Saturday, November 8, 2025
Kristine Joy L. Dabbay

Kristine Joy L. Dabbay

Stepping on dry leaves

With each step, A crisp sound erupts. Under sweaty soles, Dry leaves crack— Fragments scatter To be trampled again— As sturdy as the branch Where the leaves once lived. Montage Vol. 11...

Under my umbrella

Why on a day like this, Water kisses the earth Dropping like unstringed necklace pearls To the ground. Footsteps press against the soil, Raindrops fill the void, And the wet...

A ‘cult’ classic

COMBINE death cults, religion, and pop culture, then mix with satire, witticism, and a knack for repetitive rhythm, and out comes Survivor (Vintage, 2003),...