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Mikael de Lara Co

Mikael de Lara Co’s poetry and translations have garnered numerous accolades in the Philippines, among them four Palanca awards and two nominations for the National Book Award. He was a public official under former President Benigno S. Aquino III. He now works with the Liberal Party and other advocate groups to reestablish respect, truth-telling, and sanity in Philippine politics.

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1. And our eyes opened like wounds. And our wounds declared their solemn hurts, and the stars reflected the beeswax of history, the chipped ivories, the runaway ghosts making fire in the blinding wild. Arms like branches and hair like …

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