Behold PNoy in the Year of the Snake
A year of terrible typhoon & earthquake

A year of scam about pork barrel
A year in Zamboanga there’s a battle

This year’s really a great trial
A year of calamities & upheaval

But PNoy a leader who is alert
Warned the nation of imminent hurt

To places inflicted he himself went
Gave aids & comfort and slept in tent

A man for all he really is
That’s why Team PNoy had many parties

‘Coz whatever party you may belong
If you’re on Straight Path you come along

But if you’re a partymate of crime accused
To him you’ll never be excused.

-12/31/2013
(Dumarao)

Father God, let Jesus Christ fetch my soul alongwith Your Holy Spirit
Bring me to a place where there’s no more cold and heat
Let them judge me according to what they perceived
But it’s only You who truly knows how I lived
As my mortal body dies, let me say, “God is great!”

-sometime in March, April, May or June 2015
(Dumarao)

Culled thee from a bunch
Of décor for lunch
Pinned on half plant trunk
With flowers in rank
Another “fortune”!

Students & teachers
Servants & masters
Congman. Haresco
Gov. V.A. Tanco
CapSU guests, members

October Fifteen
29th Foundin’
Dumarao’s CapSU
And Gov’s Birthday too
Luncheon at noon

On Tanco Resort
No food was short
Ten long tables
Skirtings on ripples
Drinks here & there too

It is memorial
I hope not final
Almost one year here
First shake hands Gov. dear
Onwards Thirtieth!

-10/15/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

I fear physical death because I may just go…
To the scorching yard of God’s enemies
Where I will be slave to diabolic royalties
Like an acolyte of Warcraft Undead who summon atrocities!
To the spiritual crematorium of demons who ****
Where I will be prisoner to a jail of no escape
Like Prometheus of Greek Myth as mournful as a crape!

-03/19/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Fear of Death Collection

Behold PNoy kicking like horse
Corrupt officials kicked out with force

Senators involved in spoiling pork barrel
Are now holding bars in each own cell

Officers accused in police and medic
Are also not spared from the angst of the kick

If public corruption is sincerely detached
Territorial protection is willingly attached

Established by the visit of Obama
Speaking of foreign, we got something in FIBA

Gilas Pilipinas made us Most Valuable
Proving Filipinos are fans indomitable

Fans of those to country give heart
Fans of those like PNoy who’s smart

Go like Rachelle Ann, our pride offshore in theater
Swerve like Michael Christian, our first Olympian in winter.

-12/30/2014
(Dumarao)

Oh Archdemon Leviathan, accept my abomination!
You who are appointed as “Regent of Envy”
I do not want something for me not meant to be
You long for things which are not yours truly
I do not need anything for me not worthy!
You drown yourself with despair & misery
I surrender everything not fit for me!

-03/12/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Demons Collection

Sinlessness is impossible
But not for 2 people
Who became God’s noble example

They are Jesus Christ & Mary
Who were sent to humanity
To teach them how to become holy

Her Immaculate Heart purifies
His Sacred Heart sanctifies
They are God’s ultimate sacrifice!

-11/07/2015
(Dumarao)
*7th Day Reflection from Catechism Booklet

God’s graces are perfected by His gifts
These supernatural presents help us avoid mischiefs
Wisdom & knowledge make us aware of our actions
Understanding & counsel make us realize our situations
Piety keeps us holy and worthy of reverence
Fortitude strengthens our faith and sustains our patience
Fear of the Lord prevents us from sinning!

-12/05/2015
(Dumarao)
*29th Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet

When I was a child, I was captivated
By colorful flowers beautifully painted
But what was that creature with floppy wings
Like a flower’s frail petal, attraction it brings

If a flower below to the land decorates
That creature above to the air celebrates
To the dance of the wind giving music
Its every movement is a graceful lyric

This flimsy flyer they called “butterfly”
In its absence, the flowers cry
So come butterflies…come to the flowers!
They need your fantastically propitious powers!

Oh! Imagine the world without butterflies!
It’s just like a chopsuey without spice
Music without notes, theater without actors
So safeguard these most artistic pollinators!

-01/28/2015
(Dumarao)
*Defense of the Animals Collection

Alas!  Ouch! What is this thing pulling me out?
Off in my mother’s womb where I came about
Aray! Oh I’m now bleeding
Aray! My flesh here shredding
I’m helpless, nobody hears my soundless shout!

