Filipino's Way

By: Veronica Shane Fernandez RR12

A culture of customs,
a treasure of traditions
The Tagalog way of life
Filled with various emotions.

The music of the culture,

the food of the soul
A people with a rich history,
and a story to be told

But the colonizers arrived,

they brought their culture and pride.
It was a time of great change,
Filipinos were thought their foreign ways.

But it was our strength and courage

That made us survive and emerge
From the influence of the colonizers
Now we stand proud and strong together.
I chose to write a poem for my midterm exam in
Readings in Philippine History. My poem's
content is about my learnings from this course,
particularly how colonizers influenced our
culture and how we still practice it today, and
how our country always fought for the
Philippines whenever we were conquered by
others, which made us stronger.

My output is related to my learnings because I

relate this to our previous lessons, such as
writing a poem, because many of our ancestors
used to write literature, specifically poems, to
express themselves. I also included a collage at
the bottom. The images depict some of the
Filipino cultures and traditions.