• Jihad: Another Sunday Morning

    reckoning has come my mama tells me that I am a heretic that I’d rather wear my unwashed denim cut-offs than kiss the feet of elevated saints Sunday morn is a struggle when I’d ...

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    Jihad: Another Sunday Morning
  • Other

    I was the one Who looked at you from way across the room The one who felt your pain And never gave it back I cared not If you can’t even see Just by spirit Be with me I was the girl ...

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    Other
  • Stone

    Stolen from the aria Of crashing forest waters, Ripped like a body's heart; A-bleeding A stone. Stories of war shattered Long since; Dead hearts wielding World War II's disease ...

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    Stone
  • The Voyage

    Cutting through waves A swath of foam; Green-gray curdles Trail underfoot. A raft of makeshift hopes, Adrift for days And aimless: Steered blindly on. Beyond the mist, Cobbles and ...

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    The Voyage

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Shirley Siaton-Parabia is an award-winning author in English, Filipino and Hiligaynon. She is a literary and journalism honors recipient of the Stevan Javellana Foundation, Philippine Information Agency, and West Visayas State University. Her essays, fiction and poetry have been published in The Philippine Star, Panay News, Daily Informer, MOD Magazine and Glitter Magazine. Her plays have been staged at the University of the Philippines-Visayas.

Based in Muscat with her family, Shirley is a black belt in Shotokan Karate, an international certified fitness coach, and an avid powerlifter.

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