Oh Father God, deliver us from adversity
May we attain our glorious victory
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Job
Grant us salvation from those who seek to rob
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from humiliating downfall
Be our hope & strength once and for all
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen!

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

He’s the One
Whose genuine kindness I ignored
And even enmity I labored
Publicly I abhorred

He’s the One
Whose victory I tried to bar
When from his people I departed afar
On his opponent’s nest – my childhood mirth – I gave him scar

He’s the One
Whose people should have led me
To the true path of victory
If ever I wasn’t poisoned by own false fantasy

He’s the One
Whose light revealed my darkness
On times of my great doubt and distress
Despite that, his people treated me with kindness

He’s the One
Whose followers’ door opened
When to them I was tossed once again
Although for once they’ve been threatened

He’s the One
Whose true benevolence
Slowly washes my discontent and impatience
As my hostile drive was laid into abstinence

He’s the One
Whose kindness I’m still confused
Because my guilty heart tells I’m accused
Since his generosity once I abused

He’s the One
Whose people tend me again
Who might be devising plots to cause me pain
For their master I once put in disdain

He’s the One
Whose nation may be hating me
Because I once rebelled against thee
Now I’m back, they doubt my sincerity

He’s the One
Who to our mass media was ever a hero
That’s common sense for I cannot find him a flaw
And also his lineage tells us so

He’s the One
Who can end my existence
For still I’m suspected with malevolence
What great karma brought by my negligence!?

After all, He’s still the One
Whom I believe will be my authentic hero
If he and his people can endure me for more years to go
Since now I consider myself a fan of Pres. Noynoy Aquino…

The One whose straight path I don’t wanna forgo!

-11/30/2011
(Dumarao)
*Yellow Poems Collection for realization & consolation to others

Oh Father God, we pray for all friends
That they abide with us in all trends
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every friend
That they remain until the end
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for our allies
That they’ll be good until we reach the skies
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

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

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

River yonder bathe Danica baby subtle
Shampoo and soap ye by Mother Lily gentle
Far from across mom’s eyes see
Running reptile must clumsy
Huge, unusual blue-green **** rush gone fast turtle.

-01/08/2007
(Miagao)
*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic

Many times in my life
My teeth have been a strife

It brought me too much pain
That made me quite insane

From childhood to my teen
My teeth so bad have been

‘Coz everytime it aches
Trouble to me it makes

I want to pull it out
I want to make a shout

Root canal and fillings
Cleanings and extractings

All those I’ve undergone
Until mostly are gone

False teeth when I was teen
True now only thirteen

New denture just last year
Extracts without a tear

Yes, extractions – painless
I also had paid less

To this dentist in town
Who comforts like a clown

Doctor Baticados
Amazing serving boss…

You’re my idol dentist
The best among the rest!

-11/29/2013
(Dumarao)
*grinding/molars just extracted painlessly

When we declared our freedom in 1898
We established our nation, we sealed our fate…

Our Bronze Age from Aguinaldo to Magsaysay
We ruled ourselves even if Ams & **** deny
Our Silver Age from Garcia to Arroyo
There’s no ******* of external foe
Our Golden Age has started with Noynoy Aquino
A moment sublime to uplift the Filipino

…Seven in Bronze, Seven in Silver, Seven in Gold
This is our past, present & future foretold!

-09/16/2015
(Dumarao)
*Philippine History Rhyme Collection

Oh Father God, deliver us from extravagance
May we be moderate in our financial allowance
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Zaccheus
Grant us wealth that will not make us infamous
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from too much luxury
Be our catalyst not to live lavishly
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

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

Oh Father God, give us gold
Like that from a man who is old
Oh Lord Jesus, beloved by King Melchor
Who offered gold for the child Savior
Oh Holy Spirit, grant us the riches of Asia
Like the gold of Melchor, King of Arabia
This we beg to our Merciful God. Amen.

-12/30/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems for the 3 Kings’ Gifts

Oh Father God, we pray for all relatives
That they grow & multiply like leaves
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every relative
That with us they harmoniously live
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for our kin
That they may be away from harm & sin
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

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

Oh God, when they have taken away everything
And to me remains but nothing
From You I shall hope to have something

A helping hand from a stranger
Shall suffice although I’m meager
Can somehow quench the thirst & hunger

By that be thankful I should
By that be grateful I could
By that be joyful I would

For it is a grace to receive
Something that I can never give
It can somehow make a heave

Oh God, I should make Thee see
That I’m contented and happy
For everywhere & everytime, there’s charity.

