S-incere
A-nd
R-eal
A-ffection
H-as
M-oved,
A-s
Y-ou
R-eceive
O-ne's
Q-uietly
U-nveiled
E-motions
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Sarah May L. Roque)
Happy birthday, Noah Roque,
A student has high distinction;
Graduated magna cum laude,
He has learned from education.
Topic: Birthday of Noah Roque (March 30)
E-njoy
D-elightful
W-ords
I-n
N-atal
R-egards
O-f
Q-uotation's
U-plifting
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Edwin G. Roque (February 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
he ancestral house seemed smaller, today seen with eye glasses
The pathway seemed shorter, the mangoes grow loftier
It was once open field across the hill
Mushrooming subdivisions had blossomed
The little flower orchard had vanished
But anyhow we felt it would still be remembered
Harrowingly different, but pretty much the same
There was an unfamiliar children’s “bahay-bahayan”
On that path that we arranged
In front of that sagging waiting shed that stands
Beside the curve, where the old Mango tree grew
Surprisingly, forty years folded one summer day
And hurriedly become a springtime of our memory
of many growing trees, of many festivities
a spot where I wept one night after my mother died
and spent longer, in starry-starry nights holding newborn offspring
Yes....it is all there, in that small ancestral home
Facetious, but I'm glad they kept the wooden parrot
It has the same green eyes
That big black statue of St. Roque, along a stony pathway that we laid
still sits behind the curve, where the old mango tree grew
E-xcellent
D-edication
W-onderfully
I-nspires
N-otable
R-eader
O-f
Q-uote
U-sing
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Edwin G. Roque (February 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-eautiful
E-xcellent
L-ine
I-s
N-icely
D-esigned
A-s
R-hyme
O-f
Q-uote
U-ses
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Belinda C. Roque (September 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
E-xpression
D-elights
W-ith
I-mpressive
N-otable
R-hyme
O-f
Q-uote
U-niquely
E-mployed
Topic: Birthday of Bro. Edwin G. Roque (February 09)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
B-ehold
E-xcellent
L-ines
I-n
N-ew
D-imension
A-nd
R-ead
O-utstanding
Q-uotes
U-sing
E-yes
Topic: Birthday of Belinda C. Roque (September 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
The ancestral house seemed smaller, today seen with eye glasses
The pathway seemed shorter, the mangoes grow loftier
It was once open field across the hill
Mushrooming subdivisions had blossomed
The little flower orchard had vanished
But anyhow we felt it would still be remembered
Harrowingly different, but pretty much the same
There was an unfamiliar children’s “bahay-bahayan”
On that path that we arranged
In front of that sagging waiting shed that stands
Beside the curve, where the old Mango tree grew
Surprisingly, forty years folded one summer day
And hurriedly become a springtime of our memory
of many growing trees, of many festivities
a spot where I wept one night after my mother died
and spent longer, in starry-starry nights holding newborn offspring
Yes....it is all there, in that small ancestral home
Facetious, but I'm glad they kept the wooden parrot
It has the same green eyes
That big black statue of St. Roque, along a stony pathway that we laid
still sits behind the curve, where the old mango tree grew
Roque roiled wave seething a destiny towards shores unseen,
Crashing unto an opposing wave with no direction,
Froth seething from such encounter that heeds convergence in mashed forces
meeting to create upheaval beneath the cresting of opulence and destiny,
Blended to one smooth splash upon the shores of where my toes' lay,
Pulling and pushing of yin and yangs meaning of loves consistent reasons.
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