Ikaw ay itinanim
Sa lupaing’di marilim

Ugat mo’y lubos higpit
Sa tuwirang pagkapit

Sanga mo’y yumayabong
‘Di pigil sa pag-usbong

Dahon mo’y lumalago
Mga ibon humahango

Bulaklak ay humahalimuyak
Nagbibigay-galak

Bunga ay hinog na
Pitasin na ang biyaya!

-05/10/2012
(Dumarao)
*for Campus poem in Salingsing Issue of 1st Sem., AY 2011-12

Up above the tree
Of courage and bravery
It fell down lazily
To burning trash underneath thee

Then a beast to man a bestfriend
Came by as if to defend
This twig from being churned
In order to be mend

From stone the twig was gone
Going elsewhere for a run
With its host like an Olympian
As if chasing the sun.

-04/16/2012
(Dumarao)
*for Crim. poem in Salingsing Issue of 1st Sem., AY 2011-12

Then it has fallen
Now it was sunken
Unmoved like bedridden
Enchained and sullen

During its loneliness
In this somber place
Life found a space
The seed experienced solace

Downwards creep the roots
Upwards grow the shoots
Alongside carabao boots
Hope not to be crushed by coots.

-04/23/2012
(Dumarao)
*for Agri. poem in Salingsing Issue of 1st Sem., AY 2011-12

Rended thee from herb
Released from thy curb
Curative floral
Sure medicinal
“Kalamantigue”!

Our neighbor nearest
Uncle for me best
Tatay’s next brother
To me godfather
Nice Dudoy Etic

This night near nine, ten
This day – eleven
This month – eleven
This year - eleven
Brown-out, full moon bright

Dudoy Etic’s fence
Outside adjacence
Rare luminescence
Utter silence
Almost front gate’s door

Enroll I finish
MAT English
Salingsing polish
Begin fitness wish
Saw Iglot first last!

-11/11/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Plucked thee from low tree
Of rare fruit specie
Here it’s not native
So lucky to live
Wow!...an “apple” tree!

Don’t know thy planter
Maybe the owner
CapSU property
Veterinary
We’re six who saw thee

Wrote this day after
Picked thee from owner
Not so bright sunshine
Noon, February Nine
Year Two Thousand Twelve

Some meters away
National highway
Outside darag fence
Of roosters and hens
Backyard of Vet.Med.

Had picture-taking
Some staff Salingsing
Bea and Ghazee
Jayson and Amy
Ma’am Joy’s with us too!

-02/10/2012
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

It clings upon the shadows
Touching the lofty meadows
Constant breeze from atmosphere’s bellows
Makes its delicate flesh mellows

Then a bird emblem of wisdom
Soon attracted by it to come
But I had no reason to cram
If I’ll be harvested by someone wholesome

Now the fruit once hanging on air
Rests soundly on its good host’s lair
Not a place for doubt nor despair
Just believe it’s on the right care.

-04/15/2012
(Dumarao)
*for TED poem in Salingsing Issue of 1st Sem., AY 2011-12

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 high place
Meters from its base
Now the longest one
Note’s page overspan
It’s a bamboo leaf

Students – sports players
-And stage performers
From InterCapSU
Just said “Bye, bye you”
Towards Home-Sweet-Home

September last day
While bus on delay
Road’s bit so rocky
Blurred air was dusty
Sun has just set

On bus “Marienelle”
Beside window sill
On Sigma somewhere?
A highschool near there
Dumarao coming

Processed Salingsing
Papers to Ma’am Bing
Bought books, inks, CDs
Went to Ma’am Gomez
Somehow busy day.

-09/30 – 10/01/2011
(Dumarao)
*My Toladas Collection

Mountains crumble
Seas tremble
Tornadoes giggle
Fireballs fall

Sky’s filled with electrons
Earth teems with protons
Electric currents are on
On this day of Armageddon

Lightnings are scratching
The land in searching
For a mouse that’s hiding
In a flower blooming.

-04/25-26/2012
(Dumarao)
*for Comp. Prog.  poem in Salingsing Issue of 1st Sem., AY 2011-12