Filipino writer Ann De Leon debuts with “Mama”— an experimental poem combining both English and Tagalog into a piece centered around their grief and experience with mother figures. They can be found on Twitter @nagakda.
Si mama, madaling-arawGone and away,Nagluluto, naglilinis–With ink hair leavingNangangaligkig ang mgaMarks on the bed, andKamay, buto, karne;Clogging the drain.Baboy daw ang ulam!She drips her …