Fiction by Nissi Odessa Mandanao | January 26, 2026
For the rest of the Universe, elements are survivors—existing both since and because of fusion in the stars.
But us here on earth were neither born from the greatest explosions in the sky nor from Her most enduring fires. Below the surface of this planet, we dwell like an earthworm. We feast ourselves with the dampness of its soil, squirming through like wearing a wet glove, while our feet tread the crackling flames of the mantle.
Poetry by Cerdel M. Caradia | January 26, 2026
Nakahibaw ba ang kabaw nga itom iyang panit,
nagtampisaw sa lapok, ilawom sa init?
Nakahibaw ba ang kabaw nga naa siyay sungay,
nga pwede manungag kung dili ka angay?
Poetry by Ruben III Castañares | January 26, 2026
Hindi na gumagana ang bumbilya sa bahay
Ponde at nangingitim na ang mga kamay
Pakurap-kurap pag sinindihan ang ilaw
Sa kanyang unti-unting pagkamatay
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Poetry by Princess Mary Juliet L. Matin-ao | January 26, 2026
Mohawa ko, mopalayo,
Gukdon ang tartanilla nga nagbiya nako,
Magpaanod sa mga balod,
Magpadala sa huyop sa hangin.
Poetry by John Carlo Patriana Beronio | January 26, 2026
Dili mokanta ang kulasisi;
hinuon, magdikit ilang balahibo
samtang nagdula sa sanga,
maghunghong og tingog
nga para ra sa usa’g usa.
Editor's Note | January 20, 2026
The Davao Writers Guild mourns the passing of our founding member, Aida Rivera-Ford, who died on January 17, 2026, just days before what would have been her 100th birthday.
Poetry by Josephine May Grace Famoso | January 19, 2026
They made Barabbas stand across a man
who wore thorns for a crown.
It should have been him.
Poetry by Jastin C. Fronteras | January 19, 2026
ang akong kamot kanunay ipadangat sa kahitas-on.
nangurog, nagahulat, nagahandom…
ako, kanunay nagapabilin diri
kung asa naghalok ang kagahapon ug kaugmaon
ug ako, kanunay nagahandum sa pagtubo sa
mga binhi sa liking yuta.
apan ang pagbanaw sa luha
wa damha ang kaalimoot sa adlaw.
ug balas ray nakumkum.