KInabuhi gisugalsa nasod nga gimahallisod wa igsapayanalang sa kagawasan.Unsa ang gisangpotansa gipaningkamotan,ingon man sa nakawang?
Kaniadto sa bata pa akoug nagpuyo sa hilit nga baryotin-aw ang tubig sa tuboddiin kami nagasag-obsa tubig nga abunda ug way bayad. Karon ako hamtong naug nagpuyo sa gahob nga dakbayan,ang tubig namo gikan sa griponga daghang higayon walay agas,usahay
Nibatog sa hayhayangamay abohong langgamnga nag-inusara langug wala nay kauban.Ngano man nga nawagtangang kanunayng kauban,siya ba gibiyaan? Kamatuorang subokini ang nahitabo:ang kapikas nahanawnitaliwan nipanawmaayong pagkasaposa nilupad nga bato,pintik sa batang pilyo! Nidung-aw sa bentanamama nagkugos batanga wa kakitag papa,haskan tawon
Daghan nga panghitabonagkadaiya ug makasubo,ingon sa wala tay mahimogawas na lang sa pag-ampo. Mga panghitabong makaguolduna ba kahay angay mabasol?Igo na lang ba ta sa pagbagulbol? O angay ba hinuon ta maghinulsol? Hay, balak-balak na langpahungaw sa kahigwaos sa dughantungod
Hala! Si Tatay, nagyamayama na pod si Tatay Nagyawyaw nagtagawtaw, lagsik ang laway. Ngano intawon dili na lang siya mopahuway? Wala pa ba diay siya matagbaw? Gimingaw pa ba gihapon siya sa hugyaw sa panon sa mga nalingaw sa iyang
Ang mga hawodnagkarambola na pod,haskang kasamok!Pero wala ko kasabotnganong sila nagubot. Silay kaubandi pa lang dugay, di ba?Naunsa na mankaron sila nag-away,karon sila nag-unay? Kitang mayukmokigo rag sunodsunodsa makaguyod,sa hawod nga mas hawodmas hawod nga moguyod. Sunod-sunod lang?Magpaguyod na lang?Bahalas
Kaadlawon nga tugnawtaudtaod pa mogitib ang adlawnanag-awit panon sa mga tawosa kalye nga mingaw pa nagsubay paglakawprosesyon nangaliya nagsangpit kang Senyor Santo Niño. Gikan sa trompa sa masjid sa unahandaw namukaw sa tibuok kalibotanmilanog ang tingog sa pag-ampo sa imamnagsangpit
Ang naglaray sa pasilyo ubay-ubay na, ang uban naglingkod pero naa pod mga nagbarog ra. Ang pipila naay mga bata nga dala nga dinha sa pasilyo gawara-wara. Ang tanan usa ray gipaabot nga walay klaro unsang orasa moabot, kay sa
Durian seasonCame and went.Poor me, all I could doWas savor its scent.For the maintenance medsAnd, yes, the riceTook my every cent! Eric S.B. Libre19 October 2023
Glitter and Sparkle Do not be dazzled by the glitter and sparkle, it is only gold. Listen to the Word, and follow the righteous road that to Heaven lead. Silaw ug Kinlaw Ayaw pailad sa silaw ug sa kinlaw, bulawan
Eric S.B. LibreWhy worry about being pranked today on so-called April Fools Day? Serious, devious pranksters have been having a heyday making fools of us every day all year round anyway. Eric S.B. Libre 1 April 2023
Akò ba diayng salâkon ako naninguhà,salâ ba diaynga nagpuyô kong hayahay?Unsa man god akong labotsa pamuyô mo nga hagip-ot? Unsa diay akong buhatonniining akong kabuhong?Sayop ba nga kini pahimuslankay grasya man gikan sa Kahitas-an?Bahalà mo dihâ nga magbagutbot,inyong dagway ra man pod
