Haiku: UPLB Summer
Andoy Castellano, 10 May 2006
under the canopy
owl silent on the ground
feasting past midnight
atop the hill
in the tree house and shouting
I hear no echoes
rain falling before dawn
thirsty thousands celebrate
frogs spawning
captive light in jars
set loose in the dorm room
fireflies dance free
wearing school shirts
"How is the carabao?"
Manila friends ask
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--andoy
10 May 2006
2 comments:
Welcome Ulep. I don't remember if I ever called you Princess (in reference to Tom Robbins's "Still Life with Woodpecker"), but you do know I treated you as a princess. hahaah
Those were the days. Oral renditions of Tolkien indeed.
--andoy
Not really a comment but maybe to help you complete your archive of poems you've written in the past. Maybe a sort of a birthday gift. I memorized most of the lines, maybe because I believe my mentor then "Ang tula ay may sukat, tugma at talinhaga".
Ang taghoy ay dinig nila
Lupaing syang pinagmulan
Daigdigan ngayo'y pula
At langit ang syang hangganan.
Ang mga nakakarinig
Napapailing na lamang
Sa _____(mensaheng?)inihatid
Wari'y kausap ay mangmang.
Sila ang nagsipagwagi
Sila ang nagsipanalo
Silang mga nang-api
Hari at mga sundalo.
Kinang nila'y maglalaho
_______________________
___________mahal pa sa ginto
___________at lilitaw!
See? I challenge you to fill in the blanks.
Happy birthday again.
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