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Hi guys, Hope everyone is ready to go back to work. Here is a Ghazal verse for you. I have my name included in the last couplet, not only because traditional ghazal verse requires it, but also to remind me that I have to look forward for a better tomorrow and let bygones be bygones. So, here it is. May you have a prosperous New Year. A NEW YEAR FOR A NEW YOU Winter’s here welcoming a new you. Hoping that past year has not glued you. Look forward... Read More
Dasang or Hey Poem is an ethnopoetry, and an experimental performance poetry form, adapted from a poetic hortatory discourse or speech-song used by the Higa-onon (hey-GA-oh-NOON), a tribe in the provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, and Misamis Oriental of southern Philippines. The word literally means “yell” or “shout”. As hortatory discourse, dasang has a common role in tribal meetings and litigation to express anger, exhort, admonish, i... Read More
Modern "Francisco Balagtas", are you there?C'mon, I know that many of you are just hibernating in a nook or crevice. poetry runs in your veins. I now encourage you to stretch, out of your comfort zone, and show the hidden talent in you.Yes, gone are the days when we orally court our ladies with stringed flowery words. That's already considered "corny" and so passe'. We are becoming westernized, becoming straightforward. And yet those timid, they tend to suppress their feelings. Patingin tin... Read More
Tanghaling Tapat nang Dumating si LORD may nagtitimpla ng kape... may pumara ng jeep.may nahulog sa hagdan.may kumakain ng siopao.may dumukot sa bulsa. may nagseseks.may naninilip.may kumukontra.may nandadaya.may naamoy na mabaho.nag-log-out sa friendster.nakagat ng aso.nanood ng porno. natapunan ng kape.napaidlip sa bus. sa sofa.sa ilalim ng puno.napaluha sa saya.natalo sa pusta.nalaglag ang pustiso. nanalo ka sa lotto. nang may bumagsak na b... Read More
It's election year in USofA. Rhetorical battle between the Presidential candidates has been heating up, while the outgoing president has been trying to do something to be remembered positively. Yes, government officials come and go. Some walk their talk; others just talk and talk. Selfless over-performers receive peoples accolade; egoistic under-performers receive insult and ridicule. I never will forget an elected governor in the early 60s in Mindanao, Philippines. I learned that... Read More
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