Summer, ackk ^ June! ^ Marin Headlands ^ Discomfort, be gone! ^ Hindi Tayo ang mga Inaapi ^ “If You Want to Know What We Are,” Carlos Bulosan

A Mary Cherry • Divine Poems, José García Villa

MayNinety • “Filipino Boogie,” a poem by Jessica Hagedorn

Countdown to Philippine Independence Day: Bayan Ko, Jose Corazon De Jesus

Donna Summers and late 70s summertime is inextricably bonded to happiness, and youth now gone.

It’s easy, she’s pointing back in the mirror at you.

Had. It. Up. To. Here. (**apologies to Mr. Hanrahan for butchering your name!)

Maybe it was a needy cry and she tried to give it away once upon a time.

Eternity or sin? Choices, choices.

...while the weekends sometimes have flesh.