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Jabidah Peace Garden
Who died are the Sulus
not the so called Moros
They were the recruits
Were killed when refused

Sabah were to invade
They refused to take orders
Sacrificed not to kill brothers
Jabidah Massacre bolted

Jabidah Peace Garden
the name should be penned
part of the history and genuine
not to distort its tale

Not supposed ourselves
Supposed...

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Categories: sulus, age, angst, appreciation, art,
Form: Bio
Freedom and Independence!
Freedom!
Why to Sulu you cannot grant?
Independence!
To Sulu you don’t mind!

Freedom!
Sulus cried for once!
Independence! 
Sulus need to embrace then…

Freedom!
Until this shall not achieve
Still the march towards it!
Independence!
Sulus need this to happen
United Nations please do what is due to them!

Freedom and independence 
Are basic human rights 
For...

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Categories: sulus, history
Form: Narrative
Melanesian Arts Festival
We wore our meri blouses
And on stilts built our houses…
We carried our bilums so beautiful
And custom dressings so very colourful.

We wore our island dresses
And displayed our art in richness…
We played our native string-band
And drew creative designs on sand.

We wore our dark sulus
And brown costumes not...

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Categories: sulus, art,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Please Rise
I look upon the sky
Now the sky is crying
No tears of sorrow
Then comes the light
Sulus please rise....

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Categories: sulus, care, caregiving, change, character,
Form: Free verse
Moros Filipinos
Before,
people are not Filipinos and Moros.
They're Mindanaons and Sulus.
Now they are being hid by two levels:
Filipinos and Moros.
The old names would be buried
forever if not rescued....

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Categories: sulus, absence, abuse, addiction, analogy,
Form: Ballad

Book: Reflection on the Important Things