Lit 1 Poetry

complete compilation of all Lit1 (Philippine Literature) poetry found in the syllabus...

2nd Semester 2012-2013 ---- University of Mindanao, Philippines

Constant Change – Jose Marie Chan

We’re on the road
We move from place to place
And oftentimes when I’m about to call it home
We’d have to move along
Life is a constant change…

The friends we know we meet along the way
Too soon the times we share form part of yesterday
‘Cause life’s a constant change
And nothing stays the same, oh no

Clouds that move across the skies
Are changing form before our very eyes

Why couldn’t we keep time from movin’ on?
Hold on to all the years before this moment’s gone?
Why must we live the days at such a frightening pace?

We’re all like clouds that move across the skies
And changing form before our very eyes

Have we outgrown our Peter Pans and wings?
We’ve simply grown too old for tales of knights and kings
‘Cause life’s a constant change
And nothing stays the same, oh no

Querida (Angela Manalang Gloria)

The door is closed, the curtains drawn within
One room, a brilliant question mark of light...
Outside her gate an empty limousine
Waits in the brimming emptiness of night.
Old Maid Walking on a City Street* (1950)

She had a way of walking through concupiscence
And past the graces her fingers never twirled:
Because her mind refused the heavy burden,
Her broad feet shovelled up the world.

The Spouse by Luis Dato

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 sleeping,
She looks far down to where her husband plows.

Her hair dishevelled in the night of passion,
Her warm limbs humid with the sacred strife,
What may she know but man and woman fashion
Out of the clay of wrath and sorrow—Life?

She holds no joys beyond the day’s tomorrow,
She finds no worlds beyond her love’s embrace;
She looks upon the Form behind the furrow,
Who is her Mind, her Motion, Time and Space.

O somber mystery of eyes unspeaking,
O dark enigma of Life’s love forlorn;
The Sphinx beside the river smiles with seeking
The secret answer since the world was born.

Picture Show ( Guillermo Castillo)

By God's divine will,

I waken sitting in the dark

with my attention set

upon a Screen before me

while God behind me in His closet

with His intricate machines

projects a Moving Picture Show

a masterpiece which we call - LIFE

I Vialed the Universe by Leoncio P. Deriada

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 were strange with the strangeness of new towns.

Thoughts were as vast as the unvialed God.

I could not bottle or battle Him.

There: I saw Him mark in the matutinal mist

I surrendered

Youth (Maximi D. Ramos)

These have known the tingling freshness

Of the coming forth from God;

The sweetness of mother's breast

The ringing sinewiness of growth,

The feel of the loved one's cheek, the song

Of April suns and showers...

And these will know

The quiet dimming down of age

And the silent wonder

of going back

To God.

Death by Herminio M. Beltran

We are

Leaves of Life's tree --

And death is the wind that shakes

The branches gently 'till its leaves

All fall.

Christams 2011 (Dec. 23, 2011)

weeeee... 2 more days to go, and it'll be Christamas day soon... hehehe!!
i'm just so happy that i can't contain it anymore...:)
well, you know, it's been two days already since my brother, Jade, cane back home with buddy...
it is indeed a very wonderful season for all of us because we are complete and happy for this moment...
i really thank God for this... He is indeed so gracious for all the blessings He had showered upon us...
i can't wait for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ....

have a happy day always fellas!!!!!
enjoy your days with your loved ones and never forget to smile!!

-Shinggoy


p.s. sorry for not being active lately, i'm quite busy...^_^V

13 best moments in life...:)

‎13 best moments in life:
- To fall in love.
- To finish your last exam.
- To wake up and realize its still possible to sleep "5 min".
- To get a phone call saying class is cancelled.
- To feel like a butterfly every time you see THAT PERSON.
- To see an old friend again and to feel that things have not changed.
- To touch the fingers of newly born child.
- Waiting for a call or message from your loved one when you are alone.
- Walking alone on a silent road at night and listening to your favorite
songs.
- Riding the bike on a highway while its raining.
- Sitting alone but you are still smiling cause you know someone is watching you.
-The calm You feel inside when you Are near to God
- And the last one is "right now" while reading this message there was
constant smile on your face.....which was one of the best moments 4 U.
KEEP SMILING PIPZ :)

