Originally Written on February 05, 2024; 12:13 AM
Written for my deceased grandmother: Purification C. Ferrer
In Manila, where work fills my days,
I’d visit for your birthday in so many ways.
I'd ask what you'd like to eat,
Papa would always say healthy,
but Jollibee was your treat.
Ignoring his advice with a quiet scheme,
You insisted “healthy lacks the dream”
This year, with an excuse in mind,
I missed your calls, a regret I find
On sunny days, meetings took my time,
On rainy ones, I chose sleep's climb.
Gloomy days slipped through, on silent phone,
Multiple times you called, I left them alone
In shadows of regret, where pain resides
Waiting for me, your patient heart
I’m sorry Mama a profound impart
I'm sorry, Mama, I wasn’t there
I’m sorry Mama, with all regrets
People say the dead can't hear, yet
Still, I pray my sorry reaches you, oh dear
I’m sorry Mama Ta with all my heart and sincere
And as Daddy CF would always say,
“I love you with all my heart”
In our reply, a sentiment clear
“I love you forever & ever"
Categories:
cf, death, loneliness, longing, loss,
Form: Free verse
Villanelle Do Evil People know why they're so
" Evil people resemble the Gods in that
They too may do as they please. "
From the Thirukural*
(Cf. T. Wignesan. The Thiruk-Kural of Thiru-Valluvar. The Secular Yogi in the Temple. Allahabad : Cyberwit.net, 2018, p. 75.)
Do Evil People know why they're so
For if it weren't for them will Life not end
Who puts to test the Good must Evil sow
If all the World were Yang will any know
The purpose of our existence sans end
Do Evil People know why they're so
Must not Evil People pay the price and go
To another world earned karma to spend
Who puts to test the Good must Evil sow
See you not why the Yin multiply more
The Yang isolated stand yet defend
Do Evil People know why they're so
They prance they dance they lord it and richer grow
In their heart of hearts not by courage mend
Who puts to test the Good must Evil sow
Ask not why we must thus by Fate endure
Either this or with endless boredom contend
Do Evil People know why they're so
Who puts to test the Good must Evil sow.
© T. Wignesan - Paris, 2018
Categories:
cf, evil, fate, god, humanity,
Form: Villanelle
1
In the middle of the universe, I stand-
A mere earthling by stomping on sand
raise hands to the gods forever at odds
How to call square at the end.
2
I am in the center of all
Awe-struck wide eyes at the ball
I am six feet tall
Can I say no to death call?
3
In the middle of the universe I stand
I exist, come and exit and life is never bland
I am an old quark for Mr. Marks
and receive my bills firsthand.
4
I am in the center of all
In my eyes deepest passions roll,
In the fringes of Milky way I stroll,
"I know my voices are dying with the dying fall"*
cf.*The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Lines 49-54 (T.S.Eliot)
In the middle of the universe, I stand. - Poetry Contest
Sponsor Verlena S. Walker
Poet: Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
Date of Composition: 4th February,2015
Categories:
cf, men, universe,
Form: Rhyme
La capinera's wintering pieces of tropic tunes
The garden warbler's echoes of dark melodies
Post-colonial poets return by summering fortunes
Learnt by rote as sacred Oxbridge duties
Note
The French "pantoum" may be modeled on the Malay pantun,
or at least it may aspire to, but it does not adhere to its
fundamental compositional criteria. For the original prototype,
cf. T. Wignesan, "The Poietics of the Pantun" in Journal of the
Institute of Asian studies, Vol. XII, n° 2 (Chennai), March 1995,
pp. 1-15; reproduced with corrections in T. Wignesan. Sporadic
Striving amid Echoed Voices, Mirrored Images and Stereotypic
Posturing in Malaysian-Singaporean Literatures. Allahabad:
Cyberwit.net, 2008, pp. 49-67.
(c) T. Wignesan - Paris, 2012
Categories:
cf, on writing and words,
Form: Pantoum
AA TO DF, THE COMPLETE LIST
AA automobile association – UK’s best
AB Alberta - Canadian province in the west
AC electric currect alternating
AD anno domini - yearsafter Christ’s coming
AE famous poet real name George William Russell
AF air force as in RAF - and USAF as well
Ba barium – a chemical element
BB Brigitte Bardot - attracted every gent
BC years before Christ the Lord
BD as in CHMN. of the BD. = board
Be beryllium an element much in use
BF bloody fool - in UK , polite abuse
Ca California – beaches, suntanned crowds
Cb cumulonimbus clouds
CC cubic centimeters (as in 500cc motorbike)
CD compact disc. Or cadmium if you like
CE civil engineer (professional designation)
cf means “compare” (Latin abbreviation)
Da = Russian for “yes”
Db decibels - measure of sound, I guess
DC is where Obama works his activity
DD doctor of divinity
De = French for “of” or “from”
DF direction finder - for a plane with a bomb
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Written for Debbie Guzzi's Contest "A.C, D.C.. A.D., B.C."
Categories:
cf, funny,
Form: Couplet
Feel the sea wind cold and stark,
as the arrow hits its mark,
piercing, pulsing, throbbing heart,
can your eyes see in the dark?
Thin arms inked with dark tattoos
grip the sands of deja vu,
earth and ocean rendevous,
waves of green and turquoise blue.
Soon he would turn twenty-one,
dying as the day is done,
roulette with a Russian gun,
spins the chamber just for fun.
In the sea awaits the shark,
tide recedes, leaves bloody marks,
he murmurs now, his last remark:
can your eyes see in the dark?
©Danielle White
(Inspired by a young CF patient.)
Categories:
cf, angst, death, health, teensea,
Form: Rhyme