Dili ko buot handomon kay kasingkasing ko daw kumoton kon ako makahinumdom niadtong dugay nang panahon nga sa panumdoman lab-as pa gihapon, kadtong adlaw nga masulob-on kanus-a kalit mibiya ka sa dayon. Ning adlaw sa kasumaran niadtong imong pagtaliwan maoy
I woke up with a startwhen I heard a loud fart.The heck, it was darkbut I could smell it was my fart! Sometimes we get shockedout of our complacencyby something unsavory.Only for us to realizethat what makes us feel like
Lipay mangilad kon naay magpailad. Ayaw pailad. Bantayi ilang ilong, mas taas na god karon. Eric S.B. Libre 30 Hunyo 2022
It’s June 30th.Let’s heave a sigh of reliefand take a deep breath.We have managed to survive,now pray for what lies ahead. Eric S.B. Libre30 June 2022
Alas otso pasado nag-brownoutnatunong nga gaulan pa gyod.Kay walâ man koy mahimo sa kangiob,nagpahinayak na lang kog tikungkong ug bukot.Ug ako nahibalik pagkahinanok, tingali nihagok. Mga alas onse nakamata ko, brownout ra gihaponug ang bunok sa ulan nagpadayon.Daw naalimungawan akong
Bintot, bintot Kini akong pilion kay kyut, sa akong panan-aw nindot. Pero nganong morag bahong utot? Ay bahala, ayaw mo pagbuot! Basta para nako, kini ang humot — Kon wa mo kaangay, ayaw god og simhot. Bintot, bintot… Eric S.B.
Buntag nga lamugdong,kalami untà motikungkongapan kinahanglan na gyod mobangonkay dilì mahimong dilì atimanonmga binuhing iring kinahanglan pakan-on. Ayaw dugay-dugayapaghigop imong kapeng gitemplaang hangin ron haskang kamigaug kon maglangay-langay kabasin inighigop nimo kana bugnaw na. Eric S.B. Libre 9 Abril 2022
Leyon ug agila manunukob pareha: kuyawan man ta! Hunahunang patakâ, sa kalaay pawalà
Harinawa’y hindi.Subalit saka-sakali na mangyariang di karapat-dapat siyang magwagi,lahat tayo ay mapapangiwisa kirot at hapdi ng ating pagkakamali. Kaya upang tayo’y di maging sawi,sana ay maging mapanurisa ating pagpili.Isip-isip lang kahit kauntihanggang maaari. Eric S.B. Libre2 Abril 2022
From a low porch I scanour rather narrow front yardand watch the concreted streetjust a few steps beyond our gate. Cars of all shapes and sizes whiz by,while in the yard flits a lone colorful butterfly.Memories countless flash through my
Kon ang punoan santol,ang bunga segurado sab nga santol.Bisan pa magpakaaron ingnonnga mansanas, santol gyod gihapon.Ayaw lamata imong kaugalingonnga kanang santol nga tuman kaaslomingnong mansanas nga tam-is kan-on,labi na kon ang uban imo pang agnihonnga niini usab moambit pagkaon. Eric
My vote I beton the one hard to beatand win he did indeed.My vote I beton one who won indeedand I rejoiced when he did. My vote I betand it was too latewhen I realizedthat in winningI had lost insteadand
Sa tinuod lang,nabalaka bayâ kopero sa akong pamatìwalâ man koy mahimomao nga nabalaka ko. Morag ang tanan nagkayagawsa pag-iyahay og tagawtaw,ambot lang kahânaa bay naminaw,mao nga dilì na lang komodugang pa sa kayagaw. Maypa tingalig magpadaplin lang,maniid ug manimbangtimbangaron maayag
Usahay,ang lutahannga gangulngolkon dilì langtagdon ug dilipanumbalingoningon sa dilì ra sabnimo bationapan sa tinuodnaa ra gihapon.
