The Yaya Poem
August 14, 2006 by alex0825
In the shuttle going to Makati to work this morning, I was reading a poetry collection by Marne Kilates, incidentally called “Poems En Route.” I bought it six years ago, and apparently still have to plumb through its depths and intricacies because I just recently encountered at least two poems there that are really to be treasured – and the book holds more than 60 poems dating from the mid-80s till the mid-90s.
I’ve made it a point to bring it with me every day to fill up my commuting time. Thanks to the soaring gas prices and the recent increase in highway toll, I’m forced to go back home to leave the car after bringing Pam to her Alabang office. It’s quite a roundtrip effort, I know, but it’s much more preferable than…..
