Makata Issue No.11 is off the virtual press.

Cover Design: Migrations I by Melissa Nolledo-Christoffels

Poetry by Maryjane Alejo, Angelo Ancheta, Michael Francis C. Andrada, Aurora Antonovic, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Jaime Jesus Borlagdan, Eugenio R. Corpus III, Eoin Dunford, Jennifer Federizo, CW Hawes, Rosendo M. Makabali, Allen McGill, John Oliver Ortega, Tony Mercado Peña, Alexander Martin Remollino, Usman Abdurajak Sali, Leigh Soriano and Maria Belen Concepcion-Villacorta

Renga by Robert Wilson, Josepepe G., Angelo Ancheta and Sonny Villafania

Flash Fiction by Sheilfa B. Alojamiento

Essay: Tabi Po! by Xavier L. Olin,S.J.

Vers Libre : Estratehiya sa Padron kan Rima by Jose Jason L. Chancoco

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