3rd Year, 1st semester's verdict..:D

October 26, 2011

Just this morning, alas! I finally know my grades for this semester…J

Though I’m a bit frustrated by the result, but still I’m very much grateful for this blessing…

Before knowing my grades, I offered everything to God…

I always kept on saying that “whatever be the result, may God alone be glorified with it…”

I won’t question Him for such… because I know God knows my exerted efforts and sleepless nights just to pass this semester…

But you know what fellas, God give me much more than I truly expected…

He made me realize how blessed I am for going to the next chapter of my life…

He made me realize that grades are just numbers and it will not truly measure the true person I am…J

Do you agree?? :P

Hehehe.. Some might say that this is just a defense mechanism to cover up my upset side… but let me tell yah… I’m not defending, I’m just telling what I truly felt…J

I just feel blessed for everything…^_^

God is truly gracious…

And for the next time around, I WILL DO THE VERY BEST THAT I CAN AND STILL OFFER TO GOD THE REST…

For now, I’m so excited for the second semester!!!!!

My inner self is saying…..”AUDIT THEORY! MAS1! LAW3!  FINANCE22! COMPED411! TAX2! ACCTG 8B! RES1B!!!!! Princess Shayne Almeda Caterial is on her way!!!!!!!!!!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeee…”

TO GOD BE THE GLORY…

GOD BLESS US ALL..^_^

Repost: MARRIAGE...

Marriage.

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn’t tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead. My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push through with the divorce.— At least, in the eyes of our son—- I’m a loving husband….

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves.

So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Repost: Mga kaugalian ng mga babae.

Mga kaugalian ng mga babae.

1.) AYAW ng binababaan ng phone bigla. Mabilis silang mainis sa ganun.

2.) AYAW ng nire-replyan ng "?".

3.) Minsan, kapag sinabi niya na gawin mo na lang ginagawa mo, meaning nun ihinto mo ginagawa mo at kausapin mo siya.

4.) AYAW ng inaasar siya kasi pikon siya.

5.) Kapag galit ka, 'wag mo i-ooff ang phone mo dahil automatic 'yan, tatawag siya dahil nag-aalala siya.

6.) Kapag galit siya, suyuin mo siya. Babaan mo ang pride mo dahil malamang, World War III 'yan kapag hinayaan mo na ganun lang mangyayari sa inyo.

7.) Kapag binabaan ka niya ng fone, gumawa ka ng paraan para makausap mo siya. 'wag mo na paabutin ng umaga na walang ginagawa. Dahil iisipin nun na she's not worth your time.

8.) Kapag nagtanong ka kung anong problema niya at sinabi niyang "wala", 'wag kang magsabi ng "okay". Tanungin mo siya ulit. Ayaw nila ng madaling kausap. Gusto nila ng kinukulit sila.

9.) Kapag inaasar ka niya, meaning nun nagla-lambing siya. 'wag kang mapipikon dahil mabilis silang magtampo.

10.) Kapag binigyan ka niya ng oras, 'wag mo sayangin.

Ang babae, pakipot 'yan. Gusto sinusuyo lagi. Gusto lang naman ng lambing niyan kaya nang-aaway o nagpapansin eh.

Minsan talaga, ang babae, mahirap i-pinta. Para silang abstract, magulo pero maganda pa rin. Kung lalake ka at hindi mo alam 'yan, pasensyahan. Nature na 'yan ng babae.

Princess Shayne by JLC

P-rincess Shayne,
R-eading this might irritate you,
I-'m sorry if that happens,
N-ever to regret, but I want to give thanks,
C-oz' I'll never ever find someone like you,
E-versince I've been born in this world,
S-earching for love has been very hard,
S-earching for someone, as I am could be appreciated

S-o happy I've found you,
H-ere, with you in my arms, I see the light,
A-lways bringing joy into my heart,
Y-ou, the one who takes away my fears and sadness,
N-ever turning back whatever will happen,
E-verything in you makes me feel all the happiness

I love you Shayne and no one else,
L-oving you has been easy, and without regrets,
O-nly wish I have is to love me back;
V-ery much for me you are trusted,
E-ver since never been taken for granted,
Y-ou are the one I have been waiting for,
O-nly you, the one I have been wishing for,
U-prightly saying now, "Shayne, I love you very much".