2009 January | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 2
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A FAR-AWAY FATHER’S ADVICE TO HIS SON WHO IS ABOUT TO BE CIRCUMCISED

Being done without anesthesiaand having experienced it myself,I can tell you how painful it is.But I will not dissuade youto undergo such ritual,the boys' only rightrite of passage to manhood.It's once in a lifetime, after all.As you brave the scalpelof ...

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SEARCHLIGHT

I cast safety over the quadrangle. Andflash away light to assist watchmenin crippling inmates from going out.I scan every nook and cranny, sweepthe horizon to extinguish the darkthat solicits blueprint for an escape.Every night, I elongate my leg.But I cannot stretch it far ...

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Miracles

I don’t know what anyone else’s definition of miracle is, but in my opinion Mendelssohn’s octet for strings is a miracle. What a fabulous piece of music! Mendelssohn was only 16 when he composed it. This octet in four movements is so beautiful, so buoyantly happy, and so marvelous in its musical ...

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Favorite part on President Barack Obama’s inaugural speech

I glued myself to early morning television to see the inauguration. Here’s my most favorite part, what’s yours? “Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends — hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty ...

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Farmers - The jewels of society

by Dada Vimaleshananda One time in my childhood my mother encouraged me to do interviews. She gave me a book of Oriana Fallaci who had the venture to interview several state heads including Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Muhammar Geddafi, and others. I accepted her advice and I run three interview with sports ...

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VILLANELLE: ANG TIGRE SA IYANG BUKTON

Nagngisi ang tigre sa iyang buktonNamintana ning sayong kabuntagonMikagot ang mga tango ug ngiponMagtindog siya sa daplin sa kantoGikan buntag hangtod kilomkilomNagngisi ang tigre sa iyang buktonSiya mangilkil sa mga PUJ driverKaniya moitsa silag kwarta samtangMikagot ang mga tango ug ngipon...

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SIHAG SA BAGANG DAG-OM

Naglugitom ang bagang dag-om sa kasadpanNagyatyat daw nagbudlot nga tiyanNahadlok mitago ang langgam kanawayAron makalikay sa pagbuhagayGiandam ko ang karton sa FortuneAko kining pagaguntingonIsungsong sa mga buslot sa atopAron ang mga lusok sa ulan di makatuhopDi malalis ang kinabuhi dinhi sa kalibotan...