Aida Santos

Aida Santos Poems

if you could only touch
the warmth inside my body
you will burn
as i burn with the look
...

If loving me differently
is the tight embrace of our thighs
the crescendo of kisses on necks and lips
breeze-like whispers of broken words
...

1
The harbor is a tapestry:
old and new, young and old
images of a place crawling
...

4.

Rest, my dear friend
For this grief shall too pass
...

We begin by speaking directly
to the deaths and disappointments.
Here we begin to fill in the spaces
of silence between us. For it is between
...

I was the collateral damage
To your moving on.

Your leaving was a bomb
...

A quick farewell.
We refuse each other’s eyes
they paint wide strokes
of sadness and fears.
...

1
stars afloat the skies
beyond Laguna de Bai
pens are shimmering skeletons
...

It could have been
Our sea of hope.
Volcanic sand held our feet
Firmly, stones balancing
...

I want to ask you:
When our bodies touch
Gliding like ice in a summer day
Hands akin to an eye
...

1
Beyond the bush
...

for P.


We wrapped the bamboo neatly
...

for Adul de Leon


I flipped through the thin folder
...

the lines buzz
competing with our words
electric conversation, electric telephones
we double up
...

15.

My daughter turns twentyone today
I look at my ageing hands
wrinkles are beginning to crawl
along once smooth lines.
...

the sea
in front
behind
on both sides
...

1
Earthbound.
My feet take root
its heart tied
...

1
grieving corridors
passageways to goodbyes
dark corners of pains
...

I think of you
in this season of penitence
the basketball court
below the apartment
...

I remember
it’s been two decades now
and the inner demons
of that violence visit me
...

Aida Santos Biography

Aida F. Santos (a.k.a. Aida Santos-Maranan) – human rights advocate, writer, researcher, educator, trainer, feminist. Aida has been a grantee of literary awards in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Gawad Gantimpala and The Free Press literary contest. She was a writing Fellow for the UP Creative Writing Center. In September 2005, Aida launched her first cd book entitled 'Pana-panahon: Isang Tanong, isang sagot at iba pang tula', which is part of a cd book series organized by Akdang_Bayan. The 26-poem collection was co-produced with Gray Matter Multi Media, Inc. and marks another milestone in her literary career. She has earlier published three anthologies of award-winning poems. The Aida F. Santos Writing Workshop, launched in October 2005 is another pioneering endeavor at mentoring women in writing. The writing workshop has spun off a group of women writers called Women in Bliss Writers Circle. Aida has published more than 100 articles, poems, books, monographs and opinion columns. She has also been involved in two video production, one produced by BBC with Mowelfund called “Women of the Bases – Continuing Lives” as scriptwriter and member of the Philippine Women’s Video Collective. Aida taught women’s studies at the masteral program at St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) and served as coordinator of its precursor women’s studies non-degree program. As a pioneer in the women’s liberation movement, she co-founded several groups. She is a founding member of the Gender Resource Network (GRN) , a professional association of gender and development specialists technical assistance providers. She is an independent consultant to various local and international organizations.)

The Best Poem Of Aida Santos

Saying Farewell

if you could only touch
the warmth inside my body
you will burn
as i burn with the look
from your eyes

if you could only
kiss me long
long enough
to hold my breathe
to memorize your tongue

if you could only feel
the cold that goes
through my spine
you will freeze
as i shiver with unspoken grief

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