Santo

Santo

Jose Martin V. Singh

There is something about images
that do not move
from their position.

They stand twisting,
wood limbs hiding in garments
swathed with sown jewels.

These objects liquefy
in the eyes of faith
and eddy

to a mass,
a prayer.

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Jose Martin V. Singh
Poet & Writer

Jose is an undergraduate student of Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Some of his essays have appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer.net, and & (Ampersand). His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Points of Contact: A Literary Anthology of the Philippine Collegian, and Revista Filipina’s Cuaderno Palmiano, among others. Born and raised in the Philippines, he lives with his family in Marikina City. 

Photography by Clay Banks