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"spotlight" poems
The split personality which exists within us, constantly battling for the spotlight of your mind, feeding off your acquiescence to their imposing forces. Beating like a drum at the sides of your skull.
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Apr 27, 2015
Apr 27, 2015 at 8:04 PM UTC
Split Personality
Do I relate to the post-postmodern True-life voodoo incomes are hard-earned If I put a hyphen between words Does that spawn a new one like lovebirds Isn't love the same word that I saw Don't crows live like bandits and outlaws Don't they have the outlook of bourgeois Carry stolen crackers in their claws There's no change that I couldn't change Every change that I change always stays the same I wanna sing with a slingshot serenade I wanna donate change to a masquerade I wanna die while I'm in the spotlight I want my death to inspire a rewrite I want to blur the lines of insight I want to make them think that I'm their height So give me all your red green yellow blue If you can find a pool then I'll refract with you You're a mirage and your favorite color's see-through You're my fata morgana from this point of view Are there any words for my freakshow feelings Isn't sugarcoated terminology appealing Wouldn't it be easier to represent the meaning Of a hard to swallow concept with an arbitrary ceiling Cryptic cultish crease in the catalog Paranoia backtrack to analog I can run much faster than I can jog Magic circle summoning Chernobog I can break the barrier of sound and space With these essential elemental explanations in your face But it doesn't matter everything I say will go to waste Because the power of the mind is putting power out of place Hindsight reflecting, teenagers texting Late to the punch with the big money flexing Let's settle this with a match in the ring Or a match to the rope of a cannon firing I wanna die while I'm in the spotlight I want my death to inspire a rewrite I want to blur the lines of insight I want to make them think that I'm their height I wanna hypnotize and paralyze I wanna make them think that I'm their size I wanna break their spirits drink their blood I wanna **** their souls I wanna **** them good
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Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013 at 7:58 PM UTC
lovebirds
Do I relate to the post-postmodern True-life voodoo incomes are hard-earned If I put a hyphen between words Does that spawn a new one like lovebirds Isn't love the same word that I saw Don't crows live like bandits and outlaws Don't they have the outlook of bourgeois Carry stolen crackers in their claws There's no change that I couldn't change Every change that I change always stays the same I wanna sing with a slingshot serenade I wanna donate change to a masquerade I wanna die while I'm in the spotlight I want my death to inspire a rewrite I want to blur the lines of insight I want to make them think that I'm their height So give me all your red green yellow blue If you can find a pool then I'll refract with you You're a mirage and your favorite color's see-through You're my fata morgana from this point of view Are there any words for my freakshow feelings Isn't sugarcoated terminology appealing Wouldn't it be easier to represent the meaning Of a hard to swallow concept with an arbitrary ceiling Cryptic cultish crease in the catalog Paranoia backtrack to analog I can run much faster than I can jog Magic circle summoning Chernobog I can break the barrier of sound and space With these essential elemental explanations in your face But it doesn't matter everything I say will go to waste Because the power of the mind is putting power out of place Hindsight reflecting, teenagers texting Late to the punch with the big money flexing Let's settle this with a match in the ring Or a match to the rope of a cannon firing I wanna die while I'm in the spotlight I want my death to inspire a rewrite I want to blur the lines of insight I want to make them think that I'm their height I wanna hypnotize and paralyze I wanna make them think that I'm their size I wanna break their spirits drink their blood I wanna **** their souls I wanna **** them good
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When I was younger, I used to think I was going to be a Star. Under a spotlight where everyone knew my name... I was five. Now, I want shadows and to be as far away as possible. Hidden and far from consequence, And even further from myself. Where my name is not a name, But just another word without any true meaning. When I was younger, I used to think I was going to be a Star. Now, I want to disappear. I should have jumped overboard when I had the chance.
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 at 8:32 AM UTC
Star.
She lives a quiet life, she tiptoes around, she whispers when she speaks, she hardly ever makes a sound. Although her words are quiet, her mind is very loud. She has so much to say, but no one listens for soft sounds. She's an invisible girl, who doesn't want to stand out, she just wants to be heard, without having to shout. Sometimes the loudest people, aren't saying much at all. Empty words and promises, just leave their mouths and fall. But whispered words fly high, and catch peoples attention, they're intriguing, so amazing, but only when they listen. So look outside the spotlight, because often the real star, isn't anyone on stage, but the mind behind it all.