-01/02/2007
(Dumarao)
*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic

Removed thee from tree
It’s sturdy and tall
I think not native
Looks familiar but
Do not know its name

By the Trappist monks
Who live by in there
Or just a planter
Folk or foreigner
Don’t know who planted

About to enter
The souvenir shop
Where we bought some goods
About 3 o’clock
On way to the wharf

Just in front the shop
Selling souvenirs
Foods and rosaries
Decors and softdrinks
A monastery

On field trip again
But first time in there
With Crim. 2 students
A new experience
That I should treasure!

-04/01/2014
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Iiiiiiiii…It hurts! How hot is the amputation…
Committed by the blade of your ****** weapon?!
But watch out for the result of your transgression?

Wiiiiiiii…Witness! Here it grows again! See my recuperation!
Now double your trouble! Double your damnation!
Hahahahahahahahaha! Poor Hercules! You’ve got a harder operation!

Iiiiiiiii…Intolerable! Another chop! Another daring action!
Don’t you know it’ll be the same situation?!
Grow! Grow another head! Let’s move on!

Iiiiiiiii…Ignorant man! What a stupid person?!
Do not be blinded by your own illusion!
You have no match for this mighty creation!

Kiiiiiiii…**** every source of his inspiration!
Let’s end his brave, impossible mission!
He’s nothing compared to our raging union!

Iiiiiiiii…Impossible! Why can’t we carry on?!
Aha! One by one he’s putting us into incineration!
Alas! Oh Lerma! Hear this Shriek of the Decapitated Hydra – a melting iron!

-02/03/2015
(Dumarao)
*Fallen Myths Collection

Oh Father God, deliver us from greed
May we ask only what they need
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Gehazi
Grant us the heart of generosity
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from selfishness
Be our heart that exhibits kindness
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

-12/21/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems Against Life’s Problems

Hey foreigner!
Search the world map
Find shapes, don’t nap
Dog’s sitting there!

West – Pacific
Orient facing
Seems West guarding
Though Asiatic.

Blacks – first people
Browns – main settlers
Whites – once rulers
Peopling simple.

Asia’s old friend
China, India
And Arabia
But West to rend.

Heel Islamized
Yet, Spaniards came
And made it tame
Rest Christianized.

America’s
First Asian pet
New rule beget
Foreigners pass.

When the dog’s free
From charms of boss
Suffered weight loss
Makes self hungry.

But, its puppies
Away from thee
Fills their tummy
Return booties.

When stocks will store
Wisely by host
Future’s not lost
New things explore.

Filipino –
The “World’s Servant”
Role’s important
Yellow halo!

-11/27/2011
(Dumarao)
*First Incubus Collection

Call me, my Lord, and I will be there
Choose me and I will answer
You are my Lord I cannot reject
Your holy voice I must respect
Let me come to the Holy See
Be ordained and serve Thee
If I am Your priest, even death cannot do us apart!

-12/12/2015
(Dumarao)
*40th Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet

Almighty God our Savior
You deserve our great honor
Your mercy is Thy splendor!

Human form of God up there
Teacher, doctor, messenger
Manifest divine power

Like us, He eats, walks and sleeps
Laughs, gets angry, even weeps
Feet get hurt while tending sheeps

Being listened to and mocked
Believed, received, deceived, knocked
Driven-delayed, hastened-cocked

Subjected to mortal loss
Whose bones, flesh and blood compose
Sweat, tear, pain and timed repose

While Satan here still survives
With us to whom he connives
We’ll wait ‘til Jesus arrives!

-11/27/2011
(Dumarao)
*First Incubus Collection

Oh Father God, we pray for righteousness
That we reject all sorts of wickedness
Oh Lord Jesus, we ask You to make us upright
That we be able to set things right
Oh Holy Spirit, we beg for the straight path
That we can avoid God’s burning wrath
This we implore to our Lord God. Amen.

-12/23/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems for Christian Virtues

For Royal Reyes’ food so chef they urgent dire
Another time, another maiden fast new hire
Spoiled children now happy they
Stuff tender hope everyday
But cook, her Excellency, finds crisis – cold fire!

-01/07/2007
(Miagao)
*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic

The Catholic Church is one
Its supreme head is the Pope
Infallible & authoritative like the sun

The Catholic Church is holy
For its founder itself is Jesus Christ
The Son of God, so blessed is He

The Catholic Church is universal
Aiming to reach all nations of the world
Its dominion has gone international

The Catholic Church is apostolic
Propagated by the apostles of Christ
Whose mission is prophetic & angelic.

