HAY NAKO DAI   (Jennifer P. Tandoy)


Hahay nako dai
Di ka ba kabantay
Ang imong laki naglikay
Kanimo wala mahigugma
Apan ikaw perting pilita
Pilit pa sa rugby sa akong papa

Hahay nako dai
Ikaw gibuwagan
Apan nagpabilin pa gihapon ka kaniya
Di ka ba mauwaw
Laki nakigbuwag apan ikaw di mosugot
Haskang pagkadakung gubot

Hahay nako dai
Unsa manang gugmaha
Pagka, ako nimo dai pag mata
Inom ug daghang pait nga kape ni lola
Aron makaamgo ka
Kung unsa ka way kwenta imong bana..


AY, MALI!   ( Jennifer P. Tandoy )



Magmula ng ikaw ay makilala
Pag aaral ko ay may inspirasyon na
Puso ko ay punong-puno ng ligaya
Buhay ko ay may direksyon na.


Sanaý di mo ako iiwan
Sanaý akoý iyong gagabayan
Sana itong pagmamahalan
Ay hanggang kamatayan.

Ngunit ako palaý nagkamali
Sa mga paniniwala kong tiwali
Kung alam ko lang ang mangyayari
Puso ko snaý di makakaranas nd hapdi.

" Angel R. Zanoria BSEd IV - English Poems"..poem 5

" Gimingaw Ako "

Pagkapait di - i matagamtaman

Ang kamingaw diri sa dughan

Kada kutlo pirmi lang mahuna - hunaan

Hinigugmang gusto kong makauban

Bisan asa lingi makahinumdum

Kay niining dughan siya lang ang gidumdum

Dili gayud lalim ang malayo kaniya

Tungod gibati ko tinuoray nga gugma

Mga mata niya nindot gayud tutukan

Matam - is niyang ngabil pagkalami hagkan

Sa iyang halok ako mabusog

Iyang gakos ako matandog

O hinigugma! gimingaw na gayud

Gihandom ko ikaw aron ka masayod

Sa imong kiliran ako malipayon

Itugot unta sa kahitas - an kita magdayon

'Angel R. Zanoria BSEd IV - English Poems"..poem 4

 " The Perfect Night"

Oh! the moon above is so bright!

A goddess of its kind for the night

I look above with so much delight 

Such wonderful feeling because it is insight

I realized how romantic can this be 

Perfect scenario for both you and me

This moon will be the witness to see

The warmth of your kiss that gives me glee

I can't help to stare at it's beauty

Mesmerized by 'tis belle I might lose my witty

Clinging below it sets us in full gaiety

Manifesting burning desires can be gaily

This it! the perfect night!

I'll give my love to the fullest

Hold on my dear, we are always on tight

Memoir of this perfect night the daintiest

"Angel R. Zanoria BSEd IV - English Poems"..poem 3

"My ode of ardor to thee"

I look up at the heavens with pleasure

Light strikes a being pure as a dove

Ornate feeling to someone I love

Vision of this rare sight I now have

Earnest intuition can reach above

Yearning always for thy sincere smile

Only thee gains to value my style

Undefiled amour stays a long while

Determined to stick up to the peek

Encase burning hearts to highest kick

Although destiny can raise its trick

Resplendent thee I'll always pick

"Angel R. Zanoria Poems"..poem 2

"Lonesome Nights"

Stars above shine so bright

But none of them gives delight

Knowing your nowhere in sight

Gay waves run to shore

This desolate heart seems to ignore

To be with you seems so obscure

Caress of a gentle wind 

Is no help to be keen

For this loneliness I can't wean

Mourning hours on its way

Solitary thoughts can't be away

Lonesome nights ends the day

"Angel R. Zanoria BsEd IV - English Poems"..poem 1

In My Solitude

In my state of sole

I need someone to be whole

This thoughts so doleful

Seems no way to be zestful

Captive in own burrow

Dimness made me displeased

Covered with heavy sorrow

A heart that seeks release

Seeking a way to flee

Bleak embrace the entire me

Just let it be?

Or wean this, and be free!

I cease to militate and think

Ease hit the whole being 

Vim within me I should pick

Venerate this veracity and be willing

To capitulate now is no more

For I know whom to implore

Vitalize the deed for my creed

Someone I can count when I plead

Jerlyn Cadubla's poems

"Second Hand of Time"

Hours passed into days

and time slipped away,

sun extended its rays 

and moonlight beamed astray.

