Apr 13, 2008

Kulimlim

For the freaking month that was badly stained w/ red, yellow & black, my written-elegy would be this. A piece I once submitted to, and well-mused by poetic members of the Pinoy Penster Community.

Chew its surreal over, relish the gist after, AND: Fret not.
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Pagkagat ng takipsilim sa paligid
Malaniyebeng hangin ng Langit nangunyapit
Kidlat at Kulog kaduelo ng ulan at takot
Malaimpaktong sugo ng nakangising Diablo
Dinaluhong ispirito ng santong kabayo’t aso
Sa halip na makitawa ka,
pakinggan pahiwatig nya
.
Litrato ng balisang kapwa mo
Makapigil hininga, makapanindig balahibo
Pagkatao’t hwisyo winasiwas ng mga delubyo
May kaluluwa namang maari pang isalba
Habang may ulirat, abutin sugatang puso nya
Sa balon ng kabaliwa’t kamatayan agawin sya
.
Pagpupugay sa naimbentong titik
Ipit na hinagpis sa papel naiuukit
Luha sa nakamaskarang mukha
Dahil sa tula, pagdurusa malayang naiwika
Paglipas ng gabing tinigib ng magarbong unos
Bahaghari nawa'y umarko sa pagtatapos

13 comments:

barabbas said...

"simply powerful...made me want to grab a buddy while reading your post. "

ving said...

ok ito...nakadalo ka ba ng mga workshop"? -

honey said...

hello AJ, your avid fan is here...talented kay ka ah...grvehh.

at sa muli...iyong tagahanga..HONEY

Abou said...

uy, me pagka poetic ka pala

AJ said...

@barabbas & ving:my pleasure to b ur bud, sir B,..workshop? never been..but penster did inspired me a lot..and yes, what i saw around..

AJ said...

@honey: txs for being my No. 1 online bud..peeps like u, i am boost to write anything under the sun all the more..

@abou: AJ's just a wannabe poetic, man.

twinkletoe said...

Wow..lalim ah.. ano to hidden talent or naturally born poet ikaw? galing naman.. sana me din ganito kapoetic.. :] cge fan mo na din ako from now on.. hehehehe

Josh of Arabia said...

@twinkle: practice lang po..and siempre passion for the words..im not really into poems and poetries esp tagalog..but thanks that u appreciate. im ur fan, too :)

naomi said...

hi! nice poem...and tagalog at that!

Thanks for dropping by my blog..appreciate it much.

wanderingcommuter said...

wow, nice play of words.
hindi ako naka detach kaagad. husay!

Josh of Arabia said...

@naomi:thank u that u appreciate my Tagalog experimental work..

@WC:good to see u again:)..its the pain in the poem that touches ones senses all the more..

lestat said...

napakagandang tula..
bravo...bravo..

sana marami pa teka.. ha at nanakawin ko lang ang yong tula.. :)maipost sa aking munting blog.

have a nice day..

Josh of Arabia said...

@ lestat: salamat, salamat bruder..
got lot of this..kaya lang kalokohan ung iba..and sure, grab it, my pleasure!:)