Best Cebu Poems

On a black carabao's back,
a dazzling white heron 
slow-dances,

the feathers on its graceful, 
slender neck the breeze 
romances !...

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On my way to the Phillipines
A mirror of blues and greens
Before the bow a Dolphin glides
With such ease the sea it rides

Starboard and port, islands...

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owl gray,
from a thick foliage
flies out into the sun's glare,
blinks to find its way..


noiseless,
flaps around, upward,
in long, slow spirals, glides down,
blindly flies away!...

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In Moonlight She Came, Her Dark Hair Did Shine

Now writing, romantic poem this night
fondly bringing forth memories of youth
Just tweaking to stir far greater delight
no...

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What happened
 

The woman from the Philippines
She and her husband a European man of middle years
Had a clearing in the jungle.
Built their own bamboo cabin...

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It All Started With A Parade

All walks of people crowding the streets 
Like moving vessels of a mighty fleet. 
Jolly Diana, a wake-up call at...

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I love the fish that comes straight from the tree.
Do you have this fish?
I also love the fish that comes directly from the market.
So do...

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At this harbor, I'm welcoming you as the moon in the middle of the mist
Even Victoria’s keel [1] takes some tears back home, the southern...

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Through the storm surge and chaotic sky, 
the scale of destruction: hell on earth, 
towns flattened into a horrible wasteland, 
the deluge created ghost cities...

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Through the storm surge and chaotic sky, 
the scale of destruction: hell on earth, 
towns flattened into a horrible wasteland, 
the deluge created ghost cities...

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I saw old images of different views of Ho Lang Island
The stone towers built by Spanish still standing erect
I felt nostalgic to look at the...

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Birthed at the heart of an evergreen forest,
Is the seven fairies’ indelible legend’s song-crest;
Incessantly chanted echoing from east to west,
Beckoning everyone to enjoy with a...

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Thousands of prisoners are in Cebu Jail
Many of them had committed crimes for hell
But how will you judge their wickedness?
Now that they can even wipe...

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There’s this stranger
I must have known her before, from a past life
It’s impossible to be so connected with anyone this way unless...
Can you hear the...

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Shop for me secretly in  your neighborhood; a watermarked
Couriered check will be sent for you to immediately cash
At your bank.  Take your $300...

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