Never again will this day be ours

with its dreams and promises,

for a new day will come

when sunset is done

and moon's rule over sky ends.

Never again will this moment be ours 

with its smiles and laughter,

for another moment will appear

and laughter may no longer be heard

sorrows flew, left you with nothing but tears.

So treasure each hour for never again 

each moment be the same,

It will be washed like the sand 

and lose its own grand

Time will pass and never be regained.

                                                                                    -j.c.-

Bartirig Buwak Ang Akong Langgam

Dili ko ganahan makasala sa Ginoo

pero unsaon man  

wala man pud ni nako gigusto.

Bisan unsaon nakog tan-aw ni Batman og Superman

did-to man jud ko masangit ni Wonderwoman

Kahibalo ko nga mapatyan ko aning tatay

o di kaha ipapriso kong kuya

pero sigurado pud ko 

nga makasabot ra si ate og nanay

kay naa na silay tig-kulot og tig-kilay

Di ko gusto nga malahi sa uban

apan mao man kini ang gitibok sa akong dughan

hahay! kung pwede pa lang

ibarter og BUWAK ang akong LANGGAM.

                                                                                -j.c.-

Sa Akong Pagsubay sa Dakong Tulay

Sa akong pagsubay sa dakong tulay

gisugat ako sa mabugnaw nga hawok sa hangin

ug gakus sa kangitngit sa kagabhi-on.

Sa akong paghangad sa kalangitan 

nawala ako sa walay katapusang kangitngit,

gipangita nako ang kahayag sa mga dyamante

apan sila nagdumili sa pagpakita

og ang nga dakong dag-um nalang 

ang nihakop sa akong panan-aw.

sa akong pagduko sa kadagatan

nabutyag kong walay kalainan,

ang kaitom sa malawom nga katubigan 

naghipi og sikretong wala pa mahibaw-an.

mura usab kini atong kinabuhi

nga lisod mahibaw-an ang sakto sa dili

sa atong pagpangita sa dalan sa kahayag

sugaton ta og kangitngit nga sa ato mudam-ag.
                   
                                                                                                           -j.c.-

Poems of Maryflor Muca Jalem

Biyaheng 21B

Hayahay pa'ng kahimtang

Sa dalan Jones hangtod M.Cuenco
Hapsay ang tulin mura ju'g eroplano
Hunong- hunong la'g panagsa tungod sa pula na siga



Agdi lang, malingaw ra bitaw ka ug tan-aw2x
Sa magkaparehong dagway sa bilding
Nagkatipun-ok na mga tawo sa daplin
Ug mga mabanhaong shagit sa mga konduktor ug dispatser

"Mandaue, Ibabao" humana puno na
Sige larga bola
Bahala'g nagkahuot, dili na kalingkod ang sampot, sige bulhot
Bahala na basta kauli dayon


Hala muliko na sa dalang Recli
Nagkadaiya nang diskarte arun di mawakli
Ang uban nikupot sa gahi
Ug naa pu'y nagpadala nalang sa nagkauyog na sakyanan


Mau ning dalana na mahimong palmboat ang jeep
Na nagpatong sa nagkataas na mga bawod
      sa hubas na dagat
Ubanan pa sa gitayhupang pulburon
Nga naghilam-os sa mga nagkusmod na nawong


Haay salamat nakalingkawas na
Tulin na usab ang pagmaneho ni manoy
Liko na mi sa Mabolo hangtod na ni ‘daue merkado
Dawat plite, “istudyante”, lugar lang!

"Make-up"  

Nana sab si Inday
Nag- atubang na sa iyang hulagway
Tan- aw wala sa aping, tuo, kaagtangan, suwang
Ug balik- balik Gibusisi pag- ayo ang parte sa iyang nawong
Sa dili madugay nagsugod na siya sa iyahang rasyon 

Haplas sa concealer, ngalan

     tabon sa lubak- lubak niyang nawong

Trapo sa foundation, ngalan

     ipahid arun mopantay ang kolor

Mudmod sa lipstick, ngalan

     ilinya sa simod arun dili patay tan-awon
Pipila lang kini na mga kosmetiks
Pangarte na makapausab sa natural na hulagway
Ug ming gawas na si Inday
Gasul-ot sa iyang dili natural na hulagway
Makigsalamuha na sa mga tawong mailarun
Gidayeg ang usa ka maanyag na dalaga
Ug wala gayud bukaha ilang mga mata
    ug unsa tuod ang iyang tinood na hitsura
Likod sa mga kolorete ug uban pang mga pangarte.