-01/06/2013
(Dumarao)
*My Morning Poems Collection…written on Epihany

Oh Father God, deliver us from anger
May we stay cool when things get hotter
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Cain
Grant us patience when enraged by others or by kin
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from the effects of wrath
Be our cooling water so anger we can have no aftermath
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen!

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

It’s hard to say bye-bye you
When my heart & mind tells me not to

How brave & stupid I am to embrace
You with a dagger on my face

Yet I do this like a tired boxer
Who hugs his fellow for punch no further

Sorry if I can’t leave you this way
I’m so afraid to break away

Prove me first that you bear no weapon
To strike me on the moment I abandon.

-05/23/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Dark 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

Oh Father God, deliver us from excuses
May we be committed to our promises
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Adam
Grant us truth, not forbidden wisdom
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from denying our fault
Be our mover when truthfulness comes to a halt
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

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

Ouch!!! Come here you wriggling food!
Pay for destroying my peaceful mood!
Away from the darkness! Go out from your hood!

Let’s see who’s fit for bone-breaking!
Show yourself! Stop your coward hiding!
Do not add to the wrath of this bull raging!

Ouch!!! An ambush from a weaker creature!
I am being beaten in my own lure!
Ridiculous! In this labyrinth, I’m the king for sure!

It is you who must suffer in this domain of mine!
But now I’m the one who fell supine!
Am I the oblation in my own shrine?!

Ouch!!! What pain?! What pain?! My spine is broken!
You, hideous pest, will be crushed once taken!
You, Theseus of Attica, never here a denizen!

Oh mother, Queen of Crete, save me from this murderer!
Do not allow him to tear me asunder!
Listen to this Howl of the Petrified Minotaur – a cursed monster!

-02/04/2015
(Dumarao)
*Fallen Myths Collection

Oh Father God, we pray for all neighbors
That they may not bring disgusting behaviors
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every neighbor
That they do not go against our good labor
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for people we live by
That their goodness & graces they don’t deny
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

-12/25/2015
(Dumarao)
8Prayer Poems for Christmas

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

Never will I allow myself to die in this dim zone
Though the snowy night freezes me to the bone
I will not expire this way all alone!

Come with me my selfish & cold community
As I warm your houses alongwith thee
You also deserve to burn alongwith me!

So rise now, oh match girl and show them your wrath
This is the moment to bring this town to its blood bath
Add pain, subtract life, multiply death, divide homes – perfect math!

Oh little matches, let’s begin with this dry barn – our chance
Let us confound these creatures from exit to entrance
Dodge with my army of flames as they try to advance

From house to house as we paint the town red
Like the fires of hell, like the blood of head
Like the wrath of volcano, like roses on bed

Burn! Leave no trace of this rotten civilization
This is the night of its fated extinction
Watch the Revenge of Match Girl in fullest demonstration!

-02/19/2015
(Dumarao)
*Opposite Endings Collection

Yes, God is the Father
No one can equal Him above there
The Creator, the Ender, possessor of ultimate power!

Yes, God is the Son
To the Father He is one
The Savior, the Redeemer, enemy of Satan!

Yes, God is the Holy Spirit
Whom the Father & the Son meet
The Counselor, the Inspirer, source of divine heat!

-11/03/2015
(Dumarao)
*3rd Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet

Day by day as I wake up in the morning
Knowing that I prepare for nothing
Makes me to rise up unwilling

It’s hard being workless
The air whispers I’m worthless
My inner stamina depresses

As the hands of time pass by
And I do nothing but standby
My soul chides me, I just sigh

Being jobless makes me feeble and fat
Becoming disgusting to look at
Like a weak-limbed fattened rat

Without a job, I feel unworthy
To take in meals three times daily
Consumed by aura of lethargy

Oh Lord, deliver us from this abeyance
Give me business or work by chance
Lest I be caught by an ambulance.

