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“Bitun”, the Bakwit

the Philippines Marga OrtigasJuly 23, 2010 People Places

They call them “bakwits”.  Thousands of displaced, transient, residents in the Southern Philippines with no permanent place to call home. Caught in the cross-fire, bakwits …

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The Sound of Pain

China Marga OrtigasMay 23, 2008 Prose

The sound of pain is universal. You do not need to understand the language of the words when the wailing the tone the texture of …

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Snowflakes

Poland Marga OrtigasApril 12, 2005 Prose

“Into the clockwork universe the quantum child. Why doesn’t every mother believe her child can change the world? The child can. This is the joke. …

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Sandstorm

Iraq Marga OrtigasMarch 8, 2005 Places Prose

Where does one life end and another begin? In the whirlwind of a sandstorm… how do you see the beloved’s face? The beloved. A mirage. …

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9-11

Iraq Marga OrtigasSeptember 11, 2003 Prose

Two years. Two years, today. It’s nearly one in the morning, and the day gone by is already a blur.  I seem to be thinking …

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Desert Stories

Iraq Marga OrtigasAugust 13, 2003 Places Prose

I don’t remember what day it was.  All I know is it was hot. Like every other day this month has been. Hot.  Very hot. …

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(Of Spectres): In Love in London

the United Kingdom Marga OrtigasMarch 22, 1997 Places Prose

“The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.”           – Italo Calvino Temporally, six months have passed. …

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