Paghubad Sa Balak Ni Candice #3
Duality
A gloomy wintry night
Standing between two lamp posts
My pair of shadows
Four wheel drive
Wala na sa Mindanao
Nagtindog sa tunga sa meralco
Ang gunting niyang anino
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Kontento
kontento
nga tigulang
diha sa puti
nga mga balas
sa baybayon
nanampiling
makita
sa mga nanglabay
nga mga tunob
nga wala
siya ambata
og siya usab
wala mangambat
usa ka isla
sa tunga sa isla
walay tingog
walay kabalaka
wala siyay
labot kon mobaha
ang mga oras
dugay na kini
ug kanunay
sukad-sukad
wala gayod
siya malumos
sa kalaay
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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So what are you doing with your life now?
She says
She stares blankly on the wall
She is busy
Counting the lamp posts on the streets
She is so busy
She thinks God is preparing something
Grand for her and she is so busy
Too preparing something for God
Who prepares for her.
I am amazed
I ask her
“So, did you stare long enough on that blank wall
Was it really blank? Did you really stare?
What made the wall so blank? Is the stare really
Worth making on a blank wall?
And how many lamp posts have you counted?
Is the street filled with lamp posts?
How is God? When will the preparation last?
How are you doing with God? Is God busy too? ”
She is a little bit understanding to my way of thinking.
“There you are making a poem again. You have never changed.”
She said.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Ugma Na Lang Gayod
sayo sa kaadlawon ikaw nahigmata
apan ang imong lawas anaa buot pang
magpabilin uban sa habol ug ugnan
nanghawid pa ang imong galamhan
sa imong mga damgo nga imong
gihinayhinayan og hapyod
sagad gayod nga ang imong matutokan
mao ang kangiob pa sa lapad
ug duol kaayo nga kisame
nagapos pa ang mga pulong sa imong baba
walay litok nga buot mogawas
ug ang imong mga hunahuna
nanggimok ug nahikot
sa imong nagkatuagsa nga buhok
unsa na pod kaha ang mahitabo karong adlawa
balik sa trabaho sa matag adlaw
balik sa mga kisaw sa ordinaryong kalihokan
sa imong mga kamot ug mga tiil
wala nay mga pako wala na
ang mga paglutawlutaw
sa kawanangan ug sa mga bitoon
nga gitinguhang kuhiton lakip
sa bulan nga buot nimong pakigsultihan
sa imong atubangan anaa ang mga nagtubo
nga mga papeles mga folders mga basahonon
ilubong mo una ang imong kaugalingon
sama sa usa ka tinagoan nga sulat
nga ugma na lang nimo basahon pag-ayo
unya na unya na lang
ang kabahin kanako
sa pag-abot sa laing gabii
ikaw mahanaw sama sa usa ka gamayng bato
nga imong gilabay sa tunga sa kangitngit
nahulog didto sa tunga sa mga kakahoyan
apan wala kay laraw nga imong kuhaoon pagbalik
ug kon imo mang sulayan pagkuha anaa diha
ang imong mga pasumangil
ugma na lang ugma na lang gayod
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The Man Standing...
the man standing
in the shadows,
held the earth
in his hands...
until time and storm
finally had their way.
the man standing
in the shadows,
plowed and planted,
season after season,
till winter grey
closed the last door.
the man standing
in the shadows,
built a house
and a bridge...
and swept room and porch
till it was finished.
the man standing
in the shadows,
picked up nests of straw,
and opened tiny cages,
blowing light from cupped hands
till the darkness swallowed.
the man standing
in he shadows,
played a wooden flute,
caught stardust in each note...
till the great stillness came,
and the wind stopped blowing...
the man standing
in the shadows,
still smells like you!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Ninja Lover
your secret ninja
of daytime love
has another love
in the shadows
that is the way
of the invisible ninja
the art of deception
the art of invisibility
the art of divisibility
unity of purpose
night time love
hidden in shadows
duality of movement
shadows interlocking mind
embracing changeability
two lives visible persona
of daytime screened necessity
of night time shade missions
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Ning sud sa kasamok
Ning sud sa kasamok
Dili ko gusto nga ako
Makumot, makum-os
Nga morag usa ka sulat
Nga wala pa gani
Mabasa sa usa ka
Gihigugma.
