08/09/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: whoislimos

No new city,
No new climate
Can calm the storm
Inside your head

Does it matter if
The others are kind
To you as a stranger
If you can’t be kind
To yourself?

Context (if you’re interested):

This poem is based on “the tourist” in “You Are Here” by Dawn Lanuza.

08/08/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Nick Fewings

I thrust my phone through
The throngs of tourists to take
My selfie alone

Context (if you’re interested):

This haiku is based on this Japanese haiku:

From the window of the departing train,
I first thrust my head out,
so as not to lose.

09/07/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Zoe

The river rushes into the sea.
When will it ever return?
Why do we too expect
Our money to invest back to us?

Context (if you’re interested):

This is based on a poem by Lia Bai. I was thinking about how the flow of money in society is like a river. It flows in an endless cycle, congregating in certain places and leaving others dry.

09/06/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Tu Trinh

Welcome all
We want to serve you better
Bingo extreme

Context (if you’re interested):

This is a compilation of ads I saw driving around Manila. I assembled them together to get a sense of the surreal kind of feel advertisements can have when you stop to think about them.

09/05/26 A New Poem for a New Day

Photo Credit: Aysha Manal Arafath

My contradictions
Shall remain intact, yearning
For everything, beyond
This daily bread I hold

Context (if you’re interested):

This is a revamped version of the my poem from the day before. It expressed what I was going for better.