Quezon: Guisguis Beach, Sariaya
We drove for about three hours before reaching Sariaya, and surprisingly without the…
Author: Gretchen Filart
Gretchen is a poet and essayist from the Philippines, where she embraces life with bipolar disorder and ADHD. Her confessional pieces unpack the complexities of grief, motherhood, relationships, intersections, and the human experience, garnering recognition from the Greg Grummer Poetry Contest and Navigator's Travel Writing Competition.
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