Ang Hinagpis ng Isang Tupa

Magulang ko, ako'y patawarin ninyo

Kayo'y kayod kalabaw sa pagtrabaho

Ako'y lumalangoy sa aking kapritso

Itim na tupa ako'y itinuring n'yo

Ang anak na minahal mo't inaruga

Tanong mo'y bakit lumaki'y alibugha

Parang nilubugan ng araw kumbaga

Patawarin 'nyo at ako'y nagkasala

Sa mga pangaral ni'yong matiyaga

Talagang ito'y aking binalewala

Di masikmura, ito'y inyong niluha

Tuloy mahaba niyong pisi'y naiwa

Pero ngayon, ako na ay naririto

Nagbabantay sa napaagang supling ko

Sariling sikap at magbatak ng buto

Para di kakaning itik sa bahay 'nyo

Sagad sa buto ko 'tong pinagsisihan

Hindi pinag- ingatan ang tanging yaman

Edukasyon ko'y ninyong pinaghirapan

Na di sana mananakaw ng sinuman.

Faith Fajardo Sabejon's Balak (Poem101) :)

ULAN

by: FFS

Sa pagtagak sa ulan sa akong panit

Nabati ko ang katugnaw

Sa makusog nga tingog sa dalugdog

Nakabati ko ug kahadlok

Basa ako galakaw sa dalan

Murag wala'y padulngan

Kahuot ba gayud sa akong dughan

Murag labaw pas naulanan

Mga luha kalit nidagayday

Niuban sa tubig sa ulan

Katugnaw sa hanging miagi

Ug ming uban ang Ulan

Nihunong,

Nawala,

Nihilom,

Ug niadto sa kawanangan.

LOVE? 101

by: FFS

LOVE, pain is all I see

PAIN, hatred covers me

HATE, sorrows endowed me

SORROW, love and me collide

LOVE, rejection my heart did get

REJECTION, loneliness and morbidity

LONELINESS, alone in deep hurt

ALONE, nobody not even a spot

LOVE, bonds my heart to hope

BOND, chains that tightens the rope

CHAIN, that locks up the fear

LOCK, that strengthens the dare

LOVE, why can't our heart met?

WHY, no reasons I can get!

REASON, heard all over you

YOU, the one I needed most

LOVE, I guess it's not my fate

FATE, that leads us to deviate

DEVIATE, love not meant to be

LOVE, and so shall it be.

UNTA

by: FFS

Unta,

Ikaw makabatay nako

Unta,

Ikaw mu amuma kanako

Unta,

Ikaw mahigugma kanako

Unta,

Ikaw ma ako

Pero,

Dili mo man ako mabantayan

Pero,

Dili mo pud ako maatiman

Pero,

Lain man imong gihigugma

Pero,

Dili ka gayud ma akoa

Susama ka lang sa ulan

Muagi sa kadali lang

Igo lang magpabati

Sa katugnaw nga imong gibitbit

Unta,

Dili kana muagi

Unta,

Dili na tika mabantayn

Unta,

Diha ka nalang

Unta,

Ako dili na masakitan

CRUEL

On the sea nearby

I see him passed by

his face is like an angel

that makes my heart swell

I hear his voice of cheer

gracefully goes to my ear

how wonderful is what I feel

to be in-love with him so real

He approached me one time

and asked me "would you be mine?"

my eyes spark like a star that night

it made my heart smile to hear him right

Never thought it would end
cause I feel happiness wouldn't end
until I know that he's committed
to a girl that was so splendid


I cry a pail of tears
why did this happen to me this year?
he lied to me not once nor twice
and broke my heart to pieces.

Mary Diana L. Llanos..... weeeeeeeee...!!!!!

♥_♥-- Emotions from her Heart -- ♥_♥

♥_Hostile_♥

Lonely am I for love’s too far
Forbidden love I flee to war
Brawling my passion to wreck the bar
Uniting the gap between you and I.

