20 Random Haiku by Amiel Roldan

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 A set of 20 extreme haiku poems, each inspired by the translated fragments. These haiku explore themes of rebirth, identity, familial rupture, cosmic solitude, and radical agency—filtered through speculative, posthuman, and mythic lenses. 


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I. Year of the Dead

That was the year marked—  

birthday of the one now gone,  

Time turns to ashes. 


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II. Rebirth Optional

Born again, you choose  

your own age from memory—  

Time bends to desire. 


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III. Still Alive, Still Bound

Must be used for living  

the same rites as those who passed?  

Rules blur in the twilight. 


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IV. No Kin, No Claim

No child, no grandchild—  

no family to tether you,  

freedom in rupture. 


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V. Young and Unclaimed

A young man, alone,  

age sculpted by will alone—  

no past to inherit. 


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VI. Desire vs. Duty

Desire for kinship—  

the root of refusal to  

Raise the buried soul. 


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VII. Refusal of Role

No wishes for the post,  

this title not meant for stars—  

Let others carry. 


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VIII. Not a Star's Task

This is not star work,  

but the burden of the rest—  

I shine, not serve. 


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IX. Celestial Pride

Sky full of brightness,  

I burn without touching earth—  

seen, but not held close. 


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X. Seen by the World

Lit sky, radiant dome—  

Everyone sees me clearly,  

but none have an approach. 


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XI. Four Is Enough

Only four of us—  

no need for the crowd's chaos,  

We age without end. 


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XII. Eternal Youth Pact

We stay young, agreed—  

a prince, a sage, a rebel,  

and one who dreams of war. 


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XIII. Names of the Chosen

Wang Yi, Vannavisa,  

Sopit Sanappapha,  

Exsky Sunda rise. 


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XIV. Declaration of War

We declare war—  

not for land, but for the right  

to rewrite the stars. 


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XV. Strike the Elite

Attack Teoyong,  

Abhisit, Yingbaksa—  

Names fall like towers. 


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XVI. No Bloodlines Needed

Forget the bloodlines—  

we choose who stands beside us,  

not who gave birth to our name. 


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XVII. One Mother Is Enough

One mother will do—  

Father is a borrowed role,  

chosen, not given. 


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XVIII. Father's Flawed House

Father's house is cracked—  

Problems bloom in every room,  

We walked out, reborn. 


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XIX. Better Fathers Wait

Better fathers wait—  

not of blood, but of spirit,  

chosen for their light. 


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XX. Temporary Love

Parents for a time—  

we survive with borrowed love,  

Then choose your own path. 


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Amiel Gerald A. Roldan: a multidisciplinary Filipino artist, poet, researcher, and cultural worker whose practice spans painting, printmaking, photography, installation, academic writing, and trauma-informed mythmaking. He is deeply rooted in cultural memory, postcolonial critique, and speculative cosmology, and in bridging creative practice with scholarly infrastructure—building counter-archives, annotating speculative poetry like Southeast Asian manuscripts, and fostering regional solidarity through ethical collaboration.

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