Subic Poems - Poems about Subic

...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......Read the rest...

...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.” ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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....Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...

...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; ......Read the rest...

...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......Read the rest...