Nico Santana is a Filipino poet from Quezon City. He graduated from Ateneo de Manila University as a Management Engineering major, and is currently pursuing his MFA in Poetry at New York University. His poetry has been published in Red Ogre Review, Revolute Lit, and TLDTD, among others. Aside from poetry, he likes to write scripts and storyboards for comics and video games he never plans to actually make.
Our first summer together: the avocado tree in my backyard bowed its head under the weight of fruit so plump it would burst under the delicate pressure of your painted fingernails. The whole neighborhood must have heard us laughing — those little green planets in our hands! — because soon enough, the local mayas were singing at our doorstep, little… Read more →