-07/18/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Dark Poems Collection

Torn thee from torn leaf
A long one – not brief
Unlike the first five
This one’s not alive
Don’t know its name too

Décor by first year
On table to cheer
By someone from them
For only one name
BSEd One, lo!

First day of Mid-Term
Their very first sem
Eighteenth of August
While I am their host
For Ma’am Jul’s exam

As said – on table
On vase – with bundle
With flowers – other
Surround them – cluster
It’s one of six leaves

Felt I bit boring
For students taking
Exam not over
I noticed flower
Pre-lunch time stupor.

-08/18/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Oh Archangel Michael, receive my adoration!
Thou who are hailed as “Defender of Faith”
Fight for me against malicious being & malignant wraith
Cover me with God’s blue ray of protection
Be my ardent armor at times of trial & temptation
With your shining sword, cut me from the chains of the devil
From Canadian Rockies at Banff, make haste when my soul is in peril!

-02/01/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Angels Collection

Oh Father God, I am needing God’s protection
Against those who seek my life
From those who cast me strife

Oh Jesus Christ, I am needing God’s protection
Look how vulnerable I am
To perditions that may come

Oh Holy Spirit, I am needing God’s protection
With Your wings me You cover
My persecutors You make cower!

-02/17/2014
(Dumarao)
*My Prayer Poems Collection

Got Thee from flower
Yellow in color
Décor funeral
Until for burial
Leaf “chrysantemunm”

Handled by nephew
With some flowers few
For cousin who died
While some people cried
With neighbors and kin

Novem. Twenty-One
So hot was the sun
Three o’clock about
Requiem mass we’re out
While slowly walking

Near the entrance way
Where tombs nearby lay
Dumarao graveyard
Sarcophagus hard
Towards our clan’s graves

Bye Toto Eldie!
No more we see thee
Hope meet you again
There up the heaven
Farewell, my cousin.

-11/21/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Oh Father God, we pray for all parents
That they may be granted grateful adherents
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every parent
That they love their children God has sent
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for the progenitors
That they be a role model to their successors
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

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

Oh Father God, deliver us from crime
May we avoid dangers all the time
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Abel
Grant us protection from the minions of hell
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us from evil intentions
Be our sanctuary against those abominations
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen.

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

Be baptized with water
And wash away original sin forever
Be baptized with the Spirit
So heaven you shall inherit
Be baptized with blood
Die for the sake of God
Be baptized and you’ll belong to His family!

-12/06/2015
(Dumarao)
*31st Daily Reflection from Catechism Booklet

Oh Father God, deliver us from adultery
May we sanctify the human body
Oh Lord Jesus, save us who are like Magdalene
Grant us salvation from ****** sin
Oh Holy Spirit, rescue us when overwhelmed by flesh
Be our temple and keep our spirits fresh
This we ask in our Almighty God. Amen!

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

Oh Father God, I am needing peace
My mind is startled
My heart is troubled

Oh Jesus Christ, I am needing peace
There are lots of vexations
There are many damnations

Oh Holy Spirit, I am needing peace
Your soothing power impose
Your presence bring repose!

-02/24/2014
(Dumarao)
*My Prayer Poems Collection

There were 3 great islands in the Orient
Millennia ago, 3 Races here God sent…

First among them were the Negritos
From farthest lands came with bare toes
Second were folks known as the Indones
From not so far they journeyed less
Third were people we know as the Malays
From neighboring nation riding balangays

…And so the 3 Races thrived & multiplied
Establishing a society that made us civilized!

-09/10/2015
(Dumarao)
*Philippine History Rhyme Collection

After centuries of Spanish rule came the Americans
Then the Japanese who terrorized fellow Asians…

And now we’re free in the 3rd Republic
From monarchy to tyranny, we turned democratic
Our presidents worked for rehabilitation
Of government & economy from world war devastation
Gone are the foes from outside, but aggression now comes from within
Fights against Separatists & Leftists are not easy to win

…And so the 3rd Republic ended in a fist of iron
We’re back to tyranny under Marcos Administration!