-11/22/2015
(Dumarao)
*11th Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet

I’m neglected & condemned ‘coz I’m born a wretch & rascal
Whose life is sheathed & ******* with insults & betrayal
But after I get my millions of money
I’ll build an enterprise not yet in history
I’ll buy trust, respect, love & loyalty
And all those forsakers come back to me
The New World shall witness the rise of a pawn
The Father God is my fair godfather bringing a new dawn!

-06/17/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Prayer Poems for Ultimate Victory Collection

Oh Father God, we pray for all families
That they live in prosperity, love & peace
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every family
That they survive every hardship & calamity
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for society’s basic unit
That their happiness & harmony may have no limit
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

-12/25/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems for Christmas

Oh Father God, we pray for all governments
That they be just & helpful to all its citizens
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every government
That they serve as bastions of every citizen’s sentiment
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for our administration
That it may bring peace & prosperity to our nation
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

-12/25/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems for Christmas

Now that the Orient knows we’re here
The Superpowers came to trade their stuff so dear…

First were entrepreneurs of the Red Giant
Meaty foods, fine clothings, housewares so elegant
Second were adventurers of the Sub-Continent
Strange gems, music & language here they sent
Third were missionaries of the Cradle of Islam
Believers of this system to Allah come

…These Chinese, Indians & Arabs our ancestors befriended
Their influence upon us never goes depleted!

-09/11/2015
(Dumarao)
*Philippine History Rhyme Collection

Oh Father God, deliver us from temptation
May we resist the call of damnation
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Eve
Grant us rejection of evil we receive
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from Satan’s whispers
Be our warrior against demonic soldiers
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

-12/21/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems Against Life’s Problems

Love and kisses we had shared
Warm and radiant like Renaissance Art
More than sensation of intimate care
All I want is to keep those in my heart

Moments in time we had together
A glistening chalice of sweetest wine
Better than all the purest cider
All I want is to treasure these in my mind

Dreams and hopes we had established
Created me a strange blazing heat
Mightier than I had ever wished
All I want is to restore these in my spirit

All I want is to have
These goodness God has given me
I want all of these just
Like I want this simple poetry!

-sometime in 4th year highschool
(Dumarao)
*for school paper, La Primavera

Oh Father God, we pray for victory
That our efforts end triumphantly
Oh Lord Jesus, we ask to overcome
That we transcend all obstacles that come
Oh Holy Spirit, we beg for success
That we surpass all trials & challenges
This we implore to our Lord God. Amen.

-12/23/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems for Christian Virtues

Volcano, the sender
Pyroclastics, the message
From the inner and under
Explodes the great rage!

Space, the medium
Sky, the receiver
Of this mad pandemonium
Towards up, up, up there!

But touched not directly
The target of utterance
And pyros echoed to thee
With unforestalled exuberance!

-11/16/2014
(Dumarao)
*interprets my formulated Communication Model

Oh Archdemon Satan, accept my abomination!
You who are enthroned as “King of Anger”
I do not want those thoughts from a spoiler!
You yearn to assault the One above there
I do not need those feelings from a monster!
You destroy yourself and cause your minions to suffer
I reject your invitation to join the battle against heaven’s ruler!

-03/11/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Demons Collection

Oh Father God, we pray for all countries
That they coexist in harmony & peace
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every country
That their government & people be in love & unity
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for our nation
That this homeland of ours be a good civilization
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

-12/25/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems for Christmas

Oh Father God, we pray for all children
That they may be granted happiness from heaven
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every child
That their parents or nurturers be gentle & mild
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for the hope of the future
That they can have a life that’s fruitful & secure
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

-12/25/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems for Christmas

Oh Father God, fumigate us with incense
Like that from a man with faith intense
Oh Lord Jesus, beloved by King Gaspar
Who came to Thee from a land afar
Oh Holy Spirit, cover us with the riches of Asia
Like the incense of Gaspar, King of India
This we beg to our Merciful God. Amen.

-12/30/2105
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems to the 3 Kings’ Gifts

Oh Father God, deliver us from enemies
May we subdue them with multitudes of victories
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like the Israelites
Grant us strongholds and take our fights
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from utter defeat
Be our radiant prize, our magnificent merit
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

-12/21/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems Against Life’s Problems

Gay Ursula! You, ***** octopus, set me free!
How dare you enjoy my painful agony?!
Deliver me now or you’ll regret ****** me!

My ******, your abominable sadism will cost the life of thee
I’m not joking! You will pay dearly to me
After this your elation, you will cry certainly!

Ah! Sebastian, go tell our soldiers what’s happening to me
Tell them that I am writhing painfully
In the clasp of this octopus so yucky!