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Mar 7, 2013
Mar 7, 2013 at 2:31 AM UTC
Whispered Words
Every blue patch on the sky keeps an eye, cherishing clouds dancing, hovering over. The songs of deep blue ride the heady air, only to be stunned, all of a sudden, at the first sight— sung down on a perfectly placed mural. The Queen of Sheba tiptoes this way; King Solomon leans to the ground, only to find seas of silent blooms musing, dipping in sun-kissed dews— on gently tilted roses that will not fall, not from this picture-perfect, navel-high! Velvety, the rose rises from the ground; the forever-green Earth hangs low, in the dew on the rose that will not fall. Blossoming, eyeing an acute high, evermore hopeful to scale upward, toward the faraway, awaiting heaven's pool. There, the spotlight does not move— neither north nor south, nor up nor down— until Queen Fathima, the Queen of Heaven, steps on the "as above, so below" slope. There, the newly resurrected Earth will be primed, its minted atoms vibrating beyond bounds, rising, for the first time, atop the navel-high. Perfectly wrapped, the atom's circle finally turns on— the stepping stone that holds no pi-decimal hole. Pure Scientia hangs on the door of Paradise, awaiting the numerically perfect Queen Fathima to step. God willing, she will work in beauty: the most sought-after, perfect works of art— the lost masterpiece, not in translation, but hidden within the pi-decimal abyss of Earth's depth. Lo, the gleaning Sleeping Beauty peeps, trailing the role model Queen. Fathima—the first woman to enter Paradise— walks the walk: perfect, straight, numerically precise. As if she always knew, back from the Earth, of the murals ahead, hanging on Paradise’s wall, mathematically exact! Mirrors of imagination, new wonders on Heaven’s way, etched in the murals at the golden section, navel-high. She zooms past the ever-spinning atom’s perfect span, cemented at the entrance of Paradise. Yet leaves no footprint— for she never did, even on the sublunary Earth. A new wonder blooms in the classic old eyes: oh, Pi, still irrational, still pondering, at the measured, eternal navel-high!
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Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018 at 5:02 PM UTC
Earth to Heaven: Navel High
Every blue patch on the sky keeps an eye, cherishing clouds dancing, hovering over. The songs of deep blue ride the heady air, only to be stunned, all of a sudden, at the first sight— sung down on a perfectly placed mural. The Queen of Sheba tiptoes this way; King Solomon leans to the ground, only to find seas of silent blooms musing, dipping in sun-kissed dews— on gently tilted roses that will not fall, not from this picture-perfect, navel-high! Velvety, the rose rises from the ground; the forever-green Earth hangs low, in the dew on the rose that will not fall. Blossoming, eyeing an acute high, evermore hopeful to scale upward, toward the faraway, awaiting heaven's pool. There, the spotlight does not move— neither north nor south, nor up nor down— until Queen Fathima, the Queen of Heaven, steps on the "as above, so below" slope. There, the newly resurrected Earth will be primed, its minted atoms vibrating beyond bounds, rising, for the first time, atop the navel-high. Perfectly wrapped, the atom's circle finally turns on— the stepping stone that holds no pi-decimal hole. Pure Scientia hangs on the door of Paradise, awaiting the numerically perfect Queen Fathima to step. God willing, she will work in beauty: the most sought-after, perfect works of art— the lost masterpiece, not in translation, but hidden within the pi-decimal abyss of Earth's depth. Lo, the gleaning Sleeping Beauty peeps, trailing the role model Queen. Fathima—the first woman to enter Paradise— walks the walk: perfect, straight, numerically precise. As if she always knew, back from the Earth, of the murals ahead, hanging on Paradise’s wall, mathematically exact! Mirrors of imagination, new wonders on Heaven’s way, etched in the murals at the golden section, navel-high. She zooms past the ever-spinning atom’s perfect span, cemented at the entrance of Paradise. Yet leaves no footprint— for she never did, even on the sublunary Earth. A new wonder blooms in the classic old eyes: oh, Pi, still irrational, still pondering, at the measured, eternal navel-high!
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I waited… Waited for the music to stop So you would stop all your dancing. I waited… Waited to get your attention While the attention was on you. I waited… Waited my turn to be seduced While you seduced another man. I waited… Waited for the dimming spotlight So the spotlight could shine elsewhere. I waited… Waited on your flirtatious kiss While you kissed every man that night. I waited… Waited to partake in your lust While my lust played me as your fool. I waited… Waited for the music to stop So I could stop fantasizing.
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 8:30 PM UTC
Fantasy At The Dance
That got your attention Didn't it? Even though I am a stranger Who couldn't possibly know it to be true And worth is subjective Arbitrary Those who know you would disagree And point out your merits And you would weigh yourself To realise that not all parts are equal Who am I to say such things? And yet you take the time to read it Reread, incase you misread In reading you contemplate it's truth You are my puppet, and me your puppeteer How could you be such a sheep! Why are you amused? Why does insult carry more meaning than praise? It's easy to hurt. Sticks and stones may break your bones But words can make you think you deserved it. We are social beings and so We look for validation But insult stands out It leaves a branded mark in our brains And so we spotlight it Unfairly Unjustly It's easy to be sad. But it's fulfilling to be happy. Being positive is hard But it's worth it in the end. How could I possibly know? I couldn't. But I do. And soon you will too. What are you doing now? You are reading! Now you are smiling.
