my poem collection
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From the innermost of a poet's heart..TRANSCRIPT
Gus Babula Agosto
Poem Collection
My FriendsBrowsing the net,
Looking for old friends,
Happiness in my heart pours,
How long since we have met before?
Shock not with their grown
faces and looks,
But with their courage to hurdle,
Longing for their love ones,
Pining their native land.
Ah, my friends are brave,
Craving for better lives,
Their country could not provide,
Truly a great stride.
SOMETIMES I YEARN FOR TIKPIESometimes I yearn for tikpie
When there were cakes and hamburgers,
Longing for carabao lomo ala batchoy,
When there were sinigang and sisig.
Sometimes I’m craving to swim in suba,
When there were beaches and swimming pools,
Of picturesque rice fields in Campin and Taglibas,
When there were skyscraping towers and buildings.
Sometimes I’m longing for people carrying sacks of copra and abaca,
When there were well-dressed employees and professionals,
Of riding Habal-habal and karumata,
When there were LRT and MRTs.
Sometimes I’m pining for Pong-on and Tumoy,
When there were Cyberzone and Malls,
Of Fiesta, bayle and tabo,
When there were amusement parks and supermarkets.
There’s no place like my hometown.
My Lovely Rose
I have a rose in the garden,Unfolding red lovely petals,With thorns surrounding it,Could not touch and smell its fragrance.
I left the garden, I left my lovely rose,Far away yet so near,Could not touch and smell its fragrance.
Time have passed,Have seen again my rose,Beautiful and sweetly scented at its full blossom,Could not touch and smell its fragrance.
My rose is not mine anymore,Yet I let my rose feel Thy undoubting care and heart rejoicing,Could glimpse again my lovely rose.
FLOWERY SMILE
Flowery smile, flowery smile
As I glance your sparkling eyes.
Flowery smile, flowery smile
Stunning beauty, across the miles.
Flowery smile, flowery smile
Soothe my heart, makes my day shine.
Never give up, never for a while
For heart will fall, with your flowery smile.
Hearty Anthurium
Roaming the garden
Beneath the golden sun
Could not find a flower
Hearty shapes as you are.
Wanting you to be mine
My only wish for the time
Coz you’re a unique flower
My heart wants to tender, forever.
Verse of My OwnI am a simple man
From the land of the valley
To the poor people of my town
I want to share the verse of my own.
My poems are scented flower
Soothing thy heart in every corner
My writings are red flaming trees
Hurl against the fortress.
My ardent love of motherland bloom
Struggle with the poor zoom
So the mighty muck could be toppled
Like Bastille that fall.
I gave flower to a woman
Siblings out of womb
But amorous is a different one
I could only find with someone.
My dreams in life is fading
Like the golden sun sliding
Cool wind comes in summer
Drifting my heart in somber.
Ah, the sun will rise again
Road of tomorrow will brighten
To cross the fuming tide
Peaceful shores will surely arrive.