Oh! Flounder, go tell our king his son’s calamity
Tell him to make haste in rescuing me
Or I’ll shrink into pieces if you don’t come promptly

Ah! King Triton, my father, rescue me speedily
Ride on the torrents of the sea
To retrieve this so pitiful me

Oh! King Triton, aren’t my eyes tricking me?
Is there a mirage under the sea?
Is that you, my father, who I see?

Oh! Flounder, is that our king in reality?
Gracious! My hero is here! What a relief to me?!
Deliver me now from this agonizing cruelty!

Oh! Sebastian, have you also brought our whole army
To bring down the savage & maniac enemy?
At last! Sealed now is the fate of me!

My ******, your chastisement has come so aptly
Embrace now the prize of your debauchery
Taste our retribution in fullest intensity!

End now the **** of Ariel by this creature so stinky
Detach me from the clutches of these tentacles so slimy
Gay Ursula! You’re doomed! Farewell to your savagery!

-02/14/2015
(Dumarao)
*Disney Characters *** Change Collection

Not only the Old Powers traded and earned
Empires of coming ages also gained and governed…

First were the Spaniards for 3 centuries
Since then, the Cross rules, pagans hide, Muslims decrease
Second were the Americans for 3 decades
Since then, Liberty reigns, Frailocracy fades
Third were the Japanese for 3 years
Since then, we dread a world war filled with tears

…They were our 3 Colonizers who imprinted a mark
Both sweet & bitter, bright & dark!

-09/12/2015
(Dumarao)
*Philippine History Rhyme Collection

Taken thee from vine
Stem, fence intertwine
Violet and soft
Not on place aloft
It’s “alugbati”!

Owned by Hapitan
Somehow famous clan
Ma’am Diday is she
By us known to be
Santos her partner

Eaten I just have
Foods that I so love
Afternoon that’s dark
New Year is its mark
Baby’s birthday too

In front of dwelling
Where there’s no ceiling
Climbing cyclone wire
Where there is no mire
Alongside the road

First birthday party
Of child named Arnie
Curly hair this one
To Ma’am Diday son
I’m with Joy, Angie.

-01/01/2014
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Picked thee from rush day
About New Year, hey
So end in fourteenth
Not on leaf thirteenth
Front house “euphorbia”!

To us it belongs
Despite many thorns
Few people out here
Perhaps to drink beer
Elder relatives

Twelfth month – thirty-first
Year’s final outburst
Twenty-Eleven
Has come to an end
Last sunlight ‘bout six

On plant’s row outside
Along the roadside
Leans on bamboo fence
Beside wooden bench
Just in front our house

This year’s Toladas
Arrive at its last
Turning point it is
To next year’s new leaves
Oh Happy New Year!

-12/31/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

I cannot give you a teddy bear
Nor a pair of shoes so fair
Not an apple, grapes nor pear
Never a soft-cushioned chair.

I cannot give you a bounty cash
Earned so slow, but spent so fast
Hurts my pocket, gives it lash
**** that money that don’t last.

The only thing I can give you, dear
Is a greeting so sincere
“May your Christmas for this year…
Be filled with smiles – full of cheer!”

-12/14/08
(Dumarao)
*for Nene Angel…her assignment

Oh God, dangers on me surround
Insecurities in me abound
But with You, I’m safe and sound

Pains and hardships I can withstand
Foes and trials I can outstand
If You lend me Thy helping hand.

-04/26/2013
(Dumarao)
*My Morning Poems Collection; written on the day I received my March salary

Oh Father God, deliver us from deceit
May we overcome the plots of the culprit
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Esau
Grant us keen senses tomorrow, then & now
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from treachery
Be our lamp against the darkness of anomaly
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

-12/20/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems Against Life’s Problems

Singing out loud like Lady Gaga
Expecting not you’ll yell ulalalah!
For me it’s just a ‘lil shalalalah!
For others it’s a big bwahahahah!

Blaming all the way is just so unfair
You don’t even know the whole & real affair
I hope you’ve witnessed my odd nightmare
So you’ll also feel what’s to be in there!

“Crucify!” is what you wanna shout
Not even knowing what it’s all about
Forgive me if we weren’t on the same route
Can’t blame you for your…ah?...uhm?...doubt

Here I am – the abhorred & ******
For whose mistakes are convoked & summed
In painful agony being condemned
Beaten, battered, stunned & slammed

Who is like our Chief Justice?
Crowned with thorns of royal malice
Scourged at the pillar of public displease
Carrying the cross to the realm of no peace

Who is the devil’s advocate?
Who is willing to reprobate?
Who planted so much hate?
Whose vengeance cannot wait?