Sugod na pod ang kagahob,antos na sab ta sa kaalingugngogsa daghang mag-iyahay og pasiatabnga kuno kanato andam moalagad. Dili unta ta magpasagad,tarongon ta pag-ayag —basin pa kita makakaplagkanang ligdong mangalagad. Unta dili na ta malinglanianang mga hawod ra mamolitikakang kinsa
They wrote you a tribute,an obituary of sorts,and whoever it was who wrote itapparently did not know you a bitso the tribute turned out to behollow, generic and perfunctory. I guess there’s no longer anybodywho could have writtena tribute for
The story is brewinglike mad in my mind.But when I try to start typingthe words refuseto flow through my fingers,and my laptop monitor remainsa blank screen. Eric S.B. Libre8 January 2022
Your choice is your choice, the consequence ain’t just yours but it’s also ours. So, make the choice for yourself and those who’ll come after us. Eric S.B. Libre 7 December 2021
Where is it, the tarp? It’s gone, my candidate’s tarp! But not from my heart. (Eric S.B. Libre is a Mindanawon freelance development consultant who has done some work in a number of conflict-affected areas of Mindanao and occasionally dabbles
No ham for Christmas? Not to worry, you’re in good company: they didn’t have ham too when baby Jesus was born in a lowly stable. Eric S.B. Libre
Sorry, Supremo, we no longer deserve to call you our hero. For we’ve been silent and lustily cheered even as they killed the defenseless and jailed those that wouldn’t be silenced. We have conveniently forgotten them who like you were
They make fools of us, and we smile and laugh and clap. We make fools of us. And those who make fools of us make of themselves bigger fools. Eric S.B. Libre 17 November 2021
Laughing bitterly, this circus drives me crazy. Seems hopeless, ain’t we? Amused and laughing at what now is happening, I’m sad too and crying. Ridiculous yet tragic, but why am I not surprised? Go on with your show, those silly
First Crumb Street in Digos City is virtually deserted at around a.m. of Sunday, 6 June 2021 as the city government restricts movement in the face of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Mindanews photo by ERIC S.B. LIBRE
Sila nga mga tigmatutô sa kaliwatan sa miagi, sa kasamtangan ug sa kahangtoran, kansang mga laylay, gakós, halók ug pag-antos mao ang nag-umol sa kapid-ang kasingkasing ug kalag, naghatag og dan-ag sa mga palasyo ug payag. Sila mao ang nag-ugbok
Preposterous promises are just that – promises that are preposterous. They’re bound to be dismissed eventually as mere jests that didn’t have to be taken seriously except by idiots maybe. Or they would in time be vehemently denied
The community pantry is a hot issue these days, is it not? But why is there so much fuss when people just want to help? The community pantry is welcome indeed to those in dire need, worried about mouths to
Windy and sunny is good for drying the laundry. Sunny and windy, the floor gathers dust quickly: you sweep sev’ral times a day. Eric S.B. Libre 20 April 2021
Bisan unsaon pa nimo og bukot sa habol, tikungkong sa lantay ug suksok sa bungbong, ang hangin nga naglungot-lungot padayon sa paghaguros. Eric S.B. Libre 18 Abril 2021
How does old feel like? Well, it feels like old, of course. Wait ‘til you grow old. How is it to be very old? I can’t tell you ‘cause I’m not yet that old. Maybe when I get there, if
Would being friendly stop bullying by a bully? Highly unlikely. You’ll just be bully-friendly, be bullied more viciously. Eric S.B. Libre 26 March 2021
LATE BLOOMS: Just Asking How near is the end? How will this end? Will there be a reckoning, or will they just fade away like nothing happened (and on their faces a grin)? Or perhaps their happy days will just
On a leaf I espied a ladybug, daintily it crawled. And watching, I smiled at such a pretty sight nowadays a rare sight. But then I realized ladybugs I see these days have colors dull, almost lifeless, unlike the vibrant
We’ve seen this before, and still we fall for the trick. Will we never learn?
Nangatiguwang na lang ta, halos balik-balik ra kining dramaha diin giulog-ulogan ra ta. Kapoy na, dì ba? Pero nakat-on ba ta?
The Revolution did not fail us. We failed the Revolution. We failed us. Eric S.B. Libre 25 February 2021