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Oct 6, 2018
Oct 6, 2018 at 9:11 PM UTC
You're Worthless
Being an actor or actress Doesn't mean you are on broadway, Or a star of a hit reality TV show. Being an actor or actress Means you step onto the stage And give it your all. You accept the spotlight Not as a blinding piece of equipment, But as a sun shining on you, Bringing you to life. When you hear the term Break a leg You form a grin, Knowing it's not literal. When the laughter Of a crowd on opening night Encourages you and gives you hope. Being an actor or actress Isn't about the flowers Or the repetitive good jobs after a show. Being an actor or actress Is about the butterflies you get Before you go on stage. It's about the energy you feel When you and your cast Do something spectacular On stage. Being an actor or actress Is an outlet from the real world. It allows you to step onto stage And forget about the boy Who broke your heart, Or the money struggles, Or the bombs going off In other countries. It allows you to step into A new and exciting universe, Where nothing else matters except, Being an actor or actress.
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Mar 23, 2014
Mar 23, 2014 at 1:35 PM UTC
The Act of Acting
I She exits herself on the Sofa. Blanket, dog, and bits Of a poem on a pad of paper On the table, like a half-eaten Piece of homework. Shades of wine on her sleeping Lips. Exits herself; space-walks Outside that frame of mind she's Been expected to hang herself On the wall within; she knows There is more. There has to be more. II She has to be more. Like so many writers, she falls Asleep working. Sometimes Works to fall asleep. Digging her way through Herself, mining for words, Hacking away at painful pasts, Gathering emerald experiences.   Diamond doubts and ruby Regrets all fuel her poetry. And she reads, spotlight kissed;   Audience adored, Goosebump summoning; hairs On arms and necks stand up as She whispers directly to me. About me. Because of me. In front of everybody. To music, and I've brought a box Of pins, and between each of her Every word, I drop one. And I Swear to the gods, you can hear Them all. Like the unsteady Ticking of a clock too cool to Care. III Poetry jewelry; set with stones From her innermost. Chips of Gold from her heart melted Down to a key pendant she Holds in her hand; chain dangling, Eyes closed, forehead resting Against a door she knows it is Time to open. Key in one hand, Pen in the other, She Enters Herself.
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 at 6:34 AM UTC
A Clock too Cool to Care
"Everyone wants happiness. No one wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain." Spread your wings and let's fly, Can't reach those dreams it is so high, What to do know?, Let's smile and end this pain together. We are each one's cause of euphoria, Smile like there's no tomorrow, Why are you full of sorrow?, Why sudden change of emotions?, Are you not happy?. Look at the sky, Don't be shy, I know you've been waiting for it, Don't always look on the ground, You're not too low to look on it, Feel free to look high, And exprience the feeling of being on the top. Imagine the things that you want that others can't imagine to you, Your life doesn't depend on them, It depends on you, You are the only one who can decide, Your life doesn't belong to them. If it rains, Accept it, Don't blame the weather, Don't blame yourself, It's not your fault, You just don't know on how to love yourself. All of this are connected, Don't ask and you'll be headed, It is not time for your assumptions, Why predict someone else's life if you can't even predict your own life. Shut up and enjoy your life, Have fun tonight, Coz the next day what if there would be no more light to be seen, Sun that brighten up your day, Darkness that guided your life, Who are you? Sentences that are out of context, What will happen next, Shadows that are getting even more darker. Coz there's a light, A beaming spotlight. Be the person you want to be, Shout and tell them let me be, Freed yourself from sadness, Let go of your blindness, And then there's happiness. Don't pretend that you're okay, Coz you'll end up hating yourself over and over again, Life is about up's and down, Deal with it and tell the future that you're going to be fine and pass all of this failure you've done this present. Sunshine comes to all who feel rain, Rainbow can't show up if there's no little rain, Learn to stand up, and you'll be okay. Don't be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.
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Dec 10, 2018
Dec 10, 2018 at 8:36 AM UTC
Euphoria
"Everyone wants happiness. No one wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain." Spread your wings and let's fly, Can't reach those dreams it is so high, What to do know?, Let's smile and end this pain together. We are each one's cause of euphoria, Smile like there's no tomorrow, Why are you full of sorrow?, Why sudden change of emotions?, Are you not happy?. Look at the sky, Don't be shy, I know you've been waiting for it, Don't always look on the ground, You're not too low to look on it, Feel free to look high, And exprience the feeling of being on the top. Imagine the things that you want that others can't imagine to you, Your life doesn't depend on them, It depends on you, You are the only one who can decide, Your life doesn't belong to them. If it rains, Accept it, Don't blame the weather, Don't blame yourself, It's not your fault, You just don't know on how to love yourself. All of this are connected, Don't ask and you'll be headed, It is not time for your assumptions, Why predict someone else's life if you can't even predict your own life. Shut up and enjoy your life, Have fun tonight, Coz the next day what if there would be no more light to be seen, Sun that brighten up your day, Darkness that guided your life, Who are you? Sentences that are out of context, What will happen next, Shadows that are getting even more darker. Coz there's a light, A beaming spotlight. Be the person you want to be, Shout and tell them let me be, Freed yourself from sadness, Let go of your blindness, And then there's happiness. Don't pretend that you're okay, Coz you'll end up hating yourself over and over again, Life is about up's and down, Deal with it and tell the future that you're going to be fine and pass all of this failure you've done this present. Sunshine comes to all who feel rain, Rainbow can't show up if there's no little rain, Learn to stand up, and you'll be okay. Don't be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.
