Our stories of struggle and sacrifice,of triumph and defeat, of loyalty and betrayal,will be buried under the rubble of new warsto be fought by those who will take our place. The enemies will trample on our graves,desecrate the sanctuaries of
I felt the wind’s gentle kissfor the timid candlelight,an offering to moonlight’s glow on the dark altar of sorrow,it’s flame, like my mind, battlingthe room’s ghastly shadow. Or was the kiss meant for theorphaned page and the lines thatfroze on
In the quiet hush of dawn’s embrace, Your name, Sulu, dances in the space. A melody soft, like a gentle breeze, Bringing my heart to its trembling knees. With eyes that shimmer like the stars above, In every glance, I find a world to
Lupah Sug, where skies embrace the sea,A land of beauty, wild and free,With mountains tall and rivers pure,In your embrace, my soul is sure. Your forests hum with whispers sweet,Where earth and heaven gently meet,Oh, how I long to walk
Stir not the grassesby gentle breeze it trembles In the womb of slumber it recoils Its coolness sends chill to the boneswracking its nerves to fiery storm Oblivious to Destiny in storeFret not Dear BelovedIt’s decreed to its measure Take heedNever does our
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Feb) – Award-winning poet, writer, artist and professor Ricardo de Ungria was among a number of Mindanawon poets who joined the poetry reading during the opening of the 1st Mindanao Book Festival at the Ateneo
(Delivered by Dr. Hadji Mashur Bin Ghalib Jundam, Dean, of the UP Institute of Islamic Affairs and MNLF Representative at the 40th commemoration of the Jabidah Massacre on March 18, 2008 at Corregidor Island)
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahiim
In the name of God Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Deliver for me a MORO
Ye virgin of mine hut
A MORO who cries not in pain
In thirst and in hunger, never shall he complain
Twists and cracks
The meadow parched
Amid the dreary notes
Of gales forlorn
As if to clutch
The breeze unseen
With feeble edges
Of grasses ungreen