Sophisticated is your love for me
Preclude I from seeing thee
Even mountains and seas fell to knee
Never you can ever glance to see.

Walls of unbreakable solid imprisoned
the tenderness
Whispering hope elude bitterness
Oh! When does heart free of madness?
For I can’t wait to obliterate loneliness.

Pyramus, my love, for you I’ll die
Even reasons can’t explain why
Reminiscing you makes me wanna fly
But truth just give me a sigh.



♥_Gubot pa’s Lukot_♥

Ingon sila mura kuno ug telephone wire
Pinahimutang nga naglugway
Mabinat-binat ug naglikos-likos sa kanunay
Tungod sa duga’ng gipahid nga hinatag ni Nanay.

Ingon sila mura kuno ug artificial
Di katuohan tungod sa ka espesyal
Gikan bad aw kini sa barbie doll?
Ambot lang, Ginoo ray makaugkal.

Ingon sila mura kuno ug pancit canton
Lami kaayo kan-on
Pwede pamahaw, paniudto, panihapon
Basta makabusog lagi bisan imu ra tan-awon.

Ingon sila pareha kuno kang Medusa
Kahadlukan sad panagsa
Labina pasagdan nga nagwara-wara
Hala oy! Gisaway gyud sa mga libakira.

Unsa man gyud naa aning akong gipas-an?
Nga gihilabtan man gyud sa kadaghanan
Apan kun ako lang ang mutug-an
Gubot pa’s lukot akong natagamtaman.



♥_Blank Box_♥

To plunge ourselves in darkness
Is by far the only reprieve
Nothing else is much sweeter
Than to dance in your shadows.

Where melody is hidden
Where souls are left alone
Where love is real and endless
In a dark and happy home.

In this confusing limelight,
Heart are crippled and bare
Minds are dead and poisoned
Lies and sadness loom the air.

So, take my hand, let’s wander away
Where no one could see
This pure and wondrous destiny
Just meant for you and me.

Letters from a Tortured Heart

♥_Letters from a Tortured Heart_♥
- poems by Francis Benzyl Antolihao ™


♣Tingog sa Kasing-kasing sa usa ka Laksot♣

Sa tiunay nga kalalim sa iyang pagtan-aw
Sama sa dinagkutang kandila ako natunaw
Sa iyang mata imo gayud masuta
Kung tinuod nga gugma iya ba jud nga maipakita

Apan ikaw nga nag- inusara nagduha-duha
Kung siya ba alagaran sa dako mong gugma
Kay siya usa ka bituon nga lisod makab-ot
Sa kalalim nga kagabhion ra nimo masibot

Ug sa imong kaugalingon ikaw nahadlok
Kung mopadayon pa ba ka sa imong lihok
Kay ikaw nga naglantaw kaniya naglibog
Kung sa iyang kaanyag molingi ba kaha sa imong lindog.

Inubanan sa pagtahap ikaw nakahuna-huna
Kung kanus-a pa kaha ka makakita ug usa ka dalaga
Nga andam mohatag sa tim-os niyang gugma
Ug dili maikag sa kung unsa ang naaninag sa mata.

-♥_♥aKa bRaVeheaRt♥_♥



♂Love Case No. 022308♀

Please please please! I beg you!
You touched the Bible and connected it into your soul
To tell that it is clearly not suicide.
Oh please! You know you swear in front of God
To tell the truth and nothing but the truth.

On my knees, I beg you!
Please plead guilty for torturing Mr. Heart
For letting him drink that poisonous pills
For toxicating his mind with your sweet sly tongue
For locking him behind that murderous arms
And for kissing his lips with eternal goodbye.

Please make an appeal from the verdict of Judge Cupid
Present him the circumstantial evidence that you have
That there is a foul play from this awful crime
Or better yet stand before us at the witness stand
And tell the court how you left Mr. Heart hanging on a dead air.

Tell us how you tortured him by letting him see you happy in someone else’s arms
Tell us how he drowned himself with alcohol for texting him “Love yah Honey!xoxo” though you call yourselves “Baby”
Tell us, in front of us and in the name of God how you you stabbed, kicked, thumped, torn, and crushed Mr. Heart
When you tell him you don’t love him and you made love with someone else.