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Earthquake Poem 3/5/2014 What do you suppose an earthquake does? Sure, there are the shakes and scares, Seismic shifts accompanied by tectonic tears. But ditch this global perspective, Figure out what rips those ripples, detective. Let’s see you pound at the ground. Hit it hard, ‘til you hear a heavy sound. Is that enough to fissure some asphalt? Tell me, could you bring this spinning planet to a sudden halt? I can’t say for sure, what an Earth-quake does. Though I’ve been a victim, Earth isn’t where my quake was. An Earth-less earthquake, On a planet whose name I’ve learned to forsake. Wynn’s world wandered ‘round someone else’s orbit: Drawn to its gravity like grapes grow on a vine; Brightened by its solar system’s shining smile, so divine; Emotional tides tugged in and out; Guided by its mysterious moon’s midnight meandering about. That’s right – an orbit with its own time flow. Time that could stomp its heels and steal a spotlight, Time that could manipulate a moment like jello, mayonnaise, or some other squishy substance, Time that could crash course, while standing still, Time that could reveal something you never knew. What do you suppose an earthquake does? A quake could be anything that makes you shake. Think of quaking in fear, as an unknown figure draws near. Think of a jittery heart, that’s been bit by a bullet. Internal tears, think of organs bleeding, Think of needing, solid ground, but falling and time keeps stalling. When a quiet little quiver promises to deliver, its slight shock signal straight through the middle. When a molten magma core fizzes its manic madness, like a shaken soda. When an epic eruption carries out its upward excelsior, Rejecting the spinning without a stop. Oh, the mountains will tumble, The hills and valleys, they’ll crumble, And gurgle in the raging rivers’ rumble, As volcanoes churn out violent bubbles, Stirring up all kinds of troubles, For one person’s personal planet. For one person’s personal planet, These violent forces of nature can’t compare to an Earth-quake, When the ground you stand on begins to break, When you realize your senseless stability is fake. When that little quake knocks your Earth awake, It’s reality coming alive to take, and take, and take, Because for love, you put everything at stake. What do you suppose an earthquake does? I’ll tell you – it leaves a wrecked world with a cracked core and scorched surroundings. Just because. Just because, love on Earth always comes with a quiet little quake.
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Mar 6, 2014
Mar 6, 2014 at 1:44 AM UTC
Earthquake
Earthquake Poem 3/5/2014 What do you suppose an earthquake does? Sure, there are the shakes and scares, Seismic shifts accompanied by tectonic tears. But ditch this global perspective, Figure out what rips those ripples, detective. Let’s see you pound at the ground. Hit it hard, ‘til you hear a heavy sound. Is that enough to fissure some asphalt? Tell me, could you bring this spinning planet to a sudden halt? I can’t say for sure, what an Earth-quake does. Though I’ve been a victim, Earth isn’t where my quake was. An Earth-less earthquake, On a planet whose name I’ve learned to forsake. Wynn’s world wandered ‘round someone else’s orbit: Drawn to its gravity like grapes grow on a vine; Brightened by its solar system’s shining smile, so divine; Emotional tides tugged in and out; Guided by its mysterious moon’s midnight meandering about. That’s right – an orbit with its own time flow. Time that could stomp its heels and steal a spotlight, Time that could manipulate a moment like jello, mayonnaise, or some other squishy substance, Time that could crash course, while standing still, Time that could reveal something you never knew. What do you suppose an earthquake does? A quake could be anything that makes you shake. Think of quaking in fear, as an unknown figure draws near. Think of a jittery heart, that’s been bit by a bullet. Internal tears, think of organs bleeding, Think of needing, solid ground, but falling and time keeps stalling. When a quiet little quiver promises to deliver, its slight shock signal straight through the middle. When a molten magma core fizzes its manic madness, like a shaken soda. When an epic eruption carries out its upward excelsior, Rejecting the spinning without a stop. Oh, the mountains will tumble, The hills and valleys, they’ll crumble, And gurgle in the raging rivers’ rumble, As volcanoes churn out violent bubbles, Stirring up all kinds of troubles, For one person’s personal planet. For one person’s personal planet, These violent forces of nature can’t compare to an Earth-quake, When the ground you stand on begins to break, When you realize your senseless stability is fake. When that little quake knocks your Earth awake, It’s reality coming alive to take, and take, and take, Because for love, you put everything at stake. What do you suppose an earthquake does? I’ll tell you – it leaves a wrecked world with a cracked core and scorched surroundings. Just because. Just because, love on Earth always comes with a quiet little quake.
