Remembering The Philosophy Writing Club Of 1980 Poem by RIC BASTASA

the ark, the cover is a drawing of
three yellow sunflowers on a yellow cartolina
it is cynthia v.
on the loose, and there was norman naromal, edith requina,
flor chamen, elvi tamayo, ruschel salvana, lino moleta,
boni quirog, susie cantos, bong jabla, paul suaybaguio,
bong daray, jean lim, james piap, elsa lee, marking que, greg casino,

we thanked fr. moga, lilia, fr. esquerra, fr. barcelon, and everyone,
we thank them for everything

there were small brown birds of the common species
on the Ark of Noah

i was there on pages seven, ten, eight, and nine
on the three levels of seeing

there was this man who was trying to figure
things, who am i? what i am up to? where am i going?

his name is