Tag: Jearvy R. Lañohan

/ɪn ˈmiːdɪˌæs ˈreɪs/

suspended between

parallel worlds of

ought-to-be’s

and

what is,

she shifts precariously

between contrasting

narratives.

Tired

of the cacophony of noise,

(not hers)

she flings herself out of the chaos

(not hers)

runs to where her truth is,

and

for the first time

allows herself to

laugh

a symphony of

bitter

confused

angry cackles –

anectodal of a beginning

that is singularly hers.

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Jearvy R. Lanohan teaches at the Philippine Science High School – Southern Mindanao Campus where she weaves meanings while alternating between academic writing and literature. She was a fellow to the Davao Writers Workshop.

You and I piled words like how
we did with floral cut-outs
on a sanded surface.
One word after another,
clever
uncensored
raw

iterations of
revelation,
concealment,
– or bits of both.

What was it that glued
them together – our words?

When I look back,
I see exquisite words-art,
stunning in its
inscrutability.

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Jearvy R. Lanohan teaches literature and writing at the Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus. She was a fellow to the 2011 Davao Writers Workshop.

Deftly,
I untwisted frayed tendrils
of memories and coaxed
from their strands
remnants of longings
that no longer have names
nor shapes.

As I traced fading trails
to your world, the wind
blew, sending up
in spirals dusty crumbs
of hope.

The heavens choked –
and wept.

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Jearvy R. Lañohan teaches Literature at the Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus. She was a fellow at the 2011 Davao Writers’ Workshop.