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this is a medical emergency ossified in utero part the hair to cover pink earwax scar innervated this cochlea this ******* that steals the spotlight and rooster’s comb braised sockets for teeth wired through the rafters kissing corner braces shallow chromium double-eye poke like a pile of face bones stacked paul bunyan forest slide and jump from the peak to the pool shallow and undisturbed to dunk your face and see future pure voodoo spirit board and voice box locked with tongue-ectomy removal of cough through neck hole cardboard cut stickers in half to write ***** I’m done.*
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Oct 16, 2015
Oct 16, 2015 at 4:24 PM UTC
blood and guts folklore
TO PUT the art and talent of Mindanaoan fashion design into the spotlight, Kagay’anon fashion designers put their hands together to organize the 5th Mindanao Fashion Summit at the Limketkai Center Rotunda from August 4 to 6, every 4 p.m. “Being a core event of the Higalaay festival, the opening salvo, the Mindanao Fashion Summit can really highlight fashion designers here in Cagayan de Oro and also in different points of Mindanao to let everyone see what they can do in the world of fashion design especially now that there are only so few opportunities for these designers to show off their works to the public. This is why we have the Mindanao fashion Summit because Kagay-anon designers believe that even if they join national fashion shows like the Philippine Fashion week, most of them still aren't getting the right encouragement as a fashion designer.” said Robbie Pamisa, the overall organizer of the event. The Fashion Summit is a three-day event composed of seven sub-categories such as the Mindanaoan collection, the Menswear collection, and the Ororama orange collection for the first day, the Guest Designers’ collection, the Fashion Institute of the Philippines collection and the Loop Lifestyle Fashion Show for the second day, and the Holiday Grand collection for the third day which will serve as the culmination of the fashion event. Mindanaoan Fashion designers from Cagayan de Oro as well as Davao, Butuan, Iligan, and Bukidnon have come to showcase their talents. Some of the fashion geniuses of the event include Alma Mae Roa, Angela Soriano, Ann Semblante, Benjie Manuel, Boogie Musni Rivera, Gil Macaibay III, John Mark Magellan’s, Joshua Guibone, Juniel Doring, Kiko Domo, Mark Christopher Yaranon, and Mavy Cooper de Leon. One of the highlights of the event is the Oro Fashion Designers’ Guild and the Designers Assembly featuring a collection of clothes using Mindanao material such as the Mindanao silk. Sponsors such as Ororama and The Loop Towers will also be showcasing their products in the fashion event. “Even student fashion designers from the Fashion Institute of the Philippines have been encouraged to participate so that they will be able to experience how a fashion show works. This is also a way for us to fulfill our mission to be another avenue for fashion designers to show what they have,” Paisa said.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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Aug 6, 2016
Aug 6, 2016 at 12:12 AM UTC
Mindanao Fashion Summit opens
TO PUT the art and talent of Mindanaoan fashion design into the spotlight, Kagay’anon fashion designers put their hands together to organize the 5th Mindanao Fashion Summit at the Limketkai Center Rotunda from August 4 to 6, every 4 p.m. “Being a core event of the Higalaay festival, the opening salvo, the Mindanao Fashion Summit can really highlight fashion designers here in Cagayan de Oro and also in different points of Mindanao to let everyone see what they can do in the world of fashion design especially now that there are only so few opportunities for these designers to show off their works to the public. This is why we have the Mindanao fashion Summit because Kagay-anon designers believe that even if they join national fashion shows like the Philippine Fashion week, most of them still aren't getting the right encouragement as a fashion designer.” said Robbie Pamisa, the overall organizer of the event. The Fashion Summit is a three-day event composed of seven sub-categories such as the Mindanaoan collection, the Menswear collection, and the Ororama orange collection for the first day, the Guest Designers’ collection, the Fashion Institute of the Philippines collection and the Loop Lifestyle Fashion Show for the second day, and the Holiday Grand collection for the third day which will serve as the culmination of the fashion event. Mindanaoan Fashion designers from Cagayan de Oro as well as Davao, Butuan, Iligan, and Bukidnon have come to showcase their talents. Some of the fashion geniuses of the event include Alma Mae Roa, Angela Soriano, Ann Semblante, Benjie Manuel, Boogie Musni Rivera, Gil Macaibay III, John Mark Magellan’s, Joshua Guibone, Juniel Doring, Kiko Domo, Mark Christopher Yaranon, and Mavy Cooper de Leon. One of the highlights of the event is the Oro Fashion Designers’ Guild and the Designers Assembly featuring a collection of clothes using Mindanao material such as the Mindanao silk. Sponsors such as Ororama and The Loop Towers will also be showcasing their products in the fashion event. “Even student fashion designers from the Fashion Institute of the Philippines have been encouraged to participate so that they will be able to experience how a fashion show works. This is also a way for us to fulfill our mission to be another avenue for fashion designers to show what they have,” Paisa said.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/long-formal-dresses