Langkaton ko ang akong
Mga panit
Aron wala akoy mabati.
Patas-an ko ang akong
Liog aron ako makalantaw
Dapit sa unahan
Kadtong wala pa nako
Makita tungod
Kay ania ako dinhi
Sa lalom nga kasamok
Gitabonan sa mga
Balod sa kasuko
Ug kasakit.
Kon hangin ka nga
Daotan, mag-ampo
Ako nga mahimong
Mga lig-on nga pader
Nga dili mo
Maparog.
Ikaw nga lampingasan
Pila na ka
Mga damgo ang imong
Giyatakan
Og gipatay nga morag
Mga lamigas
Nga imong gipisatpisat
Pinaagi sa imong
Mga lapalapa?
Nadungog ko na
Ang imong ngalan
Og ang imong
Mga tunob
Naaninag ko
Sa ilang mga
Lubnganan
Sila nga imong
Nabuntog.
Ania ako
Nagtagad kanimo
Ako ang pader.
Ako ang mga tunok
Nga mutusok unya
Sa imong
Mga lapalapa.
Ako ang putos
Sa imong bato
Ako ang gunting
Sa imong papel
Tan-awon ta lang!
Mao kana ang
Saad sa akong
Mga mata
Nga kaniadto
Naligo sa mga
Lam-aw sa luha
Kadtong imong
Gibaharan
Nga lugiton.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Kaulagan Ba
Bisan sa akong
Kalapoy
Nabati ko
Ang pagdapion
Sa iyang palad
Sa akong
Ubon-ubon
Nga buot
Niyang ub-ubon.
Iyang giinat
Ang akong
Mga kabalaka.
Iyang giugay
Ang akong
Mga kahadlok.
Mituybo
Ang akong
Mga panganti
Mitikig
Ang akong
Kahidlaw.
Gipasagdan ko
ang iyang
dila ug baba
Sa pagkurog
Sa akong
Ngabil
Nakaluwa ko
Sa tunga sa akong
Habol.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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(Do Not) Stand In The Shadows
Hearts which beat to a precise beat
Fading shadows on the wall
We'll cut our cards
Drive out bars
All for one, one for all.
Like teenage heat
And carnival cheats
With your heart on your sleeve
Well you know you wanna run
You won't hide
And you jump like a son of a gun
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Oh alone and lonely
Watching people on my wall
Well Mama and Dadda thought they had me fooled
I was thinking not at all
Well I got out
Not gonna stand
In the dark without a light
Forgetting love if you believe that chance
Sit and wait
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
And now the judge is down feeling
all around yeah
Lifting to a blast this sound
No preachers, teachers
Pick our minds
To the sounds of false alarm
They're here today
And they hear you say
You're alive and you're living with me
So don't try to hide
And don't try to die
In the dark of the night
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
In the shadows, in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
song performed by by Billy Idol
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Stand In The Shadows
Hearts which beat to a precise beat
Fading shadows on the wall
We'll cut our cards
Drive out bars
All for one, one for all.
Like teenage heat
And carnival cheats
With your heart on your sleeve
Well you know you wanna run
You won't hide
And you jump like a son of a gun
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Oh alone and lonely
Watching people on my wall
Well mama and dadda thought they had me fooled
I was thinking not at all
Well i got out
Not gonna stand
In the dark without a light
Forgetting love if you believe that chance
Sit and wait
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
In the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
And now the judge is down feeling
All around yeah
Lifting to a blast this sound
No preachers, teachers
Pick our minds
To the sounds of false alarm
They're here today
And they hear you say
You're alive and you're living with me
So don't try to hide
And don't try to die
In the dark of the night
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
In the shadows, in the shadows
Do not stand in the shadows
song performed by by Billy Idol
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Gloomy Sunday
Carter / s. lewis / r. seress
Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coaches
Sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thoughts
Of ever returning you
Wouldnt they be angry
If I thought of joining you?