Please please. At once confess and tell them
Let them know you left him
Though you know you are his life’s missing piece
Now tell them. Please tell them!
Please plead guilty for killing him.
Before Judge Cupid knocked that gavel once
Before I know you won and proven not guilty for murdering Mr. Heart
Before Judge Cupid finally dismissed this Love Case in the Court of Tortured Heart

-♥_♥aKa bRaVeheaRt♥_♥

BARUNGBADO (A Collection of Poems by CLAROS,Richelle Diane P.)

THE LAST SUPPER

There came the bitter sound of hungry,thirsty,drenching downpour:

Pit-Pat-Pit-Pat

Solid sheets of tasteless rain lashing down - pelted,pattered the dusty pane.

A black Mercedez Benz sped down the highway route to hell.

The doorbell rang

D-I-N-G!D-O-N-G!

Persistent spurts

DING!DONG!DING!DONG!

Jagged, flashed of lightning lit up the pleasing night to horror daylike.

A figure of satan materialized out of the gloom-

HAWKLIKE EYES, JAW JUTTED,SHRILL ANGRY VOICES

"WHAT THE @#$% ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!"

Kiko and Koko cried,pulse beating nervously.

He bulled her pale,weak flesh.Whack her hard on her bruised shoulder.

THRILL.SUSPENSE.HORROR!

Like in a saga that has no plot.

Storm brewing out.Punctuated by the sudden clash of china.

CRASH!

A DEAFENING CLAP OF THUNDER seemed to shake the CHARNEL HOUSE.

Dead silence lay over...

Not a soul was in sight.

AWESTRUCK by the WEIRD RED-LIGHT SIGNAL.EYES BULGED.

Exchanged blank looks.Koko's throat rumbled.

A chorus of disbelieving laughs greeted her words.

"Relax stronghearts.Your D**  finally dines with us."

They wanted to scream but they couldn't.

They wanted to run but their feet were rooted.

LURKING,WATCHING like some cruel harbinger of death.

........................................

........................................

(Now then,very softly)

Pit-Pat-Pit-Pat

Looking around the table happily.

She had her mouth all set out for

SOME-NICE-BROILED-BASS-FOR-THEIR-LAST-SUPPER.

----宋人素Song- Ren Su

FEATHER DUSTER

Sweeping out all the cobwebs

Removing the trace of dust

Rising,spreading out

like a great wing of smoke.

And everything has vanished

Gone,gone forever!

Except this dirt

staining her "happy" face.

----宋人素Song- Ren Su

ANG ORASYON NI KANDILA

Sobra na ang ilang pagpasipala,

walay bahid nila kung motulo ang imong mga luha.

Gihinay-hinay nila ug yatak ang akong ugma

Bisan pa man nasunog na ta

wa silay pagpakabana.

Mga BAGA!

Mga way baga

kasing-kasing ug uban pa.

Kanus-a pa kaha kamo manghimuta

ug ako maghimaya?

Unya ra ba kung

ako maupos na?

----宋人素Song- Ren Su

ANG DANGUYNGOY NI LIGHTER

Gipul-an nako sa akong kinabuhi SUPER,

Di ko molitok kung way mokaher.

Gusto ko magpakita sa akong kahayag

pero mag-agad ako sa ilang pagbuot kay lagi "under".

Ug kung way mokablit, dili ako  kaserbisyo KIBER!

Asa man ko modangop niini

para ako na mag-buot kung kanus-a ko mobaga  "forever"?

----宋人素Song- Ren Su

ANG KUMPISAL NI KANDADO

Pssttt...

Ari sa gud.

Tabangi ako sa pagpasabot sa publiko.

Dili baya ako buot manirado,

pero suluguon ra ako

ug wala akoy mahimo.

Gusto ko man sila ablihan,

pero kinahanglan mangalhid  usa sila sa akong amo.

Unta,ila ko respetohan,

dili lamba-lambahan,

kulkog-kulkogan

ug bisan unsa.

Kay kung sila tugutan

ngano ako mobalibad man?

----宋人素Song- Ren Su

NEW MOON

Endymion,the hunter
small are his hands,yet his arrows fly heaven high.
She,the Moon,Selene
saw him,
love him,
sought him
came down from the sky.
Her hands are as gold rings set with beryls.
Her eyes are as the eyes of doves washed with milk.
Her lips like lilies dropped like sweet smelling myrrh.
So,Selene sat down
under Endymion's shadow
and his fruit was sweet to her taste.
She kissed him,
lay beside him,
Father and home-
she left them.