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Walk onto a stage called life and take a look around. There's much to be found in such a small space, more to give and much to take as the curtains called and you're pulled into this performance. Stare into the audience and pray for applause but what if you're met with silence? Spotlight on you as your hopes are ejected and you my friend have just been rejected and that is a hard thing to take. So take a seat, a rejection seat. Front row to your failures as they come In-ter-view. Call it the Dragons Den the Lions Pit and yet they ask me what kind of animal i'll be as i sit and daydream about Spiderman in a suit listing qualities of make believe as he's forced to fill in a CV just like me; not that i'm a superhero, i'm just saving face you see, it's just an amusing thought to ease the anxiety. And the voluntears they come in turn. Call em that cause they come momentarily to remind me involuntarily that sometimes i do need help and not all things are easy, not all things are meant to be. So i take a seat, will you take one with me? As you watch that relationship sail and wonder how did it fail? Bon voyAge is irrelevant. Whether it be school crush folly to divorcee it's a learning curve right? Hard when it seems the only thing you taught me is what it means to feel lonely. It's cold in that place called the one way street, so take a seat. Pull up a chair to something that's no longer there and share in despair as you stare at your feet. But you will raise your head eventually. Adopt the thinkers pose, indulge in some feelosophy. Cause a friend once said to me that rejection is a time for reflection and i tend to agree. So tell me, as i stare into the face of rejection why is it that i see my own reflection? Am i cursed to take this personally? It's always the shoulda, woulda, couldas that get to me. Do they get to you? If so take a seat. And are you sitting uncomfortably? Cause you shouldn't be. Take comfort as you stare along row upon row of chairs that stretch along beyond you and me. Side to side, across from and diagonally. Filling the Feartre. There's many to be found in such a small space, more that give and much that take and though this may be the closing scene there's another show tomorrow and you and I will receive our standing ovation, just take my hand and stand with me. Cause this seat was only ever meant to be temporary.
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Nov 10, 2014
Nov 10, 2014 at 1:57 PM UTC
Rejection Seat
Walk onto a stage called life and take a look around. There's much to be found in such a small space, more to give and much to take as the curtains called and you're pulled into this performance. Stare into the audience and pray for applause but what if you're met with silence? Spotlight on you as your hopes are ejected and you my friend have just been rejected and that is a hard thing to take. So take a seat, a rejection seat. Front row to your failures as they come In-ter-view. Call it the Dragons Den the Lions Pit and yet they ask me what kind of animal i'll be as i sit and daydream about Spiderman in a suit listing qualities of make believe as he's forced to fill in a CV just like me; not that i'm a superhero, i'm just saving face you see, it's just an amusing thought to ease the anxiety. And the voluntears they come in turn. Call em that cause they come momentarily to remind me involuntarily that sometimes i do need help and not all things are easy, not all things are meant to be. So i take a seat, will you take one with me? As you watch that relationship sail and wonder how did it fail? Bon voyAge is irrelevant. Whether it be school crush folly to divorcee it's a learning curve right? Hard when it seems the only thing you taught me is what it means to feel lonely. It's cold in that place called the one way street, so take a seat. Pull up a chair to something that's no longer there and share in despair as you stare at your feet. But you will raise your head eventually. Adopt the thinkers pose, indulge in some feelosophy. Cause a friend once said to me that rejection is a time for reflection and i tend to agree. So tell me, as i stare into the face of rejection why is it that i see my own reflection? Am i cursed to take this personally? It's always the shoulda, woulda, couldas that get to me. Do they get to you? If so take a seat. And are you sitting uncomfortably? Cause you shouldn't be. Take comfort as you stare along row upon row of chairs that stretch along beyond you and me. Side to side, across from and diagonally. Filling the Feartre. There's many to be found in such a small space, more that give and much that take and though this may be the closing scene there's another show tomorrow and you and I will receive our standing ovation, just take my hand and stand with me. Cause this seat was only ever meant to be temporary.
