Best Mata Poems

Sita's getting chubby;
"I'm pregnant," she claims.
Ma's henna-tinged hair
bursts into flames.

It never lived
but Ma shrieks "Honor is dead!"
Sita never wanted marriage
but now how will Sita wed?

At...

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"The Moon and the Crow"



Legs of a journey open
along The Road 

Black Crow 
ruffles his feathers

Moon transforms 
White Lily pearly luminescent

Unfurling milky legs and arms...

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I'm Just Getting Started

I'm just getting started, though I'm not in control,
But I am all dressed and indubitably, very well-composed,
virtuously loved by many, with honored...

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The Story of History  

Beyond those beaten days’ depleted daylight
Beyond the bathos of a pandemic bondage
With  the resurrected  sashay’s charmed night
Down in...

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Saturday | 12 | September | 2015 | 0500 AM |

~ Mra nao ako ~
·
Mra nao ako,
Mata ngka ako,
Mala i tindg,
Bapiya anda btad ...
·
Mra nao...

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dinig ko
melodya galing sa puso mo
hinagpis ng pagkatalo
sumuko'ng pag-ibig
naparam, nakipaglaro.

pilit dininig, 
pinakinggan awit ng iyong tinig
malamyos, malungkot
mapagmalaki, mapagbiro.

umasa ako
puso mo'y marinig
melodya ng aking tinig
ngunit bingi...

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Matagal na panahong minimithi ni ina,
Tinataglay na kabutihan sa aking mata
Kailan sa akin ang iba'y makikisama
Kung wlang kabutihan akong pinapakita
 
Kahit ang sarili ko'y 'di...

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The thorns-in-sides are various
which mar incumbents’ slumber.
Could Belgium bear Lumumba?
Would Britain brook Makarios?

There’s Bolsheviks or Mensheviks,
Parnell or De Valera:
Marat had Robespierre, or
the Romans, Vercingetorix.

There’s Che...

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sinubukan ko
pero hindi parin pala sapat sayo
akala ko ako na
yun pala
mahal mo parin pala siya

eto ang kwento ng taong minahal ko 
ng buong buo
na di...

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Sa maghapon ikaw ang laman ng isip ko
Sa gabi, sa pagtulog, ikaw pa rin ang laman ng utak ko, 
Saan nga ba ako susuling, saan...

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"Smooth Big Cat"



He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.

She met him on the...

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Sa kisame ng bahay, itong si Butiking Pasas
Ay minsang nakipaglaro sa kanyang mga KAIBIGAN
Kanyang inaliw, mga pakpak na kumikinang, pumapagaspas
Binola ang bawat lipad na kay...

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Sa muling pagpikit ng mga mata, 
Dagling magbubukas ang panaginip, 
Saglit akong mawawala, 
Tungo sa kalawakan ng aking isip. 

Tayo'y muling magtatagpo, 
Sa gitna ng...

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MOTHER

         O Sakti, the spouse of Siva, O Isvari, Durgey, Mata Parvati, the creation
   ...

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   IN THE EYES OF GOD EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL--

Oh, mighty creator God, why is everything beautiful;
Everything is pleasant...
In the eyes of the Lord our...

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