-09/14/2015
(Dumarao)
*Philippine History Rhyme Collection

On the time I left the straight path
Unfathomed anxiety teemed my heart

Ever doubted the resolve of my brain
If it would delight or harness some pain

The only sure thing was that
I only earned another’s wrath

When from discontent
Formed I blemish intent

I became a speck
On the eyes of the meek

Abnormal fantasy
Drained all sanity

Filled with derision
To a righteous person

Worshipped childhood idol
Whom I thought would heed my call

Thought I’d found a savior
Who would do me a favor

Upon turning away
From his opponent’s way

Onwards orange avenue
Belching fumes towards yellow hue

Traffic disturbed
Many eyes to me turned

On wrong turn entrapped
By stupid mishap

Was towed from the highway
After causing disarray

In proper seclusion
The transgressor was thrown

Behind the shadows anguishing
No orange attending

In the end it was yellow
Who ransomed ex-fellow.

-11/20/2011
(Dumarao)
*Yellow Poems Collection

Detached thee with pain
Mind nearly insane
Staircase ornament
Balanced arrangement
Not know name for long!

CapSU property
Students behind me
Few meters away
Alone on the way
I wearing all-black

Ninth of December
Sky’s not bright up there
About three-thirty
Afternoon empty
No class for awhile

On guest house staircase
Going up right base
Towards the admin
Sir Ladoc goin’
To seek good counsel

This day’s treacherous
Clearly dangerous
Ma’am Juls read Gospel
To my ears a bell
Lost sheep – that is me!

-12/10/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Plucked thee on chest high
As quickly passed by
Big abode’s entrance
A very rare chance
Don’t know what plant thee

Owned by Gonzaga
Also Hallarda
Among the helpful
Dumarao people
Not a far neighbor

Twentieth of March
When it’s early dark
After dinner treat
I was on retreat
Second time in there

Entrance gate inside
Pathway wall beside
House of Gonzaga
Here in the banwa
Way to Codingle

Valedictorian
Bea Gonzaga
Blowout “pahanda”
OLSI Graduation
I Guest Speaker on!

-03/20-21/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Earth – this solid mass
Eversince holds us
We’ll never escape
From its tightened ****

Water – this solvent
Makes life sufficient
Cleans and occupies
Dwindles, fall and rise

Air – this loosened gas
Fills empty areas
Allows respiration
Triggers production.

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

When I was a child, I was afraid
Of that creature a “spider” they said
Its many legs were like ready to clutch
Its creepy mouth seems like ready to catch

Look at the eyes which are hard to read
Don’t know where they are going me to lead
Is it to the net which for it is a dwelling?
But a slaughterhouse for any sloppy being?

While the snared dying prey helplessly shook
It drains its flesh & fluids! Look!
What if I’m the one it’s gonna eat?
Oh how I tremble at the thought of it!

Good if the catch is a virulent criminal
Or any pest that’s violent & lethal
This agent of horror can be like a police
What if there are no spiders or neutralizers of society’s disease?

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

Picked thee on head high
With crowd my side by
From batchmates away
To them again, hey
It’s called here “apoy”

A highschool batchmate
Parish affiliate
Rich and religious
Family Venus
Of the Ilawod

Fourth month and sixth day
It’s a Good Friday
After procession
Night lights were turned on
Before the “duaw”

Where people cluster
On banwa proper
Second last caro
Float San Enchero
A Station of Cross

Again with batchmates
Like the former years
Somehow miracle
Rare get-together
The Lord bonds us here!

-04/06/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Oh Father God, we pray for all churches
That they withstand all trials & challenges
Oh Lord Jesus, we pray for every church
That they can answer our spiritual search
Oh Holy Spirit, we pray for our house of worship
That they remain as strongholds of Your eternal lordship
This we pray to our One True God. Amen.

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

Learn English! Let’s begin with the Parts of Speech
8’s so exciting like going to the beach
From word to sentence, we correct our Grammar
But it doesn’t mean we have been that far
Because as we meet the Idioms & Figurative Language
More meaningful Speech & Communication we engage
Especially in our native Philippine Literature
Where we find our identity for sure
Yet, more are there in Literature from other countries
It’s so amazing exploring treasures from overseas!

-09/01/2016
(Dumarao)
*GEN Poems

I’m a victim of ungratefulness & rejection
My works no longer gain merit & appreciation
Yet by God’s mercy, it will not take so long
With my millions of pesos, I will prove them all wrong
Wrong for ignoring me, wrong for not liking me
Because I am a person of zeal & quality
Oh Men of the West, show your Manifest Destiny to this voice from Asia
Calling you to fund an enterprise from the East to America!