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It's a dance It really is Skip and prance Lifelong practice Loop of songs Never ending Of various genres Life is playing There's the spotlight World is awaiting Pressure of eyes Silently watching Take your place Assume your position Execute with finesse And flawless precision Spin your pirouettes Don't get dizzy Maintain your poise In this revelry Along comes a partner Present as a duo The game now altered From when you were solo Two bodies now Move in unison Reciprocate and reply Through steps made in heaven Flighty feet Intertwined bodies limbre Sweet little performance Elapsing into forever With grace of ballet Each other you'd catch Intimate display Think you've found your match There'll come such time Both will not be in sync Episodes of missteps Push you to the brink Alone again Or switch of partners Find solace in groups Still dancing for answers Dancing with others Much you can learn From hip hop to the waltz Together or in turn Try to adapt To different styles Soak up all you can May take a while I've danced all my life Can't say that I've mastered Fair share of jeers And accolades I've garnered Always clumsy Exceedingly awkward Tripping and falling Barely proceeding forward It's just this dance One with syncopated beats It's just this prance That my gait can't meet It's just this stance I often use as retreat I realised in a glance That I have...but two left feet
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Oct 2, 2014
Oct 2, 2014 at 5:36 AM UTC
Two Left Feet
Four walls; a pair of cupped hands. Jaundiced like an open eye; an open cove Prescribing solitude to those whom solitude cannot withstand, And I choose this cold corner which is furthest from the door, To be where I am not, before Your proclivities become my own, I write. I write, My window holds my breath and frosts the world, The moon in his amber gown, dressed in chatoyance and spite, Godspeed; dark, dark shroud for naked skies! Six floors, walls, doors from you am I. I couldn't write when the sun peered in, Her inquiry evangelizing the specks of time left upon the glass - I've heard it all before; God's shining face leaves none unloved (unseen) but his spotlight has no starlet; so who can see me up here? We can't see from windows, dear. I'd live and sing for the cloudless hall The nursery of misanthropists crawling on the grey cobblestone And the lilt of the wind on the rose; through squares nice and small - The peevish moth shudders at the sight of itself obscuring the day through the glass. It seems we're always in the way.
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May 11, 2018
May 11, 2018 at 5:40 PM UTC
From a Windowsill
i'm broken spaces, unnamed multitude faces: see wholes as fractals. i'm rubbed raw and sore, i'm ***** waves on the shore: rampant and rascal. lost in the spotlight, yet so defensive for fights: though impractical. i'm wanted by you, yet i question what is true: you falter and stall.
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Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 3:58 PM UTC
snowflake
The night starts off with a bang She enters the room And the spotlight starts to change. It hits her as she walks through the door An aisle splits down the center of the dance floor. She starts to walk towards the stage And then the music slowly plays. The lights go up and the music plays She dances around this tiny place. The spotlight fades and she quickly turns He’s never seen someone with such grace. He grabs a mic and starts to pace. His lips open up and he starts to sing A song about a forgotten place. Tonight we gather in this dance hall Everyone is looking for a way to let their feelings out. It takes two to tango and I think I’m ready To sweep you off your feet. We’ll count the steps as one, two, three And act out a story between swaying bodies. A small twist here and pirouette there Is all it takes to make this kids heart start to race. So let’s start this off with a twist and end it with a dip As we start to move you’ll feel the rhythm Start to move you as it takes control of your hips. They dance the night away And he continues to sing. All this dancing has all But burned a ring into the floor. They keep moving circles Counting out the steps As one, two, three. That final move will be one That will forever remain in history. He lifts her to the sky And then she starts to see In his arms is where This dancer was meant to be.
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Jun 25, 2012
Jun 25, 2012 at 10:15 AM UTC
The Rhythm She Feels Inside (A Dancehall Kind of Love)
She dances, Alone. In such grace and poise Positioned in between the tallest buildings And she poses For the camera The bright flashes Or on stage In the spotlight Twirling and twisting Not a hair out of place Not a step out of line Not a breath unplanned Trained to be accurate Self destructing, but so well collected The most beautiful dancer the world has ever seen.
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Feb 11, 2016
Feb 11, 2016 at 12:57 AM UTC
Ballerina
There are demons in your closet It is obvious to me You left the door wide open Setting those ******** free Anger lashed out first With razor sharp claws Shredding the unsuspecting Without hesitation or pause Beneath him is resentment Forever locked up tight Hidden within for years Now more than ever, ready to fight Betrayal weighs heavy Taking up the most room Can’t sweep it under the rug There isn’t a big enough broom Don’t disregard the guilt Or forget about shame These two big players Are leaders of the game Amidst the whirl wind of chaos And the fury of rage A broken heart exposed through fear Makes its way to center stage Vulnerability is waiting She can keep your closet clean Nourish you with love Making those demons less mean As the spotlight shifts its focus There seems nowhere to hide Will you crawl back into darkness? Or simply swallow your pride?
