Subic Poems - Poems about Subic

Slow Boat To China

...I was born in a landlocked getaway town
Where all the colors were black, gray, or brown.
Jobs at the steel mill were ratcheting down.
It was not in my future to stay.

So, I took a long walk off...

Categories: subic, adventure, allegory,
Form: Rhyme

Proving Tom Petty Wrong

...Drinking San Miguel at the Spanish Gate.
Naval Base Subic Bay.
A Cold War hovered above my head.
The jukebox rocked Tom Petty.

“Somewhere, somehow, somebody
“Must’ve kicked you around. son.”
...

Categories: subic, allegory, war,
Form: Lyric

Quiet Down the Mountain - Dogging the Watch

...The morning sun’s oppressive; a nasty b*tch in heat on Rizal Avenue,
Where vendors hawk their cigarettes, baloot, and dog meat barbecue.
The jeepneys buzz the intersection like a hornet’s nest,
Bu...

Categories: subic, allegory, angst, break up,
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

A Sailor's Day

...The first man off the ship in Subic Bay
Happy ambling off with a sailor’s pay
Found a hooker in a bar;
Lots of liquor took him far
Was broke and happy at the end of day.

Categories: subic, humor,
Form: Limerick

In Harms Way 1972

...sunrise in the south china sea
half way between subic and yankee station
i am still in awe 
of how something as big as this boat
with all of the stuff on board, floats
and yet, of how small we a...

Categories: subic, miss you, sea, spoken
Form: Free verse

Beautiful Bay

...B-eautiful bay in Subic, Zambales 
E-ntertains many a rubbernecker, 
V-iew offers wonderful sight of beaches; 
E-veryday scenery warms the cool air, 
R-ise of the sun soothes each eager watcher; ...

Categories: subic, birthday,
Form: Rhyme Royal

The Helicopter Flight

...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...

Categories: subic, adventurebody, drug,
Form: Free verse