• Home
  • Asian Arts Magazine  ▾
    • News
    • Arts
    • Culture
    • Films
    • Literature
    • Music
    • Performing Arts
    • Photography
    • Poems
    • Stories
    • Ideas
    • Reviews
  • Artist Registry
  • Arts Community
  • Happenings

  • Submit Stories & Poems
  • Log In
  • List Art Events
  • Be On Artist Registry

  • What Is Eksentrika?
  • Get In Touch With Us
  • FAQ
  • Join Our Monthly Newsletter
  • Eksentrika Facebook
  • Eksentrika Instagram
  • Eksentrika Twitter
  • Eksentrika Linkedin
  • Eksentrika Telegram
  • Start Writing
  • Asian Arts Magazine
  • Artist Registry
Arts & Culture Malaysia | Eksentrika
Eksentrika Login
POETRY | Marikina by Marielle Valmores
Marielle Valmores

Written by Marielle Valmores

POETRY | Marikina by Marielle Valmores

Share this article via


Embroidered fans flutter along with the hushed devotions

Young feet pattering beside the chapel archways

Chorus of children offer blessings and cotton-white jasmine

While chatters and mirth permeate the balmy breeze

 

Spiky rambutans & crates of sunshine mangoes trace the sidewalks

In each stall, whiffs of spices bursting from clay pots

Clamoring over the street, sweat trickles down on jeepney drivers

While hunched beside wooden soles are those cutting musky leather

 

By the river, rows of water lilies drifting in silence

Sculptured cows and carabaos parade under the shadows of narra

Voices disperse as folks spread over dewy grass

All gazing with a sigh on the setting sun’s golden streams

 

Cover image by Yannes Kiefer on Unsplash

submit eksentrika scaled

Marielle Valmores

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Start Writing!

We accept short stories, poems, opinion pieces, and essays on a complimentary basis.

SUBMIT

Other Stories You May Like

tomorrow-arjun-dhillon

Tomorrow by Arjun Dhillon

ARJUN

alas-a-dream-amizura-hanadi

Alas, A Dream by Amizura Hanadi

Amizura Hanadi

kellies-castle-arjun-dhillon

Kellie’s Castle by Arjun Dhillon

ARJUN

Oh, My Malaysia is a poem by Malaysian poet, Malini Lakshmi Bai

Oh, My Malaysia by Malini Lakshmi Bai

Malini Lakshmi Bai

champagne-kisses-alvin-moses

Champagne Kisses By Alvin Moses

Alvin Moses

For-Once-Be-Kind-O-Spiteful-Netizens-Mior-Azhar-Pix-by-ronnie-overgoor

For Once, Be Kind, O’ Spiteful Netizens

Mior Azhar

About Eksentrika

Eksentrika is an arts community and an online Asian arts magazine with an artist registry. Join us to get inspired and find Asian artists here!

Quick Links

  • About Eksentrika
  • Contact Us
  • F.A.Q.

Join Our Newsletter


All Rights Reserved © 2023 Eksentrika | By eJeeban Web Design Company

  • Eksentrika Facebook
  • Eksentrika Instagram
  • Eksentrika Twitter
  • Eksentrika Linkedin
  • Eksentrika Telegram