I Am Earths Fruit

by: Francisco G. Tonogbanua

Biography of Francisco
G. Tonogbanua
Francisco G. Tonogbanua, Sr.(December 1, 1900
November 10, 1988) is one of the pioneers of
Philippine poetry in English and was one of the 13
original organizers and founders of the Writers Club of
the University of the Philippines which was established
in 1925. He was born in 1900 and finished his Ph.B. in
Journalism at the University of the Philippines where
he was among the first five English majors to graduate
from the said State University. He comes from
Binalbagan town, Negros Occidental province in the
Philippines.

The Earth is beautiful tonight and I

Am conscious of her soft, blue aura here
Above my face. I am Earths child. The sky
Will beckon with its stars. In time this queer
Earth child shall plumb the starways where his thought
Now roams. I am too soon from Earth to know
What powerful force Time and Space have brought
To bear upon the mystic way I go,
But this I know. I am Earths fruit. The best
That she can borne till now. All things that live
Contribute to my brain. There is no rest.
The end is not yet. Earth still has much to give.
This is a glorious orbit round the sun,
This space where human epic was begun.

Differentiating formal from informal

essay

 Essay
- is a piece of factual writing in which ideas on a single topic are presented,
explained, argued, or described in an interesting way. It can be Formal and Informal.

 Formal essay
- deals with more serious subjects.

Informal essay
- is often called a
personal essay because it
deals with less serious topics
and the composition is