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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Munting Amerika ni Juan

ni Tumaghoy

Hinangad umaklas sa hirap ng buhay
Kaya't iyong tiniis sa mga mahal ay mawalay
Upang dumako sa kanluran at doo'y buto ay binanat
Nagbabakasakali dasal sa poo'y masibat

Sa dakong iyon na ang tawag ay Amerika
Nasilayang buhay kasaganahan na sandamaka
Sa kalooban at isipa'y 'sing tumbas na nangarap
Nawa'y pamilya'y mabigyan ng buhay Amerika na masarap

Dolyares, bag ng tsokolate, psps at i-pod
Lahat ng naisin at uso'y sa mga kaanak ay napalipad
Ngunit ang mga ito'y di katimbang ng Amerikang kinatatapakan
Kaya't niluhod at kinayod ang pamilyang makapangibang-bayan

Malaking bahay na may apat na maluluwang na silid
Garahe na may kotseng Ford na nakaparada sa may gilid
Bawat anak tiyak mong may kinabukasan na mapipisil
Kaya't di masisi mga kalahi ni jua'y nilisan ang Pinas- lupa ng Ipil

Saturday, January 17, 2009

PROMETHEUS UNBOUND


by Ruben Cuevas

I shall never exchange my fetters for slavish servility.
'Tis better to be chained to the rock than be bound to the service of Zeus.
--Aeschylus, Prometheus Unbound

Mars shall glow tonight,
Artemis is out of sight.
Rust in the twilight sky
Colors a bloodshot eye,
Or shall I say that dust
Sunders the sleep of the just?
Hold fast to the gift of fire!
I am rage! I am wrath! I am ire!
The vulture sits on my rock,
Licks at the chains that mock
Emancipation's breath,
Reeks of death, death, death.
Death shall not unclench me.
I am earth, wind and sea!
Kisses bestow on the brave
That defy the damp of the grave
And strike the chill hand of
Death with the flaming sword of love.
Orion stirs. The vulture
Retreats from the hard, pure
Thrust of the spark that burns,
Unbounds, departs, returns
To pluck out of death's fist
A god who dared to resist.