Mang Poems


Zazi-Knowledge of self-unleashes potential

...Look in the mirror, tell me, what do you see?
A soul once broken, yearning to be free.
Reflections of pain, fear loud and clear,
But there's power in you, greater than the fear.

Unaware of the ...
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Categories: mang, angel, appreciation, beauty, blessing,
Form: Other

Premium MemberMom's Vaccination

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	On February  18th-Thursday when I had a blood draw. In there we saw my mother’s ex-co worker from Target. Fortunately she was the one who helped me. My mother then asked if they’r...
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Categories: mang, christian, devotion, mom, mother,
Form: Narrative


Koro Na

...Kapag wala na si CORONA, 
Mang-aawit ay sa KORO NA....
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Categories: mang, poems,
Form: Couplet

Quickest Way To Transfer Pain

...Henry sat in
His room staring at his
Ceiling thinking, that any man that
Thought exactly as he did
Ought to have his, head examined
Or be seekin, professional help, 
But he could never convince...
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Categories: mang, absence, cheer up, crazy,
Form: Rhyme

Time Is Truth

...Tell you an approach to rid of your doubts without 
Practicing divination by tortoise’s shell and yarrow.
It takes three days of fire to single a jade stone out,
And a ridgepole tree it takes seve...
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Categories: mang, philosophy, time, truth,
Form: Rhyme


Tayotay

...Nais ko nang mamatay
Matagal kong hinintay;
Tumabi sa'yo itay.
Putulin na ang buhay
Sa mundong walang saysay
Wala mang kaagapay,
Pantunaw lang ng atay.
Suko na Sa'yong kamay;
Ang walang kwent...
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Categories: mang, abuse, addiction, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Free verse

African Woman

...African woman, I have heard so much about you
I have heard that you are caring, that you are loving , that your kindness is incomparable. I have heard that your beauty needs no special powders and c...
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Categories: mang, beauty, caregiving, devotion, mum,
Form: Ode

Maranao Poem - Panalamat Ko Ragat

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~ PANALAMAT KO RAGAT ~

Kakal a panalamat,
ka inisurat a sarat,
a inabat ko daradat,
ko maratabat insarat,
a kakat a ini khandat,
a ini khandat a ragat,
o Malawanda i Bakat ...

Na san...
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Categories: mang, analogy, art,
Form: Rhyme

Han

...Han(1) is the mang-bu-sok.(2)
Han is the tears,
the tears of a sorrowful woman
who waited and waited to the good news
that of the husband, who left her a long time ago,
turned into a rock on the...
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Categories: mang, anxiety, imagery, metaphor, miss
Form: Narrative

Ferris Wheel

...Walang napapala,
ang titik sa tugma.
Pilitin mang kumawala,
babalik pa rin sa rehas
at kulungang walang tanikala.
Hayaang magdusa
ng walang parusa:
Gumala ng gumala
sa pagitan ng luha at lupa!
At kun...
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Categories: mang, first love,
Form: Free verse

Akala Mo Lang

...(My apologies! This poem is wrtten in Filipino....for my brother Edwin...i hope to translate it one day)


Noong tayoy mga bata pa...
Wala akong maalala....
Na sa akin ay nakipaglaro ka....
Pwera lan...
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Categories: mang, birthday, brother,
Form: Ballad

Perfected Slurrs (Part2)

...and like theriouthly what wath their problem
ith jutht thex
the story continues on all the way to newfoundland
who sort of did it justice, how jesus even taught them to procreate is beyond me
I's...
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Categories: mang, birthday, jesus,
Form: I do not know?

Kakampi

...Buhangin sa iyong balikat, 
mula sa pagkakadapa,
Maiitim na markang iyong nakikita,
Di ba bumangon ka? 

Di nga bat pinakita mo 
ang tapang mong totoo?
Ng ngumiti ka lamang 
sa galit ng mundo...
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Categories: mang, music, song-lyric
Form: Free verse
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