Gloomy sunday
Gloomy is sunday,
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and i
Have decided to end it all
Soon therell be candles
And prayers that are said I know
But let them not weep
Let them know that Im glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death Im caressin you
With the last breath of my soul
Ill be blessin you
Gloomy sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart here
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is tellin you
How much I wanted you
Gloomy sunday
song performed by by Billie Holiday
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Gloomy Sunday
Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless,
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you
Gloomy sunday
Sunday is gloomy
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon therell be flowers and prayers that are sad,
I know, let them not weep,
Let them know that Im glad to go
Death is no dream,
For in death Im caressing you
With the last breath of my soul Ill be blessing you
Gloomy sunday
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you
Asleep in the deep of
My heart
Dear
Darling I hope that my dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
Gloomy sunday
song performed by by Heather Nova
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Gloomy Sunday
Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not when the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you?
Gloomy sunday
Gloomy is sunday, with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon therell be flowers and prayers that are sad, I know
Let them not weep, let them know that Im glad to go
Death is no dream, for in death I am caressing you
With the last breath of my heart Ill be blessing you
Gloomy sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep in the deep of my heart, deep
Darling, I hope that my dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
Gloomy sunday
song performed by by Elvis Costello
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The Dark Night
There is darkness everywhere,
the night is darker than black,
strange shadows loom on the wall,
as light flickers and flutters
on the oil lamp
The merciless wind is blowing hard,
harder than ever it was,
sharp like a sword,
piercing and reaming my raw wounds,
the flame on the lamp flutters violently
and then is blown off.
The wind smiles and then suddenly it is gone.
I light my lamp again.
poem by Dr Madhavi Grace
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Suntok Bago Magwakas
Patuloy na nagniningas
at humuhubog ng dahas
ang kamay ng langit,
ngunit wala na akong takot,
wala na akong kalaban
Ang aso sa pintuan
ay nagbibigay babala
ngunit pinagyayabong lamang
ang lihim na kagustuhan
upang himayin ang mga
nakasaklob sa kadiliman
Saan ba nagpupunta
ang pulutong ng ibon?
Bakit sila tumatakas?
Kumatok ako sa pintuan
umalingawngaw ang panawagan
Ang langit ay nalukot at
kumaskas ang mga bato
pinagliyab ang azul na apoy
sa likod ng kanyang telon
Ang aso ay tumalon
idinipensa ang matutulis na pangil
suminghal sa hangin
ngunit walang barikada
ang di tatanggap ng kaibigan
dahil sa matigas na kalamnan
nagtatago ang ningas
ng kanyang kahinaan,
naghihintay ng kamay
na tutugon sa saklolo
Hindi ako nagpatalo
sa pagbira ng delubyo
dahil ang klimang natutulog
sa marupok kong buto
ay masahol pa sa anyo
ng isang milyong anino
Ngunit bakit patuloy pa rin
ang paglisan ng mga ibon?
Hindi na ba muling dadaong
ang araw sa islang ito?
Patay na ang apoy
wala ng pintig and baga
nang ang kamay ay bumaba
at sumibol ang pag-asa
poem by Norman Santos
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Chocolate Hills of Carmen, Bohol
Nagpunay ako ug saka
Sa tumoy niining bungtud
Wala ako maghangak
Wala kanako ang kakapoy
Wala kanako ang kalaay
Wala kanako ang pagkabudlay
Ania sa akong kasingkasing
Ang tumang kamingaw
Ang tiunay nga kahidlaw
Makita lang ikaw
Sa ubos sa langit
(English)
I keep on going up
To the tip of this hill
I don’t breathe hard
I don’t feel tired
I am not bored
I do not feel tired
In my heart
Is this feeling of missing
This true nostalgia
Just to see you
Under the sky
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Inang Ibon
Inang ibon
sa di kalayua'y
munti niyang pipit
kanyang pinagmasdan
habang ang mga ito'y
nagsumikap maibuka
kanilang munting pakpak.
