Wedding Bliss
...God be praised for today’s wondrous altar date
That you, very new couple,
Brother Noel and Sister Berlin became one flesh*…
Tied in the Lord’s love of blissful blessings.
We jubilantly...
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Categories:
salamat, blessing, christian, devotion, faith,
Form: Epithalamium
Salamat Po, Ka Eduardo
...Salamat po, Ka Eduardo,
Sa inyo pong pagmamahal;
Inaakay n’yo ang tao
Patungo sa bayang banal.
Kahit mapagod, mapuyat
Ay hindi n’yo alintana;
Ang mahalaga'y matupad
Ang tungkulin n’yo sa Ama...
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Categories:
salamat, thanks,
Form: Quatrain
Kaibigan Mag Pakaylan Man
...Isang babaeng sa kolehiyo ko nakilala
Babaeng gagawin lahat upang ika'y mapasaya
Handa kang damayan sa lahat ng parusa.
Parusang hindi kahahayaan sumaya.
Handang gawin lahat ng iutos
Kahit lab...
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Categories:
salamat, appreciation, friend,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Maranao Poem - Linimpang a Pilimpinas
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MARANAO HISTORICal POEM
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~ Linimpang a Pilimpinas |
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Pilimpinas go(w)Ane
ko masá o Mericano
na ini zámaiya iran
na othángen so kadatu
a minindatu ko Moro(d)
ko lupa a Minsupala
Na...
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Categories:
salamat, america, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse
Magpaalam Ka Naman
...Magpaalam ka naman. ??
Tila bituing ngumiti sa langit,
Nagliwanag ang aking paligid,
Akala mong anghel, bumilis tibok ng dibdib,
Naging mabait naman ako, sinusundo na ba?
Oras ko na ba? baki...
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Categories:
salamat, dedication, deep, dream, fantasy,
Form: Verse
Ruffled
...wind crashes through me
trampling everything around—
I crumble. I lied.
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the youtube video is not mine, (song from Rivermaya) but yeah, voices out my thoughts...
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Categories:
salamat, absence, chocolate, emo, wind,
Form: Senryu
Pamilya
...You consider us not just employees but treat us like your children.
You lead us like fathers do and console us like mothers too.
For so long you are here and it will be forever,
You will be in e...
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Categories:
salamat, mentor,
Form: Ode
Constantino
...Hi JOSEPHINE, KAMUSTA KA NA?
SIGURO nagtataka ka kung bakit ako sumulat
PASENSYA NA, pero WAG KANG MAGTATANONG,
WAG NA, dahil magiging BULAG, PIPI at BINGI,
Lang ang damdamin ko sa paghinga,
AW...
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Categories:
salamat, appreciation, celebrity, character, emotions,
Form: Narrative
Lisan
...Kailangan kong lumisan sandali sa init mo
Paalam ng panandalian sa ngayon
Alam nating darating ito
Salamat sa kahapong pinagsaluhan
Iiwan kita na may pag irog sa kaluluwa
Magbabadya ang kinabu...
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Categories:
salamat, lost 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:
salamat, birthday, brother,
Form: Ballad
An Elegy For a Piano Teacher
...She’s rolled up with patience
dedication and faith in the Lord;
her strictness punctuated a shared vision
that focused on learning acquisition.
Her punctuality, precision, and determination
to t...
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Categories:
salamat, loss, music, beauty, memory,
Form: Elegy
Jeepney Ride
...Packed like sardines
inside a jeepney*—
Too full,
with a jeepney strike going on.
Rushing,
mother and child ride along.
Greasy, dirty, malnourished…
The woman holds a can—
a makeshift dru...
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Categories:
salamat, life, people, social, me,
Form: Narrative