"mactan" poems
i.
Off to Fuga island
Next to the pamalican;
Then to Bucas grande
In the turquoise shallow end's.
ii.
Next, the Mactan
Wherein the grain's art caramel tan;
Then to the land of Coran
And Cebu, where the shore meet's the dawn.
iii.
Hiding safely, on Bohol isle
There art tarsier, and thing's of wild;
Diogo islet next, an uninhabitable place
Me and mine Reyna shalt explore it, with tribal paint on face.
iv.
Off, to the great Santa Cruz
Ourn feet, in the pink corraline sand;
Zamboanga City, the southern region
Of this Filipino relic strand..
v.
Whilst next the Sangat
The western part of this expedition;
Whilst doing all this sight-seeing
It shalt be with mine Jane nagley, in earth's natural kitchen.
©Brandon nagley
©Lonesome poet's poetry
©Earl Jane nagley dedication
Aug 27, 2015
Aug 27, 2015 at 8:48 AM UTC
Isang laban na parang sa Mactan.
Hahayan kahit na ako'y masugatan
Wag mo lamang akong iwan.
Handa makipapatayan
Sa kanya na aking naging kaagaw.
Ngunit anong magagawa kung sya na ang sinisigaw
Nasasaktan sa tuwing nakikita kayong hawak kamay.
Ilang siglo na ang ating nilakbay.
Ngunit heto ka, malapit ng bumitaw
Talunan matapos ang labanan.
Bawat ngiti **** kasama sya nagsasanhi ng sugat sa aking katawan.
Nanghihina, kaya hahayaan ng manalo at hayaang mga luha ay lumitaw.
Uuwing luhaan,
Hahayaang kainin ng kalungkutan
Dahil wala ka na sa aking kaharian. -HAN
Jan 24, 2018
Jan 24, 2018 at 9:41 AM UTC
From our ancestors to what we are now.
We are Filipinos, racism we won't allow,
People have changed but not our culture.
For our culture, we respect and treasure.
Lapu-Lapu is still in our books.
Made history with an arrow he took.
Tried to stop Spain and killed Magellan,
Made a shrine in Cebu, in Mactan.
Many things in the Philippines.
Like a church older than our parents.
An eagle that's crucially endangered,
Or the Rafflesias in Mindanao.
They are the diamonds we treasure.
Those things can give us pleasure.
From seeing other people happy,
We will be full of glee.
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021 at 9:36 AM UTC
Children crowd the fence outside Mactan Airport
Eager ***** little hands, reach out, malnourished and tanned.
Beggar women outside the cathedral with disfigured limbs,
Utter prayers in Visayan, selling thin homemade candles there.
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020 at 10:17 PM UTC