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Oct 10, 2017
Oct 10, 2017 at 1:28 PM UTC
Demons in your closet
Always  in the spotlight, but coddled by the darkness A bright, colorful flower that never wanted to bloom She pulled the sheer, black curtains over her eyes, welcoming the night An arrow shooting into the Midnight moon swallowed whole by wicked sin Flirting with the Devil and soaking in the evil serum She turned her face away from the beacon in the night never to return again Leaving to the world just a ghost of a little girl
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 5:42 AM UTC
Ghost of A Little Girl
Manning up in Texas Geldof overdose needles at the bed stand starlet comatose California dreaming killer meets demise hurling in a taxi puke fee on the rise Fighting in the Gaza Jordan's holy war rebels on a mission Jihad underscore The North Korean riddle pales in grand design crisis on the border planes fall from the sky Cooking on a deadline tempting tapenades herbs are in the spotlight wines that give a nod Google maps the body DOW at record highs Uber comes to market corn is on the rise Apple on its earnings Caterpillar dead European sanctions banks have **** the bed Clippers threaten boycott Longhorns follow purge Lynch is out of training camp James is on the verge Leinart taking *** shots coughing up a lung lions take a licking fans are throwing dung Another day in Vegas Primm from A-Z rolling out an ankle a flying SUV Quiet tempting spaces made better by design multi color pea coat silence fuels the mind Stabbing in the subway goat caught in a well apes are selling tickets (but leave behind a smell) Puberty on trial a man without a head teachers feel alone lets take them to the shed! Jonah's tomb destroyed wreckage in Mumbai Sugar Daddy sites Freedom 85 The immigrant debate Russia's mounting toll unions on a mission heads are gonna roll Beaches for the nudists hotels on the cheap the best generic brands a list you have to keep! Planning your estate questions from the camp a mansion up for sale where once they filmed The Champ Midwives threaten action aboriginal act truckers want concessions that train has left the track Sharks are found in Fundy a prized but perilous catch food we love to hate the most an irrefutable batch A family on the brink I want my kids to fail! politicians drains all hope a ban on Israel Follow out each headline let the columns be your guide all these things did happen the day that Newhouse died
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Aug 2, 2017
Aug 2, 2017 at 10:29 AM UTC
The Day That Robert Newhouse Died
Manning up in Texas Geldof overdose needles at the bed stand starlet comatose California dreaming killer meets demise hurling in a taxi puke fee on the rise Fighting in the Gaza Jordan's holy war rebels on a mission Jihad underscore The North Korean riddle pales in grand design crisis on the border planes fall from the sky Cooking on a deadline tempting tapenades herbs are in the spotlight wines that give a nod Google maps the body DOW at record highs Uber comes to market corn is on the rise Apple on its earnings Caterpillar dead European sanctions banks have **** the bed Clippers threaten boycott Longhorns follow purge Lynch is out of training camp James is on the verge Leinart taking *** shots coughing up a lung lions take a licking fans are throwing dung Another day in Vegas Primm from A-Z rolling out an ankle a flying SUV Quiet tempting spaces made better by design multi color pea coat silence fuels the mind Stabbing in the subway goat caught in a well apes are selling tickets (but leave behind a smell) Puberty on trial a man without a head teachers feel alone lets take them to the shed! Jonah's tomb destroyed wreckage in Mumbai Sugar Daddy sites Freedom 85 The immigrant debate Russia's mounting toll unions on a mission heads are gonna roll Beaches for the nudists hotels on the cheap the best generic brands a list you have to keep! Planning your estate questions from the camp a mansion up for sale where once they filmed The Champ Midwives threaten action aboriginal act truckers want concessions that train has left the track Sharks are found in Fundy a prized but perilous catch food we love to hate the most an irrefutable batch A family on the brink I want my kids to fail! politicians drains all hope a ban on Israel Follow out each headline let the columns be your guide all these things did happen the day that Newhouse died
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He lays down **** like a shadow Thrown by a movie spotlight He eats passion like he is ******* the juices of the last peach on Earth He walks proudly like a naughty child Who made a clean escape He talks integrity like a lion With a human child in his mouth He pushes imagination like A clown in a silent temple He lays down **** And it’s all over me
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Mar 30, 2016
Mar 30, 2016 at 6:47 PM UTC
He lays down ****
Food for thought Savor in flavor within structural tone A former Competitive Bodybuilder who could hold his own He exercised to gain and ate to maintain It was dignity and honor in appreciation of aim Being a Competitive Bodybuilder requires all intensity But it was about winning on the stage spotlight being a reality Yet beyond Bodybuilding, there was something about food and preparing a very exotic cuisine You will see down the line in what I mean The former Competitive Bodybuilder felt that being a Chef was always his dream Now it will be a reality like a running stream But to be a good Chef you need the right education and Mentor Yes a Chef for sure Bake until rise Savor the taste with the right ingredients being the surprise Being a competitive Bodybuilder, one accepts the challenges in being the best But when it comes to a Cuisine Chef, it will be the food critics who will contest Patrons that will eat a Chef’s dish will be the true confess So ovens over the world There is a Chef to make your taste buds swirl What will he prepare? That is something I won’t share You will have to experience for yourself Taste I am sure you will enjoy This is a true story of a Chef He has cooking to do with not much time left. Ship Ahoy!
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 4:29 PM UTC
COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDER TURNED CUISINE CHEF