Nick Carbo Poems on Literature (2 Poems)

The Filipino Politician (Nick Carbo Poems)

When he finds his wife in bed with another man– The conservative politician feels an ache in his stomach,remembers the longanisa and the tapa he had for breakfast.He doesn’t know whether to get the doctor or Cardinal Sinon the phone. … Continue reading →

Typhoon Signal No. 1 (Nick Carbo Poems)

This is where the typhoon starts-inside the fourth paragraph,ten city blocks away, where the neurosurgeon halfsLa Celestina, where you occupythe spot under that Tiffany lamp, where Edgar Rice Burroughs laughs,where sugar cane is thighhigh, where you apply lipstick, where the … Continue reading →