Sa Aking Mga Kabata
Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig, Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit Sanglang kalayaan nasa ring masapit Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid. Pagka’t ang salita’y isang...
Literature
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...
The Sun, The Moon, The Stars (Moro-Isolan)
This story is a legend of the Moro-Isolan people of the Philippines about the existence of day and night and why the stars appear only...
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...
College Uneducation
I wish to speak on “College Uneducation.” Is it possible that our college education may “uneducate” rather than educate? I answer “Yes.” It is a...
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...
I Vialed The Universe
I vialed the universe And laughed at the concentrated Gods. But the Genie escaped with His halo of riddles. I pondered anew and unslept. Thoughts...
The Story Of The Unfinished Bridge
This story is a legend from the people of Southern Kalinga in the Philippines about the existence of an unfinished bridge in the place. At...
The Monkey and The Turtle
“The Monkey and the Turtle” is a famous fable in the Philippines which has some variation from one storyteller to another. Here is one variation...
The Creation Story (Tagalog Myth)
When the world first began there was no land, but only the sea and the sky, and between them was a kite (a bird something...
