Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

POETRY

CREATIVE WRITING

2023. "AI Apocalypse." Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine 72
2021. "Of Borders." Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 57 (2): 203–205
2021."ina/mother." Anak Sastra 44: 34
2020. "Gwangju Blues." Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 56 (2): 173–74. 
2020. “Pinoy Patriot no. 1.” Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 56 (1): 148
2020. “Gwangju Blues Reprise,” Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine 52
2018. “Ode to Self as Passenger," “In Medias Res,” and “Solitude.” Diliman Review  62: (1) 92–95
2017. "Impression." Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 53 (2): 122–23.