-07/04/2015
(Dumarao)
*MY Prayer Poems for Ultimate Victory Collection

Oh Father God, shower us with myrrh
Like that from a man with no fear
Oh Lord Jesus, beloved by King Balthasar
Who followed the path of the brightest star
Oh Holy Spirit, fill us with the riches of Asia
Like the Myrrh of Balthasar, King of Persia
This we beg to our Merciful God. Amen.

-12/30/2015
(Dumarao)
*Prayer Poems to the 3 Kings’ Gifts

I’m a Phoenix who melts in demise
From the ashes of my past I shall arise

I shall witness happily
The morning sun’s new glory

I shall rise up from my feet
With a courageous heartbeat

I shall spread out my wings wide
And set all hindrances aside

And I shall make them see
That there’s a radiant hope in me.

I’m a Phoenix, I’m a Phoenix
You shall see!

-sometime in 12/2009 – 1/2010
(Dumarao & Roxas City)
*a song to inspire self

Culled thee from new plant
Obvious ‘coz house new
And height still a foot
Though can grow meter
Here it’s called “pasaw”

By Ozaraga
Father – school admin
Mother – professor
Daughter –ex-classmate
They’re seven members

Third day January
This day Twenty Twelve
Third day of the year
Of Water Dragon
About 12 PM

Beside bamboo fence
Outside to open
Along a path walk
Near its native gate
Aligned with same kind

Just there to have lunch
With Ma’am Diday, Angie
Ma’am Beth and others
New Year left-overs
But Anne was not there.

-01/03/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Gracefully descending
Downward it’s coming
Southward it’s going
Lowering, lowering

Thin and subtle
Light and gentle
Now on the shackle
Of water level

Chlorophyll coloring
In water it’s brewing
White clam is opening
Tasting, tasting.

-04/24/2012
(Dumarao)
*for Vet.Med.  poem in Salingsing Issue of 1st Sem., AY 2011-12

Picked thee from grown-up
Now in a small cup
Among leaves of nine
Of a dwarf-sized plant
Here, it’s third “fortune!”

Perhaps a teacher
Or a gardener
A student could be
One who planted thee
TED territory

Twelfth day of this March
Sometime during lunch
While TED preparing
Lit. Day happening
This is second time

Along the pathways
Of Teacher Ed. place
Beside a classroom
Of BEED 2
Planted on a ***

Used as souvenir
For Lit. Day this year
With ***** colorful
Artificial soil
In a ‘lil blue cup.

-03/12-13/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

I fear physical death because I may just go…
To the body of a plant or tree
Where I cannot talk, smell, think, feel, hear & see
Like Narcissus who could no longer express his praise for own beauty!
To the body of a beast or animal
Where I cannot reason out and worship the Eternal
Like Kingkong whose belief & faith just gains distrust & disapproval!

-03/15/2015
(Dumarao)
*My Fear of Death Collection

Oh Archangel Jophiel, receive my adoration!
Thou who are known as “Keeper of Wisdom”
Preserve in me the knowledge of heavenly kingdom
Inspire me with God’s yellow ray of illumination
Be my ideal inspiration in every challenging situation
With your luminous lamp, brighten my path towards righteousness
From the Central Plains of China, shower me with unfading brightness!

-03/02/2015
(Dumarao)

Oh Father God, I am doubting
If there is really You
If You are really true

Oh Jesus Christ, I am doubting
Why is life like this to me?
It’s always with uncertainty

Oh Holy Spirit, I am doubting
My faith You please increase
My scruples You please decrease!

-01/24/2014
(Dumarao)
*My Prayer Poems Collection

Culled thee from waist height
Quaint ornamental
A type of hard grass
Some Japanese breed
Pretty “dwarf bamboo”

CapSU-Dumarao
Arancillo land
So their property
Their worker planted
It’s a décor there

Third day January
Third day Twenty Twelve
Third Day of the Year
Of Water Dragon
About 4 PM

Eighth bundle of same plant
Row from TED Building
Along the path way
Side where there frat huts
Arrayed in neat line

First TED afternoon
Of this year to home
While alone walking
Under fine sunset
Bye bye for now TED!

-01/03/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection