili niyang opisina mismo sa pag-uugali niya.
@RyanLingo_
"Nahuli o sumuko?" Kapag nasusukol ka na kaya naisipan mong sumuko, huli pa rin yun! Parang larong habulan lang iyan ng mga bata: hinahabol ka tapos maaabutan ka na sabay pagod ka na rin, kaya sinabi mo na lang, "Suko na ako! Magpapataya na lang ako!" Eh nataya ka pa rin, lol!
@ivanmayrina
"Wala po siya sa Japan" means he could be in any of the other 194 countries in the world -- the Philippines, "incidentally," among them. Noong bata ako, nananawagan sa radyo ang mga may nawawalang kamag-anak. Pwede po bang manawagan ang buong sambayanan?
#NasaanAngPangulo
@News5PH
Sobrang judgmental kayo sa pagkatao ni ate na nagnakaw daw sa NAIA! Kung mambintang parang sigurado kayo na "magnanakaw" nga si ate! Yung iba nananawagan pa ng death penalty! "Walang-hiya" at "hayup" raw, atbp! (At least ako, ang unang sumagi sa isip ko ay, "presidentiable." 🫡)
@rasefff
Kahit ano pa sabihin niyong mga Kakampink, proud ako kay Toni G dahil consistent sila!
Noong kampanya: hakot crowd.
Ngayong concert: hakot audience.
"And they commanded the multitude to avail of free tickets and take their seats at the Araneta Coliseum . . ." - Matthew 14:17
@JonnyRoot_
My name is Jon. I’m 32 years old.
In 83 days, I will be voting for a convicted felon who also grifts by selling Bibles because I’m a Christian.
Who’s with me?
@RyanLingo_
Para sa mga kabataang Pinoy, for the record, ang tanging atraso ni Sen. de Lima kay Rodrigo Duterte ay sinilip niya ang mga human rights violations na nagaganap sa Davao City noong ang huli'y meyor pa noong lungsod. Yun lang iyon, kaya pinag-initan si Sen. de Lima ni Duterte
@harris_wins
"I'll make sure that Lycos, er, I mean, Firefox, er, Internet Explorer, er, Goggle, yes, Goggle, will be prosecuted!" - Donald Trump, ex-president and forever convicted felon
Leaving for my mom's hometown tonight to observe Holy Week at the beach 🏖️ but before that, lemme leave a poem for this week's
@TopTweetTuesday
w/ magnificent host
@AlanParry83
: this one's published in
@quince_magazine
's Issue 2: Street Life, Autumn 2020: .
So I guess my fourth poetry collection is forthcoming . . . . Thanks so much, 8Letters Bookstore and Publishing (), for accepting my poetry chapbook manuscript for publication! I received their acceptance letter just before this past midnight!
#poetry
#book
Ano na po, Quezon City? Metro Manila? Kanina pa ako kinukulit ng anak ko kung tatapusin na ba niya assignment niya. Sabi ko, "Tapusin mo na iyan para sigurado."
#WalangPasok
#EntengPH
@ABSCBNNews
@JohnsonManabat
Hamo mga kuya at ate dyan sa KOJC compound, makakahanap pa naman kayo ng ibang trabaho at pagkakakitaan pagkatapos maaresto si Quiboloy. At tandaan na mas madaling makahanap ng trabaho kung wala kayong rekord sa batas. Peace.
#BoycottDarna
is their misogyny rearing its ugly head again. They'll always have a problem with women who are heroes (real or fictional) and capable leaders. Conversely, they'll always support -- vote into office, even! -- men who are heels and incapable, bungling leaders.
Let's make this short and formal:
Dear Guest Editor
@marcellenewbold
,
Please consider my
@TopTweetTuesday
poem for publication in
@blackboughpoems
' summer edition 2023.
Thank you for your consideration.
All the best,
Karlo Sevilla
@iMPACTPH2019
This diversionary/pusit tactic is brought to you by the Office of Vice President. 🦑
Prudence dictates that VP Sara Duterte should either 1) inform the authorities of Quiboloy's whereabouts to lead to the fugitive's arrest (in case she's in the know), or 2) refrain from issuing
For this
@TopTweetTuesday
w/ brilliant host
@Andrewraywill
, 1) a poem I dedicate to our dear
@KariFlickinger
& all my poet friends who've departed, & 2) the cover of my microchap published by Origami Poems Project (
@OriGamiFreePoem
). See "1st comment" below for instructions, etc.
A typhoony
#TopTweetTuesday
here in the archipelago. Nothing new every 2nd half of the year. What's new is this poem for our poet friends and dear host "Julian Cason
@hool415
with Toby the Westie." Definitely about "endings," and maybe "send-offs" and some "ghosts," too. Good AM!
@tonyocruz
@dzme_1530khz
Gamitin natin ang top 2 trending topics sa Twitter ngayon sa isang pangungusap: Jay Sonza Dasurv - ing a jail sentence soon. 👍
Hello,
@MatthewMCSmith
! Hello,
@TopTweetTuesday
poet friends! It's almost 3:00 AM here so I'll get some sleep. I'll be back to read and comment on all our remaining poems when I wake up in a few hours. It's been wonderful reading the poems this "first half' of my hosting of TTT!
@RyanLingo_
Magpa-drug test ka nga muna bago mag-tweet. Ikaw ay isang living evidence na palpak ang War on Drugs kuno ng panginoon mo, na War on Rival Drug Syndicates pala.
For 2021's last
#TopTweetTuesday
and last host,
@LisaFal
, I share 1 of my 2 poems published by DIAGRAM in its issue 21.5 last November. (I've also shared the other poem in a previous TTT.) Advanced Happy New Year, everyone! And thanks,
@blackboughpoems
, for another year of TTT!🐦
Hello,
@TopTweetTuesday
folks w/ amazing host
@KDonnelly79
! I'm on my 20-min break from work & that gives me enough time to fulfill my "Tuesday Obligation." (W/ a capital O!) My holy offering: a poem I wrote yesterday. Thanks to all and have a great time hosting, Kitty!
#poetry
For this
@TopTweetTuesday
w/ amazing host
@StuartBeveridge
, a poem inspired by The Boss. 🎸(Its original version was one of my three poems accepted for publication in a certain poetry anthology in 2018. Unfortunately, the publishing house folded before releasing the anthology.😬)
I write to exhaustion . . . and exhilaration! 🔥💥🌈For this
@TopTweetTuesday
with wonderful host
@mishiepoet
, a poem I wrote and (actually already) tweeted yesterday. But this time, it's (literally) in color. Another poetic Tuesday, everyone!✍️Peace. 🕊️
#poetry
#PoetryMonth
❤️
Hello,
#poetrycommunity
and dear host
@kip_knott
! Here's a poem that wormed its way into my .doc, just in time for today's
@TopTweetTuesday
! 🪱 Thanks and have a pleasant time fulfilling your hosting duties, Kip! 🫡
Hello, friends! Because of
@bekind1988
's compliment earlier today, I was encouraged to share this poem for this week's
@TopTweetTuesday
, as hosted by our wonderful host,
@jamesmcconachi1
! Thanks! 🔥
Hello! For this
@TopTweetTuesday
w/ our host
@PotterVillamil
, a screenshot of my poem as it appears on the page of
@LothlorienJ
which recently published it along with two other of my 🌹 poems! You can read them all here on Lothlorien Poetry Journal: . 🙂
Hello, poet/editor/publisher
@MatthewMCSmith
! For this year's 1st
@TopTweetTuesday
, I offer "Twice Slain," published in
@LiteraryYard
on 07/12/20. (This was inspired by Josh Daniel's rendition of Labrinth's "Jealous," in his audition for The X Factor UK '15.)
Happy 2022 to all!
I've just read this
@TopTweetTuesday
's guidelines after work then wrote a quick one and now believe that I've complied and stretched myself enough. And it's great that today's host is
@VWC_Writes
, of whom I am a big fan! Hello, everyone! Hello, world!
I have a busy schedule, so an economical two-liner is perfect for me! So for this
@TopTweetTuesday
, with my amazing
@OriGamiFreePoem
co-poet (is that the best term?) Karen Pierce Gonzales
@folkheartpress
as caffeinated (presumably) host, here's my cosmic yet cardiac couplet. ✨💜
(Deleted the previous one; over 20 lines long! 🫢) Sharing this poem now for
@TopTweetTuesday
after treating myself to our host
@Marcomando
's rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Lately": . Poem's published in
@quince_magazine
(Issue 2): .
Hello,
@TopTweetTuesday
& host
@sandrajnoel
!
I wrote the ff. while having breakfast here in Kyoto:
Crystalline it waterfalls,
lakes into the basin
of my cupped hands.
I paused from splashing
my face until overflow:
a Zen fountain of man,
metal, & water
at bathroom sink. 🇯🇵
Thanks to
@RichlyEvocative
for the inspiration ("Street sailing") and
@bardmus
for hosting our
@TopTweetTuesday
this week. ❤️Here's my contribution. ✍️ (And now I'm off Twitter and back to work in 6 minutes. 👍)
Hello! For this
@TopTweetTuesday
w/ host
@IvorDaniel
who "sits by the River Severn and weeps", my untitled Fibonacci poem inspired by Alexander Pushkin's "The Prophet".
Here's screenshot of my poem as published in
@MusePiePress
' The Fib Review (7/2/16): .
@inquirerdotnet
Unahan na natin ang magiging script ng mga DDS:
Wala kaming pake kung maaresto
o sumuko ang Harry Roque niyo!