But tears poured down,
when his words finally came out.
No music swelled within his soul
just silence surrounded his heart.

Endymion,the hunter
blessed is his fortune
but cruel is he.
Shot her heart out
watched it bleed.

She,the Moon,Selene
fragile is she.
Back to the sky,
fraught with many sighs,
in the cold darkness,
she dies.

----宋人素Song- Ren Su

Pahate, Baby Girl Maxilom-poems

ANG BATO

O , bato kagahi ba nimo

Giunsa man ka nganong nagkagahi ka

Asa man kang batoha maabtan

Sa hilayong dapita ba namo makit-an?

Sa dihang gilabay sa  dalang nag-awas ang sakyanan

Naligsan pero nagpabiling bato sa kadaghanan

Malig-onon ug nagkagahi

Bisa'g mabasa sa uwan nagmalig-on ug samot.

Naa'y ubang bato nga nagsisidlak,

Daghang katawhan ang naggukod 

Pakamatyan man ang bato basta lang maangkon

O, bato sa katawhan akoa ka nalang!

BINTANA

Sa bawat pagbukas sa bintanang munti

Kitang kita ang mukha mong maputi

Hinubog ng malalim na pighati

Sa matamlay mong mga mata.

Sinusubaybayan 'ko ang unti-unting pagbukas

Ng binatana tuwing umaga

Sa iyo sanang mga mata'y masilayan

Ang kagandahan sa kabila ng kalungkutan.

Bukas sara kung minsan

Para bang pinaglalaruan

Sa buong magdamagan

Ang bintanang walang kapaguran.

Hindi mo pinagsasawaan

Mato mo'y naksilip sa kaumagahan

At minsa'y nakita kitang sinusulyapan

Ang mga taong nagdaraanan.

WALKED AWAY

I shiver as I walked  in this narrow road

I reminisce the past that happened beyond unfold

I suffered those days that I have told

That I would actually love-behold.

I was once a tender child

That had expected to be loved

However, I went home with endless mourn

Hoping that catastrophe will make me reborn.

It was sudden that you've walked away

And sway like a happy, in the lane

I never  expected that I would be left away

With despair and big dismay.

SOMEDAY

Someday when the world turns to gray

I will be here to stay

Loving you all the way

And promise never leave any way.

We had shared circumstances

We had failed from our advantages

But we never gave up the  races

That would actually lead us to success.

It is like the race in the drag race

We never turned down the wheel 

To chase the speeding kill

Of the dangerous brought by will.

As we perished and face the eternal flame

Of what we had came to this world we made

Things that made us be blamed

That love is the only one to gain.

bAlAk sa ohipan

 BuRns and BullEts

With you I had grown up
with you, I had learned to love,
magic was evidenced
yet was devoured by our descent.

A wall sundered between us
and i couln't feel you in me,
I have longed for you 'til a nightfall came
I have lingered and you followed naught

Peril came and I fastly hasten
At last! you came and discrened my bloody veil,
Aghast from danger yet I still ventured
mourning poured down as I held you closer.

You have killed your soul - so was I with eternity
beyond love shall bound us
Death shall free us.

    

                                                                            tEvy ^_^

  AmidSt VICISSITUDE

The moment you addressed an endearment
my eyes quizically wondered - half smiled,
a strange feeling of thine I boggled for an instance
an exceptional sentience then engaged the heart of mine.

Someone owned my heart when you came
a very toilsome pronouncement to make,
the final judgment has come to a close
At last! a firm decision was made.

Tears went to fall with farragoes of double-sided sentiment
yet I stand tall for the greatest fight of all,
bittersweet sin we made at first met
for a love devoured  of desire and lust.

Time ran awiftly and so was our love,
told stories all about our lives;
we felt like we're together
but not that formal anf official.

My love for you is an ocean-sized to cross
and as wide as the skies above;
a deathless attachment to you I bind
forever will it be 'til parting time.

I LOVE YOU! outcry Psyche with happiness
the words unfathomably knotted in mine,
ang if given the chance believe that I would change
so as long as I breathe and will live

                                       
                                         .... to the death .... 

                                                                         tEvy ^_^

PuToS.. PiliT..

