beneath the shade of the talisay | Dave Legalisa | Poetry

Some loves feel like the sea—vast, untamed, and always calling you back.

beneath the shade of the talisay is a tender and deeply personal collection of poems about love, longing, and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of an island where the heart both finds and loses itself, these poems explore what it means to seek connection in a world shaped by distance, memory, and quiet yearning.

Under the talisay tree, love blooms, falters, and lingers like salt on skin. With raw and lyrical honesty, this collection captures the ache of desire, the beauty of heartbreak, and the slow, steady process of becoming whole again.

For anyone who has ever loved deeply, lost quietly, or searched for belonging in the spaces between, ‘beneath the shade of the talisay’ is a gentle companion—a place to rest, to remember, and to heal.