My friend and former workmate made baybayin calligraphy of my haiku! (Yes, the four seasons suite featured on TLDTD Journal Issue #2~) So happy to see my work transformed & translated! 🥹🥹🥹 Makes me want to write more, w/ more sincerity & meaning! 📝 #NaPoWriMo2023

Ngunit ang totoo, Mahal, madilim ang langit ng London. Malamang dahil makislap na ang lupa. “Liwanag ng London” by Romalyn Ante (@RomalynAnte) tldtd.org/poet/romalyn-a…

Alakan mu ya karne senu makasinsim kan manteka ya bibig, masapinan ya sinay. / Partake of the meat that your lips might be greased, your guts plied with something solid. "Kan Malangan / At the Feast” by Hans Pieter L. Arao tldtd.org/poet/hans-piet…

Tabang mga langit, tabangi ninyo ang tigulang nga nagpas-an ka binagtong sa iya nga nagbugtot kag nagakudog nga likod. “Tabang Mga Langit” by John Dominic Arellano tldtd.org/poet/john-domi…

Buong tiyagang hiniwa ang telang malakatad ang dating sa mapurol at nangangalawang na cutter. Sa wakas “May Mga Bagay na Hindi Namamatay” by Mina Bautista tldtd.org/poet/mina-baut…

Kung gayon, kung hindi masasabing gumagalaw ang bato sapagkat parating nakahimpil, hindi rin ba gayon ang liwanag sa palagiang pagkasaanpaman nito? “Sanaysay sa Pagkahimpil, bilang Kalbaryo” by Christian Jil Benitez (Christian Benitez) tldtd.org/poet/christian…

I would not reply the consulate’s question with a canned answer, brined in my brown tongue for months, by Kalawisan, in the confines of my tiny room. Two Poems by Jona Branzuela Bering tldtd.org/poet/jona-bran…

When the quake spared only the belfry we rebuilt in each other the story instead: this town was founded on good. Three Poems by Mark Anthony Cayanan (Mark Anthony Cayanan) tldtd.org/poet/mark-anth…

By the countryside, wives play old chords, the no trace of you sends a hurricane of girls to fill pails off lakes. In your coming, sampaguitas bloom, boughs sway like wide curtains. “Via Crucis: Two Sets of Studies” by Justin Andrew Cruzana @chocomalIows tldtd.org/poet/justin-an…

Inig ka hinog sa nangka mokuyanap ang alimyon niini sa kabalayan diin tilawan siya sa libak sa mga silingan 'Humotang hinog, uy!' 'Tam-isog baho, da!' 'Dagko tingali rog lusok!' Duha ka Balak by Ariel B. Logroño tldtd.org/poet/ariel-b-l…

I was a lioness deserted by her already grown young for another pack— can’t show you how I carried a bag or suitcase with their pictures so I can be brave everyday Two Poems by Julienne Maui Castelo Mangawang tldtd.org/poet/julienne-…

Ang bawat retaso, bawat yugto nitong nag-iisang buhay mo, halos napakadaling isuko sa kawalang- kibo. “Sapagkat hindi nga sine ang buhay” by Carmie Ortego tldtd.org/poet/carmie-or…

Wala bang magsasabi kung saang parte ng katawan siya nabiyak at dumugo, kung tinatawag niya ba ako habang nalalaslasan siya ng hininga? Hindi ako pinatutulog ng napakaraming posibilidad. “Timmie (o, Respawn)” by Nikki Mae Recto tldtd.org/poet/nikki-mae…

TLDTD, a biannual journal for Filipino poets & poetry, is now accepting poems & translations for its seventh issue, which will launch in September 2023. Find out more & send us your work: tldtd.org/submit/. Submission period: June 1 to July 15, 2023 (your local time).

There are 3 weeks left to send us your poems and/or translations for Issue 7 of TLDTD. Read our guidelines and submit your work here: tldtd.org/submit. Deadline: July 15, 2023 (your local time).

We're still accepting poems and/or translations for Issue 7 of TLDTD, and submissions close in two weeks! Read our guidelines and submit your work here: tldtd.org/submit. Deadline: July 15, 2023 (your local time).

Filipino poets, don't miss next week's deadline for sending us your work. We're excited to launch Issue 7 of TLDTD in September! Find out more here: tldtd.org/submit/. Deadline: July 15, 2023 (your local time).

Pinoy poets, don't miss tomorrow's deadline (7/15) for Issue 7 of TLDTD! Visit tldtd.org/submit to read our guidelines and submit.

Issue 7 of TLDTD is now live! Visit TLDTD.org to read the work of fourteen Filipino poets in English, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Tagalog, and Waray, as well as a hybrid of Cebuano/Binisaya, Hiligaynon, and Kinaray-a spoken in Southern Mindanao.

COMING SOON! We're excited to share with you a special virtual events issue, featuring a conversation, lecture & reading by contributors, editors & friends of TLDTD. For more information on Issue 8, sign up for email updates here: bit.ly/tldtdissue8.