Francisco R. Albano Poems

How do a mango tree and a bodhi tree
Become One?
The story is told
Of a typhoon venting fury on the City,
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Once she surprised as tongues of lightning
Filling the night with thunder
Promising virginal creation.
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(Reflections on the voyage of the ages)

1.
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Speak, O Risen Word
Your light everlasting
In darkness of the heart
And let Spirit rule the deeps
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The showrooms hide a hatred for nudes.
(See love abhorring empty places!)
In yellows and reds is an emperor
Displaying his hundred canvass faces.
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(With Emmanuel Levinas)

In Memoriam
+ January 11,2009
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(For Phil and Maricar)


“Ditang hits Central Luzon” – News
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SACRAMENTAL CEREMONY


It is receding horizon to pursue
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You contemplate me
At midlife become
Your holy hour
And from your brokenness
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Let midnight in
Starlight moonlight and lamplight
Sunlight and mindlight
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