Basta huwag na siyang magtago
at humarap muli sa Kongreso!
It's already February 15 here in the Philippines, so we might as well consider this as a post-Valentine's poem . . . For this
@TopTweetTuesday
with our host
@marian_v_o
, here's my poem: "Post-Orgasm," in Word Doodle Lit Mag (July 2020): .
#writing
#poetry
Hello! For this
@TopTweetTuesday
with returning host
@KariFlickinger
, a screenshot of my poem as it appears in
@EunoiaReview
. Have a great day, poets! 🌞 (As for me, I'm still simmering over the low grade my literature professor gave me yesterday for our last writing assignment!)
I just received my copy of the anthology, "Wives: poems," edited by Ankit Raj Ojha (
@HawakalP
, 2023): ! Again, thank you,
@ankit_raj01
! And lemme share one of my poems in the book for this
@TopTweetTuesday
, with our host poet Laura Cooney
@lozzawriting
. 🙂
Hello to all & to our host,
@TopTweetTuesday
founder/editor/poet & overall terrific guy
@MatthewMCSmith
! A short one from my newly released collection, "Recumbent" (8Letters Bookstore & Publishing, 2023): . (Poem first published in
@LothlorienJ
, 6/5/22.🌹)
@RyanLingo_
"Puro kabobohan ang mga tanong kaya deserving lang na sagutin ng kabobohan din."
Bale aminado ka na kabobohan ang mga sagot ni VP Sara Duterte - bise presidente pa man din. Eh kung ang turo sa'yo ng nanay mo ay katigan at gayahin ang ganyang pag-uugali, eh di wow!
@srsasot_
Weh! Ni-leak sa iyo? Eh baka my firsthand information ka pa nga dahil baka iyang basement ng Jose Maria College ang secret lungga niyong mga DDS troll! Ano, napuno ng alikabok yung mukha mo noong may naghukay kuno? 😂😂😂
And it's another
@TopTweetTuesday
, and this time with the wonderful poet
@PoeticAdept
as host! My contribution is one of my two poems published only two days ago in San Antonio Review (with a beautiful photograph apropos to it): . 🕯️
#poetry
#poetrytwitter
@ItsJamMagno
Dami mo pang sinabi kasi jammed ang utak mo:
May hearing sa budget ng OVP kasi may due hearing dapat para sa budget ng OVP. Tumatagal lang kasi di makasagot ng diretso si VP Sara Duterte. (Parang sina Alice Guo at Cassandra Ong lang.)
Hello,
@TopTweetTuesday
& host
@ZoeBrigley
! Here’s a shortened version of my poem published in 3 Moon Magazine (2020): . (For TTT, I took out its middle stanzas to fit the length requirement. (Besides, there’s a line there that I’d really like to revise.✍️)
Congratulations to all the winners and "shortlisters" (is that a word?) of the 2021 Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition! And there's the title of my poem, "White Cloud" (and my name, "incidentally"), in the shortlist! 🙂♥️✍️
#writing
#poetry
#poetrylovers
#writer
We're delighted to announce the winners of this year's International Poetry Competition, judged by Will Harris. Read the winning poems on our website and join us for the awards event on 7 December to hear the poets read from their work alongside Will:
My 2013 poem on the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, published in “Awake in the World: Riverfeet Press Anthology 2017,” mentions “the omen of another violent trespassing.” Now, I dedicate this poem to the victims of Typhoon Odette. RIP.
@blackboughpoems
#TopTweetTuesday
@soopoftheday
The manuscript for "Figuratively, A Chapbook of Shape Poems" is good to go (I believe)! And from my forthcoming self-published collection, here's one of the poems, previously published in
@EL_DIAGRAM
(11/1/21): . Hello,
@TopTweetTuesday
&
@MatthewMCSmith
!
Hello! I'd like to join again* our
@TopTweetTuesday
, with our dear host
@Alayanabeth
. Thanks!
*Among other things, been busy w/ this collection just published earlier today, accessible here for free: . (For anyone who'll be tempted to click, lol!)
#poetry
@KafosoMo
I'd like to give Papa P the benefit of the doubt. If it's a film adaptation of "The Conjugal Dictatorship" or "Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage," then do it! But if it's another fascistic propaganda film that romanticizes/deodorizes/revises the Marcos Sr. regime, he shouldn't. 🚫
Hello! For this
@TopTweetTuesday
with our host
@Ammonites_Stars
, a poem I shared on social media more than two years ago (January 6, 2020). The text was originally superimposed on a photo of an art print. The artwork is great, but here it is now "only" as black letters on a page.
After listening to the speeches of
#KaLeody
and other working class leaders, we managed to break through the first barricade. Fortunately, no one got hurt -- neither from our side,
#MayoUno2022
celebrators, nor the police force's. Unfortunately, we were blocked from Mendiola. ✊