Now, laugh at my calamity
Lick my blood…it’s so tasty
You want to unleash the devil in me?
Here!...It’s free!...towards your body!

Behold the shadow blocking the sun
So spectacular – startling everyone
Now, who’s the devil daring to shun
The one who knows Proverbs 28:21?

-05/21-22/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Painful Poems Collection

Plucked thee on leg high
Some tombs are nearby
People are mourning
Sunshine is scorching
A kind of “grass fern”

By nature it’s born
So soil to adorn
Planted by no one
Owned by everyone
I’m with some mourners

April Eleven
During internment
It was time of noon
Teacher buried soon
Picked this while standing

On cemetery
Dumarao county
Few metres away
Where Ma’am Zen’s tomb lay
Side sarcophagus

Teacher’s memorial
From her day’s burial
Guidance Counselor
My precious mentor
Ma’am Macalipay.

-04/11/1012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Plucked thee from near ground
Outdoor ornament
On Bermuda grass
It’s the plant type one
Decorative “fern”!

By Hachuela clan
Neighbor relative
It belongs to them
Planted by someone
To grace their front yard

January Thirteen
Friday Twenty Twelve
Ante Aclet’s wake
Night before burial
And saw Marvic G.

Neighborhood to South
Way to Codingle
Not along the road
Yellow-painted house
Just in front its porch

Friday the Thirteenth
Last day – Amaya
Hour before watching
Saw CapSU backers
I, Nanay & kin!

-01/13/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Oh God to You I strongly implore
To strengthen the throne of our governor
And in his domain to accept me once more

For when I have left from his secure
On my quest for a greener pasture
I had carelessly bitten their enemy’s lure

Oh God to You I sincerely pray
To raise up ABS-CBN like GMA
And their big pipz to me shall never play

For I accused them of being unfair
By having with a party a something affair
I hope to that matter they’ll put no more care

Oh God to You I truthfully entreat
To set Liberal Party where no one can beat
And that from me they’ll never retreat

For when I tried to abandon them
And acted as a rebel with mayhem
I’ve proven I can‘t live without their tandem

Oh God to You I firmly beseech
To make PNoy’s regime remarkably rich
And the Straight Path no one shall breach

For when I campaigned against him not to be our king
It was all propaganda, personal there’s nothing
I was just in my career a newly hatched birdling.

-11/02/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Twilight Poems Collection

We can be holy by God’s grace
With it, we can meet Him face to face
His actual grace can make us better persons
Avoid evil and all other damnations
His sanctifying grace can make us His children
Purify our souls and open the gates of heaven
Let us embrace His grace jubilantly!

-12/05/2015
(Dumarao)
*28th Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet

Found Mr. Al Gator guilty human killer
Law impartial show must him in railing teeter
Croc tears flow icy eyes
Gloom mark blooms purring mice
Jail possessed by him – independent prisoner.

-01/09/2007
(Miagao)
*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic

Got thee from small vase
Old décor replace
Host plant of 1st Leaf
Thrown away no grief
Diff’rent “fortune” plant

Planted by father
Installed there after
I was there when placed
A little so fazed
First leaf’s host no more

Third day October
Sunset was nearer
While feeling not well
I’m under cold spell
Drinking I fruit juice

Just inside our house
Living room, oh browse
On vase first leaf was
‘Lil water still has
Buddhas adjacent

Simple day only
Not planned – truthfully
Just went to Passi
Withdrew some money
Wilted 1st Leaf host.

-10/03/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

In a canteen where my food I buy
I draw my eyeballs to viands nigh
There was a soup hot as good
But something odd shifts my mood
A speck out of place, a swimming fly!

-01/03/2007
(Dumarao)
*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic

I fear physical death because I may just go…
To the turbulent stream, river, sea or ocean
Where I’ll become feed to fish, mollusk or crustacean
Like Jack of Titanic who was never seen again!
To the silent pond, lake, pool or well
Where I’ll dilute & dissolve trapped in a shell
Like Sadako of Japan haunting a vessel!

-03/17/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Fear of Death Collection

Oh Father God, deliver us from falsehood
May we always do what is good
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Jacob
Grant us the wisdom on what we resolve
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from doing wrong
Be our fortitude when tempted for long
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

-12/21/2015
(Dumarao)
*Gideons Prayer Poems Against life’s Problems

Oh Father God, we pray for the world
That for it good future its people mold
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for our world
That in it good life its creatures hold
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for the planet we live
That through it good things we can give & receive
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

-12/25/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems for Christmas