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tiwarik at yukyok

ako’y nanahan

sa kweba ni Inang

tigib ng karimlan

 

ikasiyam na buwa’y

dumatal

supling ng uniberso’y

iniluwal

 

Nagkangipi’t

nagkabulbol

Saka naging

suhi

 

Sa sansina-

pupunang

Nagdadalang-

muhi.

Mark P. Bonabon
Mark P. Bonabon
Mark P. Bonabon is an emerging poet from Biri, Northern Samar. He teaches creative writing at the University of Eastern Philippines. His poems have appeared in Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, Philippines Graphic, and Liwayway. His work often explores local ecology, history, and folklore.

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A Portrait of My Father

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