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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Aklanon Tongue Twister

Ro Mga Tongue Twisters ni Maeara

Ni Maeara
(on-going)

*Ro bulag nga naghueag hay nagbueag sa mga ueagon. Maeara, July 13, 2021

*Nagbakae it bahae ro bag-ong kasae nga paeahambae.--Maeara, July 13, 2021
 
*Ro bungoe nagsinggit sa hilong nga dungoe.--Maeara,  July 20, 2021

 *Nagbahoe ro bukoe sa tangkugo ni Erol nga ginpuepog it dungoe.--Maeara, July 20, 2021

 

Monday, July 12, 2021

Old Pond

 old pond--

a frog jumps in

no water

***Melcichon
July 12, 2013

Friday, July 09, 2021

Beloved, I'm Back Home!

 

Beloved, I’m Back Home!
***Melchor F. Cichon
Beloved,
I’m back home!
 
I thought her kisses were much sweeter than yours
And her hugs were warmer than yours.
I thought that together
We would walk hand in hand toward our future
Even during rainy seasons,
Even if our paths were like the zigzag roads to Baguio.
I thought that if I slide down
She would help me get up.
But I was wrong.
So I bit my elbows!
And packed up myself
And walked back to our home,
Hoping that you would hug me tightly
Before I enter our door
Like you used to do.
 
But our home
Was empty
Except for your handwritten note
That you left in our bedroom--
"So sorry,
But I have to go.
I know we will meet again
And forever
In Heaven.
Bye, Beloved."

Wednesday, July 07, 2021

You Came To Me Like The Dawn

 You Came To Me Like The Dawn

You came to me
Like the dawn
With gold dust,
And silver lining.
But then
You left me
Before dusk
Like the homing herons.
***Melchor F. Cichon
July 7, 2021

Tuesday, July 06, 2021

ugsad

 ugsad--
rang maea nga piniino
ag ring habiling handong sa tagipusuon ko
***Melchor F. Cichon, July 6, 2019

Monday, July 05, 2021

Mabatian Ko Ro mga Kanta ag mga Panghayhay It Mga Akeanon

Mabatian Ko Ro mga Kanta ag mga Panghayhay It Mga Akeanon

Melchor F. Cichon
July 5, 2018
Mabatian ko ro mga kanta ag mga panghayhay it mga Akeanon.
Ro mga lullaby it mga nanay nga nagapatueog sa anda nga mga unga samtang owa pa kauli ro andang mga asawa nga igto pa gaung-ong it tanduay sa binit-karsada.
Ro mga lullaby it mga bakero nga aga-aga pa gahalin sa andang baeay agod mapahangeab ro andang mga anwang.
Ro mga mangunguma nga nagaarado sa mga eanas nga andang ginaagsahan.
Ro mga panamgo it mga unga nga gahinueat sa andang mga OFW nga nanay samtang ro andang mga tatay hay gahikap-hikap sa andang mga kabit.
Ro mga panghayhay ku mga pasahero kon mag-agto sanda sa Malinao halin sa Kalibo bangod sa indi matapos-tapos nga pagkumpuni it karsada.
Ro mga boses it mga Ati sa Kalibo kon sanda magpangayo-ngayo ag kon ginatabog sanda paeayo sa mga malls.
Pero mabatian ko man ro mga paghinahaeakhak ku mga honorable nga mga politiko samtang gahuyap sanda ku andang mga tinipon nga mga pilak samtang gaeagueok ro mga tiyan it mga pumueoyo.

Sunday, July 04, 2021

Janin Dela Cruz Ruiz

 


out of the blue

out of the blue
she hugs and kisses him--
his ex
**Melchor F. Cichon
July 4, 2021

After Lunch

after lunch--
a cup of hot coffee
can not lift my eyelids
***Melcichon
July 4, 2013

He Writes His Anger

He writes his anger
on the sand
while his happiness
on a granite wall
***Melcichon
July 4, 2014

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Summer Sunlight

Summer sunlight appears in this gloomy day when she smiles.

***
Her smile creates a summer sunlight even it's a gloomy day.
***
In a gloomy day, her smile creates a sunny day.
***
A sunny day becomes gloomy when she frowns.

Monday, June 28, 2021

Again

 Again

**Maeara
June 25, 2021

Again
He lies down
Half-naked on the landing
Of an over-pass
Where hundreds of blind pedestrians pass by.
He wishes someone would drop a coin on his cartoon bed,
Or a piece of pan de sal or a pack of biscuit
To fill in his empty stomach.
Fortunately, when a baby girl with her mother passes by
To this homeless man,
She drops her half-filled popcorn pack
Beside his bed.
In an instance,
He picks it up and looks up
To the cloudy skies
And starts munching its content.

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Sige Eang, Paayawi!

 

Sige Eang, Paayawi!
Ni Maeara
June 26, 2021

Tanan nga pispis gahuni
Hasta magpaeaeos ro andang limog
O hasta maubusan it hangin ro andang mga baga.
Ro busay owa’t pahuway ra pagtinubod
Maski owa’t may gasag-ob
O owa’t eanas nga gahigop
Agod ro paeay, mais o baeatong makapabug-at it buesa
Ni Tatay ag ni Nanay.
Ro adlaw owa’t pahuway sa anang pagsinilak
Maski may galipod pa nga gae-um
Katuead sa pagsiniga ku mga bituon ag ku buean
Maski sige ro paghinapay-hapay ku niyog bangod sa bagyyo.
Pareho king pagdinuyan ku atong eabsag
Hasta ra makatueog.
Ag kon tueog eon
Owa man gihapon ro untat king pagpalibog
Kon ano ro ieamhay sa tinuea mo nga tangkong.
Samtang ring Beloved hay sige man ra anang
Pag-inung-ong it Tanduay
Sa binit it karsada kaibahan ka anang mga barkada.
Pero sige eang
Mauntat gid ron
Kon dueaw eon ra kalimutaw;
Kon indi eon imaw kadaea
Ku baso nga andang ginapalibot-libot
Hasta imaw magdupas-dupas
Sa anang pag-uli sa inyong baeay.

Ugsad

 ugsad--
nagpakita sg iya landong
ang kapayas
**Melchor F. Cichon
June 26, 2019

Friday, June 25, 2021

Dreaming

 

dreaming

until we no longer weep--

shooting star
**Maeara
June 25, 2021

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Sunflower

Sunflower--
mabatian ko ring tulalay
sa paghabyug king sipad
**Melchor F. Cichon
July 14, 2012

he spreads the rainbow

he spreads the rainbow over a red carpet for her to march on it Melcichon

Feb. 3, 2012