Best Ilo Poems

MURI A KAPAGODAS

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Magodas ako Gadong,
a igagador ko Alam,
na Sagayanan onSnang,
ko Gapa a Simalawn,
a Dayamonthaya ragat,
ko alabat sa Slangan,
a inikarantangadat,
na Piyaladkho Marinaw,
so inambar o Pakato,
sa bapya pha-paroman,
ka oba mBolanaw Mobar,
na Kabayomboran Maog ,
So Lombay a Mitatandp…
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Sarmpangn Maidan,
o pagalad sa sumpitan,
So kareres o Kaprang,
Na bapya ribon kami,
A...

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Net working hard,
Even to the UNO,ILO and HR organizations,
Twenty four hours a day,
All the seven days,
All holidays,
No quota of leave,
Unpaid,
Free,
A genuine social worker!...

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A-gawin sa apoy ngayon
P-ara maligtas ang tao; 
R-endahan ng katotohanan, 
I-layo sa diwang
L-ilo.

M-aulan at malamig
A-ng Hulyo dalawampu't walo; 
R-umagasa man ang tubig
A-y hindi ka maaano.
S-agipin sa pagkapahamak, 
I-sipan nila'y nalason; 
G-intong aral ang gamitin, 
A-gawin sa apoy
N-gayon....

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At the darkest hour of night
Before night shadows
Steal across the wall of darkness
Into the welcoming hands of dawn;
As with defecting soldiers
At Korea's demilitarized zone
With my spoke,
I stoked the fire
Sending it's glamorous flame
Spiraling, hissing, revolving and tumbling
Like a million ocean waves,
Unraveling itself in its splendor;
Surging, splurging...

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