Hindi Basta Bata Lang
...Oo at hindi diretso ang iyong kahulugan,
Hindi rin tiyak iyong kinabukasan.
Subalit ika'y luwad ng mapagpalang Ama,
Sa'yong kamay, hinugis ang sana.
Kaya't ipipilit, iiyak nang maging masaya;
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Categories:
tawa, appreciation, bible, child, children,
Form: Rhyme
Sijo For Tawa
...My Tawa, remember me, and recall that first sweet bloom
Of flowers in a garden, where my strong arms once carried you.
T’was your smile, lifting my weak heart, taught me to love another.
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Categories:
tawa, first love, garden, love,
Form: Sijo
Island In the Sun
...Trinidad
My island in the sun
Where my birthright belongs
My ancestors sail from far
... And there I was born
They came from India
Across the oceans
Work in the cane fields
And the plant...
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Categories:
tawa, places,
Form: Light Verse