The Cipher
Creative folio desk
Original poetry, flash fiction, and creative essays in English and Filipino, read and selected through collaborative peer review.
Open call: send your poems and short stories through our Submit page.
Featured folio
Student prose
A reflective piece on the quiet hours between classes, written in a close third person and shaped by peer comments on rhythm and detail.
Byline: [Student author, CCIT]
Reflective essay
An essay on how drafts change once a reader, not just the writer, begins to notice what is missing from the page.
Poetry selections
Poem
Lines of rain set against the steady grammar of a lecture hall clock.
Byline: [Student author]
A short sequence on the crossing, the water, and the mornings that begin before the campus wakes.
Poem in Filipino
Isang tula tungkol sa liwanag na pumapasok sa lumang silid-aklatan tuwing hapon.