<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=546701" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bells of Barangay San Jose</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Bells of Barangay San Jose<br> <br>The bells of Barangay San Jose<br>Rang against the din of the windblown rain<br>Struck from bell towers from four directions<br>The wet July weather deadened the tolling<br>Unable to reverberate in the thick as soup fog<br>Eager acolytes swinging on strong bell ropes<br>Coaxing the brass cones to clang out loud</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bells furiously called out the faithful at dawn<br>Loud summons to attend the eucharistic celebration<br>Nuns in white with colorful umbrellas stepped lively, <br>Matrons with missals tucked in braided belts<br>Waddled through the half opened seminary doors<br>Rosary beads dangling, in quickened half steps<br>Hurrying before the wet fog turns to cold rain</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A blessed Sunday morning in Barangay San Jose<br>My love and I eavesdropped on the early birdsong<br>Of hummingbirds atwitter on newly wakened yellow bells<br>And red mayas chattering on undulating cogon blades<br>The mellifluous sounds blending with the suffused peal<br>Of brass bells hardly heard above the foggy veil<br>An orderly chaos of diverse sounds melding in symphony</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We paused at our wooden gate to listen to the concert<br>Disregarding the urgency of the muted ringing of bells<br>A grand performance fit for kings was being played out<br>At my very gate, heavenly sounds filling a misty morn<br>All of a sudden a wave of baritone voices broke in song<br>A robust Gregorian chant rode the fog within hearing<br>The mass had started and to church we had to rush</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eddie+Roa">Eddie Roa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=546701" data-title="Bells of Barangay San Jose de Eddie Roa" data-description="The Bells of Barangay San Jose The bells of Barangay San Jose Rang against the din of the windblown rain Struck from bell towers from four directions The wet July weather deadened the tolling Unable to reverberate in the thick as soup fog Eager ..."></div> </div> </div>

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