Long Philippine Poems

Oh well I got an angry email to begin my day
Because of my last post on the Jabidah thing yesterday
Galit sa akin but greeted me with Assalamu alaykum.
And kung personal Moro friends ko naman ito...

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Well I know it's been forever and you didn't know what to do
Fear no more your philosopher is back with his clerihew
Who will be now name victim of this wonderfully silly form
Probably himself and anyone...

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The Mojo Trick
Loch David Crane
June 1979

Sweat-sticky and hot! The P. I. is not
	a comfortable place to be;
but sit here and perspire (as though by the fire)
	and I'll tell a tale to thee.

I was coming alive...

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Feb. 6, 2021
	Hello I was born normal on May 17, 1979 from Paranaque, Philippines. My name is Jacqueline Ramirez Mendoza and was taken from Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis. Given by my cousin, Jocelyn Picazo Santos. My...

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The Things Never Said
The terror…
The only things ever said about my daddy’s WWII service were that he’d been to New Guinea where he’d ridden on a truck full of soldiers by a river without a...

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It was like a whisper- 
My wife delivered the sad news- 
"Your grandfather was dead."- 
And so he was- 
Her eyes was awfully sad- 
Touched me gently on my back- 
He was old- 
The time...

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You knew you were going to die. 1
And yet you came, thinking no matter how insane,
the man on the seat of power would never want you dead
… it would be too much on his head.

And...

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The date is twenty six July,nineteen hundred forty five
soon, only three hundred seventeen would be alive
Eleven hundred ninety six of you assigned 
eight hundred seventy nine lives denied,

Two torpedoes, that found their mark
at twelve fourteen...

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Young girl
Playing with her dolls-
Pretending as her babies
Singing a lullaby
For them to silently fell asleep
Waking them up...feeding...caring...
Acting as a mother...
But,that was before
Now,a young lady
A woman
Only at sixteen
Carrying another life
Life of unexpected reasons
Product of violence and...

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My thumbs in my mouth as saliva drips out

taste like there's dirt in my finger nail

look at my hand, the others are clean

but one is painted by that Asian girl I met last night

...don't know...

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May nine nineteen eighty was great, 
Being the day of his calling; 
Brother Eduardo Manalo
Had received the noblest blessing.

The day of his ordination
Signaled his rise in his duty; 
His exceptional performance
Was seen inside the ministry.

He...

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Surrounded by tranquil turquoise waters,
Guarded on sides by oceans three,
In the east by the Pacific,
On the south by the Celebes Sea,
And on the west by the south China Sea, 
There is an archipelago on the...

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Because some troubles and faults left by last administration, the incumbent can try to restore or redress. But for some other questionable moves beyond recantation, the incumbent can only conduct limited control on their irreversible...

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My dearly beloved Sister in the Lord,
You surely are a great blessing to me and to others...
May this poem of tribute to and for you reverberate beyond our memories
Vanquishing oblivion that lurks to prevail.

Blessed by...

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It All Started With A Parade

All walks of people crowding the streets 
Like moving vessels of a mighty fleet. 
Jolly Diana, a wake-up call at dawn; 
A throng is gathered down the town. 

Cadets go...

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One morning, when I was stationed at base operations in Subic, I had a
telephone call. A Filipino shipyard worker had died during the night-shift,
on the job at the navy repair facility, apparently of natural causes....

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I always had this fascination with the English language. 
Ever since I learned to read and write, 
it captivated my interest, beside my own native tongue;
Opening for me a whole new world different from my...

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Fittingly dubbed “The Pearl of the Orient Seas”
an archipelago of 7,641 islands, the Philippines
majestically sits in vast waters between
Pacific Ocean and South China Sea.

Named after King Phillip II of Spain,
Philippines was its given name
Raw and...

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Train Station Landmark --- my significant worth
I’m blissful to fulfill my role in this Earth
witnessing triumphant transit endeavor
done along prudent and diligent fervor.

Our country’s national* railways’ history
highlights progress and development story
revealing the blessings of God...

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Transformation-propelled was he as president
proactively working out his earnest intent
pursuing national goals along progress test...
such is FVR --- Fidel Valdez Ramos at his best.

Elected as the 12th Philippine head of state
1992 began his Malacañang date
bringing...

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I researched the earth's endangered species list and this is what I found.
There's everything on the list from A to Z - rare species just abound!
I'll highlight some of the more interesting varieties just to...

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Special Action Force, “By Skills and Virtue, We Triumph”....
Hail to you heroes who fought until their last breath!
No fear to face the awaiting door of death.
As you defend and secure our Motherland especially the youth.

At...

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Dear swollen-trunk maple, deemed 
diseased by the saw-happy tree guy, 
you who have stood silently, supposedly 
slipping your ailment through your roots 
to the neighboring trees, now fallen 
full blast down, geometrically down, 
right angle,...

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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...

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Tried to clear my throat, though you
didn't look at me; may be you
assumed it is infection;
aimed to get your attention.
~X~X~X~

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Poetic Form :: The Tanaga
The Tanaga is an indigenous type of Filipino poem,
that is used traditionally...

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