Inang ibon
para sa munti niyang mga pipit
walang takot na binabaan
ang kanyang lipad
upang itaboy
palayo sa pugad
isang pusang ligaw
na tila gutom na gutom.
Inang ibon
lumuha din kaya
nang isa niyang pipit
mula sa pugad ay nahulog
at sa mga pangil ng pusa'y
hindi nakaligtas.
poem by Marites C. Cayetano
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Mga Panganod Ni Narcissus
Sila nga naglutawlutaw sa langit
Mihapit og hunong sa usa ka tin-aw
Nga lim-aw sa kilid sa dalan,
Mitan-aw sa ilang mga dagway-
Mga gapas mga kumpol sa
Mga nagkadiayang panagway.
Giganahan silag tutok sa ilang
Mga lawas ug panagway.Mihunong.
Nagtindog ang mga balili. Nagpatigkong
Ang mga lapokon nga suba, naningala
Sa mga panghitabo sa gamay nga sapa
Nga gitugpahan sa mga habog nga panganod.
Ang usa ka isla sa mga sagbot
Nagpaanod paingon didto ug nahadlok
Baya ang mga panganod ni Narcissus
Mipanaw palayo hadlok madakpan.
Wala kunoy tag-iya kanila ug dili
Usab sila kamaong mahigugma.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Agn Bikil Sa Atong Kinabuhi
mao nga kita mopiyong aron
magpadayag ang wala nato makita
sukad-sukad sa sulod
sa atong kasing-kasing
ug dayon ibuka nato
ang atong mga mata aron makita
pag-usab ang mga dayag
nga nakapabuta kanato
sa dugay na kaayong higayon
diha sa tunga sa kusog kaayo
nga sulog sa kahayag
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Don't Talk Back
Well it's half my heart and a little bit of soul
That makes me feel I've gotta ride this road
I wouldn't change it if I could
And me and this road you
You know we've got an understanding
It won't leave me at home and I am
Too tired to do just what I should
And last night I asked if I could
Take comfort in the rosewood
The road said nothing at all
Well cos it don't talk back unless the wind blows hard
I drive it all night with the wheel of my car
It won't leave me running for the door
And if the paints still wet I can just slow down
And it all goes away on the other side of town
And nothing is that easy anymore
Well the hurt won't leave with the sight of white line
But it eases up my pain for a while
The only habit that I keep
And miles take time but the time is mine
And always moving suits me fine
I'll catch my breath when I sleep
And after all that I've done
I'm not half what I'd hope that I'd become
There's still along way to go
Well cos it don't talk back unless the wind blows hard
I drive it all night with the wheel of my car
It won't leave me running for the door
And if the paints still wet I can just slow down
And it all goes away on the other side of town
And nothing is that easy anymore
And last night I asked if I could
Take comfort in the rosewood
The road said nothing at all
Well cos it don't talk back unless the wind blows hard
I drive it all night with the wheel of my car
It won't leave me running for the door
And if the paints still wet I can just slow down
And it all goes away on the other side of town
And nothing is that easy anymore
Yeah cos it don't talk back unless the wind blows hard
I drive it all night with the wheel of my car
It won't leave me running for the door
And if the paints still wet I can just slow down
And it all goes away on the other side of town
And nothing is that easy anymore
song performed by by Kasey Chambers from The Captain
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Shadows She Said
there's no more place to go
the other bars are closed
the night the stranger came to town
how do you know
when you're right or wrong?
how do you know
if you hurt or if you don't?
so many people say so many things
but nobody agrees on anything
there's no more place to go
shadows she said
there's no more place to go
shadows she said
this night's an empty shell
shadows she said
and all the shadows followed after her
you burned the book of life
the cradle and the tomb
how could you ever dare
there's no more turning back
your stars lit up in flames
there's gunsmoke in the air
and yesterday you bought a brand-new car
but you don't feel like going very far
there's no more place to go...
there's no more place to go
shadows she said
there's no more place to go
shadows she said
this night's an empty shell
shadows she said
and all the shadows followed after her
here they come...
shadows she said...
and all the shadows followed after her...
shadows she said...
song performed by by Alphaville
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