| PDA | 6/03/2010 06:44:00 PM |
Note: An old poem, a cautionary tale, with a true-to-life basis, no other details to be provided.
Pero Dili Angay
Hala!
Tu-ara didto
Nagtapad si Dodong ug Inday
Pa-sweetums nasad
Sa may ngit-ngit na dapit
Alas otso na ba?
Uy, mangatulog na sila
Naglatag ug banig
Nanghigda nga nagtupad
Nag-gaksanay man and duha
Nagbukot na sa habul
Maayo unta kung sila ra
Pero daghang mata man ang nagatan-aw
Si Manang, wa katingog
Bahin sa iyang nasaksi
Unsa-on man, pulos nga naghagok
Wala na gyud siya’y mahimo
Kalu-oy ni Tiyo
Nangadlawon na lang, wala pay katu’g
Gibantayan pag-ayo ang duha
Haron walay da-utang mahitabo
Maayo nga day-off sa demonyo
Walay dautang nahitabo
Siguro gitawag na ni Tiyo ang tanang santos
Haron maluwas ang duha ka espiritu
Sus, pagkabuntag, nangamata
Mura’g wala lang sa duha
Wa’ intawon kamatnon sa “gamay’ng gubot”
Nga sila ma-oy hinungdan
Wala na lang gi-badlong ang duha
Ma-uwawan man lang gud sila
Sa atubangan sa uban pang ta’o
Busa nagpatuyang gihapon sa ilang gibati
Apan, dili g’yud angay
Ang gibuhat sa duha
Dili g’yud maayong makit-an
Ang ining-atong pagkahimutang
Siguro, maayo nga wala nay lain pang
Nasulti tungod adtong butanga
Kung naa pay gisulti si Tiyo kanila
Ay, mausab na ang akong isturya
- ju-ju -
| The Senior Citizen as Patient | 9/21/2008 08:52:00 PM |
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In the course of 9 months doing residency, I have encountered several patients in the twilight of their lives... I think I already described my impressions of three such persons in a previous post, which can be my entry for this edition of "The Blog Rounds". If I ever live to that age, I wish I can be as gracious as the second patient and as grateful as the third. God-willing I won't be acting like the first one.
| A Tribute to Yellow | 8/13/2007 05:54:00 AM |
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(for Mhea L., the mellow girl crazy over it)
Oh royal, mellow yellow
How do I love thee?
I can't even count all the ways...
You're the sunshine over fields
Filled with Helianthus annnuus in bloom
Light and bright
You make me happy
The sweet Mangifera indica I crave
Or lovely Musa x paradisiaca in bunches
Yes, I want to eat more
You make me hungry
These trinkets and clips
And socks in your hue
I'm setting the trends
You make me this pretty
Papers and pencils
Notebooks in my fave shade
I start thinking up thoughts
You make me creative
I can never trade you
For any other in your spectrum
'Coz you're my only color-love!
-jara-
(c. 1999)
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I wrote this for my once-upon-a-time partner-in-crime in organic chem lab. It's ironic that I have never written a poem about my own favorite color (it's deep dark blue, btw...) but I wrote one for a friend's favorite color.
Note:
- Helianthus annnuus - scientific name of sunflower
- Mangifera indica - scientific name of mango
- Musa x paradisiaca - scientific name of banana
| Look What I Found! | 7/17/2007 09:47:00 PM |
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Since I'm still in between jobs, I spent the morning cleaning up my "writer's drawer", the 3rd drawer from the top of my desk and the one which holds several of my poems, stories and essays written from my my early teens upto the present (the stuff I wrote as a child, mostly children's stories is stored in my bed drawer).
I may showcase some of my more interesting finds here in the next few days...
I also found a real treasure-> my autobiography written in Filipino (soft-bound in my favorite color-blue, and with some pictures inserted) as a requirement for my Filipino class in fourth year high school. The last entry in the autobiography is about how I spent my 16th birthday... It would be interesting to continue it (although, perhaps, I can now write it in English since I'm more comfortable using this language...) and see how my life has been since then...
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