BUSY REALITY (Prose poem)

Imprisoned in a busy life, a busy city, a busy country, a busy world. People are starting not to care on what they see before their eyes. They seem to have no time to express gratitude to the Master, 

the creator of all great things. How fortunate and blessed are we that He keeps on shedding His unconditional love to the thirsty souls of the youth, though sometimes He has nothing to receive in return.

                               -PROSE-

Prose poem is a cross between prose and poetry. It looks like a prose but it reads like poetry without rhyme or set of rhythm. Prose poems tend to be short.

Source of definition:

ENGLISH 133 POETRY Compilation

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AN ODE TO A ROCK

There are times people hate you

For making their paths difficult to travel along

People sometimes think of cursing you

Kicking you to where you should belong

Seasons may change yet standing still

Though you seem to be in complete disarray

Overcoming the life that might against your will

“How mighty you are!” I could say.

                        -ODE-

The word ‘ode’ comes from the Greek word aeidein (“to sing”), and an ode is a song, a lyric poem, most often one that addresses a thing or person not present.

Source of definition:

ENGLISH 133 POETRY Compilation

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IKAW ANG GIPITIK NG AKING PUSO (Macaronic Verse)

Sukad nalantawan and iyong maamong mukha

Mikalit ug undang ang aking mundo at napatulala

Sama sa relo nga hindi gumagana ang battery

Miundang ang oras at ako’y napangiti.

Kahayag ang makita sa hulagway kong ito

Kay ikaw miduol, ngayon ako’y nalilito

Apan wa masayod nga mahal mo din ako

Ingon sab ko, ikaw ang gipitik ng aking puso!

Wa ko katuo tayo’y nagmamahalan na

Maski ako ug ikaw bago pa nagkakilala

Mahadlok ako kung ito’y panandaliang pagtingin lang

Apan mahibaw ko, puso ko’y tumitibok sa iyo lamang.

                             -MACARONIC VERSE-

(Macaronic Verse is a mixture of two or more languages in a poem. In this poem, I combined Visayan and Tagalog.

Source of definition:

ENGLISH 133 POETRY Compilation)

KAPAG WALANG SIGNAL (Tagalog Collaboration Poem)

Kay lalim na ng gabi

Ngunit wala ka sa aking tabi

Ako'y naghihintay sa tawag mo

Nakalimutan mo na ba ako?

O giliw, ano bang nangyari?

Tila puso'y di mapakali

Sadya bang pinaglalaruan ng tadhana,

Ang signal na napakahina?

Kapag walang signal, tayo ay nag-aaway

Ngunit tayo'y walang kamalay-malay

Galit at puot ang naghahari

Di ko na kayang magkunwari

Parang may giyera na nagaganap,

Kapag ikaw ay di mahanap

"O signal, kami sana'y pagbigyan

Away, huwag sanang hayaan"

Isang signal ako'y biglang napangiti

Para bang may kumikiliti

Ngunit ito'y biglang nawala

Kaya ang puso ko'y unting napaluha

Napagtanto ko bigla,

At ako'y napatulala

"Pagkat ikaw pa rin habang buhay,

Kahit ang signal pa'y mamatay!

A tagalog Collaboration poem with Vegah friends.


(Collaborative or collective poetry is an alternative and creative technique for writing poetry by more than one person. The principal aim of collaborative poetry is to create poems with multiple collaborations from various authors.

Source of definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_poetry)

RAIN (Haiku)

Darkness eats the day;

The rain flows before my eyes

I hated it much

         -HAIKU-

 Haiku is A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

Definition from: 

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/haiku

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DANCE (Found Poem)

It's quite blurry so here's the decoded text on my Found Poem:

Ordinary steps

perform fine interpretation 

of Beauty and art in a dance.

        -FOUND-

( A Found poem is a piece of writing that was not intended as a poem, but is so declared by its "finder". Parts of a newspaper articles are often declared to be "found poems", as are lists, notes, other incidental uses of language etc.

Source of definition:

ENGLISH 133 POETRY Compilation)

PAPER EVENT POEM

1.       Cut the paper into tiny pieces, put it in a flower basket and use is as flower petals on your wedding day.

2.       Crumple a piece of paper and paint it with black. Now it’s like a stone!

3.       Make holes on the paper and you have yourself a strainer.

4.       Roll a piece of paper and now you have a trumpet.

5.       Crumple pieces of paper, paste a thread on top of it. A perfect hanging décor for your Christmas tree!

-EVENT-

(An Event poem could be seen as the written equivalent of a Happening.To create an Event Poem, select an object and find new imaginative (sometimes slightly crazy) uses for it. Number these and write them down, each below the other, beginning each sentence with an action verb.

Source of definition:

EGLISH 133 POETRY Compilation

Image Source:

http://sociable.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paper-pile.jpg)