Jonel Abellanosa
Flight of the Bumblebee
Only upon listening closely
To find the flower of silence
Does seeing break as water
And I somehow know
Without rocks and pebbles
There are no ripples
And without ripples
There are no echoes
And the flow is only
The light heartache
For reflections
That are not there
The Old Room
The first time I noticed the room
it spoke of restlessness
and though it spoke to itself
I wasn't an eavesdropper.
I wondered how many years
had fled for its comforts.
Days left no traces
as if days were travelers.
Now I notice the room again
and it describes absence to
the mirror watching the bed.
Silence makes its words audible.
I wonder if years have become
fewer, returning one by one as
the last days, as if moonlight
is about to become visible.
Jonel Abellanosa resides in Cebu City, the Philippines. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including Rattle, Poetry Kanto, Pedestal Magazine, Mojave River Review, and Star*Line. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Dwarf Stars award. His fourth chapbook, "Songs from My Mind's Tree," has been published in early 2018 by Clare Songbirds Publishing House (New York), which will also publish his full-length collection, "Multiverse," in late 2018. His poetry collection, "Sounds in Grasses Parting," is forthcoming from Moran Press.