Sa matag adlaw nga ako mahigmata

sa suok sa among kwarto nga murag bodega,

diha-dihang mobangon ug tabangan si Mama

ug palamanan si Margie nga igbabaligya.

Kung ako mahuman ug palaman

pustan dayon aron dali mahuman,

kini ang kinabuhing akong naandan

ni Mama para mamuhunan.

Putos-pilit, putos-pilit ang sapit

sa huna-huna ko nagbalik balik,

daw sama sa guba nga plaka

ang mahitabo matag mata.

Ako kining da-un kanunay

bisan pila pa ka tuig ang mulabay,

putos-pilit, putos-pilit pirme

ang buhaton na ko dinhi.

                                                                       tEvy ^_^

Taboada, Crislyn R.

Crislyn's poems

1. TO THE 21ST CENTURY NARCISSUS,

WITH LOVE

In the river of vanity,

You gazed at your reflection

Scooped a water with your hands,

Cleansed your face, yourself

Feeling disgusted, cursed the world

Beast-like!You concluded.

A tiny leech, I am

Watching you from below

Wanting to suck your disgust

Turn a frog to a prince.

In the sea of perfection,

You see yourself in the clear waters

Took a dip, swam fast

Deep, deep into the blue

Oblivious of the mocking world

Affectionate of the tiny creatures below.

A pale jellyfish, I am

Swimming my way to you

To sting you with my tentacles

And leave a momentous itch.

In the wilderness of the ocean

You catch a glimpse of your ideals

Through the rushing tides

You remained firm, stronger than ever

As you sailed from east to west,

Determined but never committed.

Imprisoned in a whale's tummy, I am

Tried to irritate its nostrils

Searching for a way out

Hoping you'd rescue a damsel in distress.

2. BLUE STAR

As I looked up the sky,

I saw you.  You winked and blinked

I winked back.  I blinked back.

You winked brighter. You blinked faster.

"Blue star, I'm here

Take me up with you." I exclaimed,

Unable to suppress my longing

Yet, you never gave answers.  Not even an echo.

Instead, your brightness turns cold

You never wink nor blink, again

Why blue star turned bluer?

I needed to find answers.

So, I get the tallest ladder there is

Climb my way up, reach out to you

But oh, no, no, to the ground I fell

Then, I climb up the tallest coconut tree

Holding on to the distance between you and me

But still, I fell with bruises on my head

Then, I went to the rooftop of the tallest building

I could see you clear enough, you seem near

But still, you're miles away to even grasp.

Hopeless.

Confused.

In pain.

I went home.

Bid goodbye.

Shed unknowing tears.

Off to my bedroom.

"Oh, you're here, my warm red star."

3. ANG MAGTIAYONG IRO OG ILAGA

Ang bana'ng iro og ang asawang ilaga,

Sa sayong kabuntagon naglalis

Matud pa sa iro,

"Hoy, ilagaa ka, mura ka'g kinsang gwapaha

Na'y ngipon nimo ay, dako pa sa imong mata."

Tubag sa ilaga,

"Hoy, askala ka, kay nagtuo ka'g gwapo ka?

Na'y lubot nimong gikagid, buhok gigarapata."

Nibaw's pud dayon ang bana,

"May na lang na kaysa magpagukod sa iring

Ug mangitkit og pagkaon ug biste sa uban."

Wa pud nagpalupig ang asawa,

"Kay ngano? May'g pareha ko nimo

Mamaghot sa mga di' kaila

Moungol kung makakita'g ungo."

Napuno na ang iro,

"Unsa may gusto nimo?

Ikaw akong paghuton?

Moungol ko kung makakita nimo?"

Nag-aso-aso na sab sa kalagot ang ilaga,

"Unsa man sa'y gusto nimo?

Ara ko magpagukod nimo?

Ikaw akong kitkiton?"

Nikalma na ang bana, nakaamgo

"Mamaghot og moungol tuod ko

Para protektahan ka og ang atong panimalay."

Nipahiyom ang asawa,

"Ug mangitkit sab ko, tinoud na

Para naa tay makaon adlaw-adlaw"

Ug naggakos ang magtiayong iro  og ilaga.

Sa mga nisunod nga adlaw

Padayon gihapon

Ang iro sa pagpanaghot

Og

Ang ilaga sa pagpangitkit.