Best Philippine Poems
P-hilippine Independence Day
H-ad been proclaimed twelfth of June;
I-t was the year eighteen ninety-eight,
L-iberation lives neath the moon.
I-t was the freedom from foreign control,
P-romise of reform was made;
P-eace process in the country
I-ced the war as the smoke did fade.
N-ation's Independence Day was initiated by Emilio Aguinaldo;
E-nding the three hundread years of Spanish rule, the Filipino flag began to glow.
I-ndependence day of the Philippines
N-ever departs from our mind;
D-ramatic growth of nationalism
E-manates to brightly shine.
P-hilippine Independence Day
E-xplains the Filipino's valor;
N-ever will he remain slave,
D-enying any alien conqueror.
E-very man of the world
N-eeds to be freed from soul colonizer;
C-hrist has built His Church,
E-ach one is ordered to enter.
D-on't waste the given chance,
A-sk for the righteous way;
Y-es, it's more important than Philippine Independence Day.
Seven thousand islands lace friendly Philippine smiles with mystic charm.
Where I live one liner Contest
Sponsor: Silent One 10/5/2016
Philippines
Young and full of life you write
Words of trials and love.
Wanting all too see
Those words hid inside.
Encourage I have
To make you see
Who you could be.
We are so for away
So we wrote away
In greatful encouraging way
Not to sway
Into harms way
But to show our love.
Dark hair and eyes
That glimmer shines
Just like your writes
As time passes by.
M-any tourists the world over
A-re in Mayon's safety site;
Y-es, the amazing lava fountain
O-f the volcano is clear at
N-ight.
V-iew the Philippine perfect cone,
O-nce you travel to Albay;
L-ove the beauty of nature,
C-herish the ashes that pass by.
A-ll things are nicely created
N-o one else but by God alone;
O-pen your eyes and heart to the Philippine perfect cone.
We dropped anchor that morn in Bacuit Bay.
I wanted to make El Nido our stay,
Philippine paradise where white sand beach
and many near out coral reefs do lay.
Matinloc Island crevice hard to reach
underwater door I wanted to breach
leading to “pristine place of paradise.”
Often I’ve heard it said sight’s beyond speech.
Until then, they say Swiftlet’s Inn is nice
On Balinsasayaw Road, very good price.
I don’t want to sleep on the yacht this night
but enjoy a San Mig Light cold as ice.
Jean, my new won bride, will think it’s alright,
She’ll like Puerto’s Underground River sight.
R-ise of the sun begins,
O-pening the morn with light;
D-awn has just broken,
R-aindrops fade after the night.
I-t's a beautiful day,
G-ray clouds don't gather;
O-nce the storm is gone, beacon bathes the weather.
D-ark shadows disappear,
U-nderneath the blue sky;
T-uesday twenty-eighth of March,
E-vening chill says goodbye.
R-eal change for the nation is on,
T-ill the very last moment;
E-veryone expects right action from the Philippine President.
Created by the omnipotent sovereign Almighty
I’m privileged to bear this scriptural distinction:
“fowl that may fly above the earth
in the open firmament of heaven.”
By virtue of a special proclamation
I have been declared the national bird of our country.
Soaring with such honour, I thank God
to be among the rarest and most powerful birds in the world.
As to my physical grandeur, endowed by my Maker
I’m satisfied with my dark face, creamy-brown nape and crown
Along my prominent, large, high-arched, deep beak that’s bluish-gray.
Likewise, my heavy legs are yellow, with large, powerful, dark claws.
Scientifically, I’m called “Pithecophaga jefferyi”
Formerly, however, I was labeled “monkey-eating eagle.”
News reports say that because of my size and rarity
I’m highly desired by birdwatchers.
Today, through the grace of the Lord, and my nation's faith
with the cooperation of conservationists
I, the Philippine eagle, am triumphantly thriving
surmounting my critical endangerment**.
*Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
**In 2010, the BirdLife International listed this species as critically endangered.
July 27, 2020
5th place, "I am a Bird - Personification" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin; judged on 8/1/2020.
Sadly gloomy news fill one with dismay;
still old habit is hard to change and they
continue to read newspaper each day.
Thinking why negative news made their way.
Throughout the world many good things happen
but those don't get honor to be caption;
such works get backseat how could this happen;
news don't add value, makes readers sadden;
What's forgotten negative news someway
affect readers' mental health; each day
bad things happen that doesn't mean anyway
life is getting worse; surely one can't say.
To reduce the negative effects, worse
thoughts, one should limit consumption at source.
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R-ising sun twenty-fourth January
O-pens the day with light;
S-hadows have disappeared,
E-arly morn sets things aright.
C-oal clouds and haze
A-re both nowhere in view;
M-ist and fog fade away,
B-lack sky becomes blue.
O-pen your life to beacon,
N-ever hide your aura;
G-o and start watching
G-ames at the Philippine
A-rena.
Habang nilalakbay itong karagatan,
Iba't ibang kulay ng ilaw ang nasisipat
Kadilima'y alay rin sa mamamayan
Puting walang galaw, iba nama'y pakipat-kipat
Parang pasko sa dalampasigan
Ilaw ng mga motor sa dagat, kumukutikutitap
Ang masilaw na puting ilaw, dinaraanan
Sabi'y halika'yo mga isda at kulisap!
Dasal 'wag lang lumapit ang kidlat
Nang pamilya nami'y huwag mangamba
Hala mga isda pasok at tuloy sa lambat
Oh kadiliman ikaw rin ay pinagpala
Lamig din ang kalaban, ngunit hindi patitinag
Tuloy lang mga bituin sa pagkislap
Ganito ang gabi, kapag nanlalayag
Saksi sa ilaw ng pagsusumikap at pangarap.
Philippine dwarf sunflowers
Beautiful, swarming all the way
A walk to go nicely looking
The flower seeds that was cast away
Now scattered blooming without end
Among the rocky greenfield
As far as eyes can see smiling
Noonday hot yellows swayed by the wind
Just beneath my knees kissing my skin
Below my gaze too many suns waving as I passed by
Much more so seen now at flower shop in jars and vases
Adorning all eye to muster passion and beauty
Hoping someone to buy it or leave it.