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Alegria Imperial

62 years old

Alegria Imperial is published in US literary journals as essayist and poet. In Manila, she worked in government, educational and cultural institutions, holding positions in public and media affairs before she joined a newspaper. Before she migrated to Vancouver in Dec 2006, she launched her own book “Points in Time”, one of 400 titles chosen by the University of Santo Tomas for its quadrocentennial celebration.


alien notes

old suns, desolate breakfasts,
days turning on stiles, later
a trudge ending in a box
re-spelling obtuseness

words on words
soft as soufflé he hardly tasted—
so he left grinding dust, seeking
flashes in the desert

why songs fly
to him now sneaking between dawn
and moaning, silences between
gaping eyes the dead leave on strings, he
draws answers from skies,
grumbling about bomb spores--
songs he plucks off storms
alien to his longings

on his waist solid
steel tips waiting to fly  
this sentinel
of rock burrowing on sands
lets old suns free
on his guitar


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