Indecision
He craves to sit beside the shady buttress Of some ancient tree, Or better still, on some abandoned beach, Or on a ferny hillside sloping...
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1896 (Cry Freedom)
The cry awoke Balintawak And the echoes answered back… “Freedom”! All the four winds listened long To the shrieking of that song…. “Freedom”! I heard...
God Said, “I Made a Man”
God said, “I made a man Out of clay – But so bright he, he spun Himself to brightest Day Till he was all shining...
Like a Joke that Seems True
Pets and lightning may strike them in Manila But pray not here in the restaurant of Go Bani The filthy “pansit” still delights the tongues,...
The Story of the Creation – A Bilaan Myth (Mindanao)
In the very beginning there lived a being so large that he cannot be compared with any known thing. His name was Melu, and when...
Magnificience
There was nothing to fear, for the man was always so gentle, so kind. At night when the little girl and her brother were bathed...
Our Lady’s Juggler
In the days of King Louis there lived a poor juggler by the name of Barnabas, a native of Compiègne, who wandered from city to...
The Spouse
Rose in her hand, and moist eyes young with weeping, She stands upon the threshold of her house, Fragrant with scent that wakens love from...
A Night In The Hills
HOW Gerardo Luna came by his dream no one could have told, not even he. He was a salesman in a jewelry store on Rosario...
In the Beginning: Bilaan Myth (Mindanao)
In the beginning there were four beings (Melu, Fiuweigh, Diwata, and Saweigh), and they lived on an island no larger than a hat. On this...
