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Thinking of Tuyo when there is Salmon

June 26, 2017 Eunice Novio

Thinking of Tuyo when there is Salmon

There’s grilled salmon on my plate
and a goblet of white wine.
It is an ordinary meal for me
that I oftentimes hate it
because bangus* tastes better
and tuba brings more laughter.

A grilled pink salmon
in olive oil
And a goblet of white wine
Give me depression
Instead of celebration,
That finally we have a good life.

But in a strange land
Wine only makes me
forget the life I left behind

where we happily shared
tuyo and coffee poured
on rice.

*bangus – milkfish
 *tuyo– dried fish
 *tuba – coconut wine

Memories of Bali

Amidst the vastness of Java Sea

And the cloudy skies of Bali

The salty taste of wind

Gently whip pasts me

Like your whisper to the wind

To bring me back to your

Waiting arms, like a long time ago.

From afar the majestic mountains

Echoing the deep chants of our

Ancestors calling to their Gods and Goddesses,

As they start to harvest rice

And I gather memories.

 

A Night in the Land of the Crescent Moons

I hear their voices everywhere
chanting prayers from a hundred years
never forgotten, always on the same spot
facing the Holy Land.
The crescent moon shines atop
the glimmering dome.
Holy,
Unholy
Pure,
Impure.
Washing of feet
Before entering the Holy Place
Water washes away impurity,
Pray, chant, bowed head,
Blessed are thou who
Believe without seeing
The Holy One.

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About Eunice Novio

Eunice Barbara C. Novio, is from the Philippines and presently residing in Thailand. She teaches English and Psychology at Vongchavalitkul University in Nakhon Ratchasima.She is a graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman, MA in Women and Development under the Women Leadership Scholarship of Seattle United States. She has written various research and scholarly articles about women published in several international journals. In the Philippines, she was active advocate of women and gender issues. In Thailand she is now focusing her advocacy on migrants.  Besides teaching, she is also a correspondent of Inquirer.Net US Bureau. She has also published poems in various anthologies and at the Philippine Graphics one of the oldest magazine in the Philippines. Her first collection of poetry entitled Maps of Dreams and Memories was published by Aquirelle in 2015. It is available online at lulu.com and amazon.com.

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