ECO- POEM

KATAPUSANG HIBIK NG PILIPINAS

NI ANDRES BONIFACIO
 Sumikat na, Ina sa sinisilangan  Ipabilanggo mo't sa dagat itapon
Ang araw ng poot ng Katagalugan, barilin, lasunin, nang kami'y malipol.
Tatlong daang taong aming iningatan sa aming Tagalog, ito baga'y hatol
sa dagat ng dusa ng karalitaan. Inang mahabagin, sa lahat ng kampon.
 Walang isinuway kaming iyong anak  Aming tinitiis hanggang sa mamatay
sa bagyong masasal ng dalita't hirap, bangkay nang mistula'y ayaw pang
Iisa ang puso nitong Pilipinas tigilan,
at ikaw ay di na Ina naming lahat. kaya kung ihulog sa mga libingan,
linsad na ang buto't lumuray ang laman.
 Sa kapuwa Ina'y wala kang kaparis
Ang layaw ng anak: dalita't pasakit;  Wala nang namamana itong Pilipinas
pag nagpatirapang sa iyo'y humibik, na layaw sa Ina kundi pawang hirap
lunas na gamot mo ay kasakit-sakit. tiis ay pasulong, patente'y nagkalat
recargo't impuwesto'y nagsala-salabat.
 Gapusing mahigpit ang mga Tagalog;
 Sari-saring silo sa ami'y inisip
hinain sa sikad, kulata at suntok
makinahi't ibiting parang isang hayop kasabay ng utos na tutuparing pilit
ito baga, Ina, ang iyong pag-irog? may sa alumbrado bayad kami'y tikis
kahit isang ilaw ay walang masilip.
BAYAN KO
NI JOSE CORAZON DE JESUS
 Ang bayan kong Pilipinas  Ibon mang may layang
Lupain ng ginto't bulaklak
Pag-ibig na sa kanyang
palad
Nag-alay ng ganda't dilag.
At sa kanyang yumi at
ganda
Dayuhan ay nahalina
Bayan ko, binihag ka
Nasadlak sa dusa.
lumipad
kulungin mo at umiiyak
Bayan pa kayang sakdal
dilag
Ang di magnasang
makaalpas!
Pilipinas kong minumutya
Pugad ng luha ko't dalita
Aking adhika,
Makita kang sakdal laya.
 I HIGAONON
TELESFORO SUNGKIT JR.
I.
I you called pagan,
you say pagan is bad people.
You say you is Christian
and Christian is good people.
 You laugh I kneel on big rock
or I pray before big tree.
You angry I call Migbaya,
you say my God is devil.
 I not laugh you kneel on dead tree
or you pray to hanging God there.
I not angry you call your God,
and I not call Him devil.
 I angry you get my lands,
I angry you get my golds,
I angry you burn my wood books,
but you say I should love enemy.
 You say love enemy
but you killed grandpa baylan,
you killed grandma bae,
you killed uncle bagani,
you killed even dog talamuod.
II.
 I you called savage
you say savage is bad people.
You say you is civilized
and civilized is good people.
 You laugh I speak wrong your tongue
or I not knowing you say.
You angry I speak my tongue,
you say I silent I not speak your tongue.
 I not laugh you speak in your noses
or you kalamura speak my tongue.
I not angry you speak your tongue,
I not say you silent you not speak my tongue.
 I angry you kill my datus,
I angry you burn my house,
I angry you get my honey,
I angry you get my sakop,
but you say I should know democracy.
 You say know democracy
but you commanding all
you telling I not speak
you forcing I live near plantations
You making all us sakop
you killing my brothers not liking you.
III
 I you called brother
you say brother skin also brown.
You say you is my brother
and brother is good people.
 You laugh I kneel on big rock
or I pray before big tree.
You laugh I speak wrong your tongue
or I not knowing you say.
You angry I call Migbaya,
you say my God is devil.
You angry I speak my tongue,
you say I silent I not speak your tongue.
 I not laugh you kneel on dead tree
or you pray to hanging God there.
I not angry you call your God,
and I not call Him devil.
 I not laugh you speak in your teeth
or you kalamura speak my tongue.
I not angry you speak your tongue,
I not say you silent you not speak my tongue.
 I angry you get my lands,
I angry you get my golds,
I angry you dishonor my sisters,
but you say I should love brother, skin also brown.
 You say love brother, skin also brown
but you help kill grandpa baylan,
you help kill grandma bae,
you help kill uncle bagani,
you help kill dog talamuod,
you help kill even my balangkawitan rooster.
 I angry you help kill my datus,
I angry you help burn my house,
I angry you help steal my honey,
I angry you paying cheap my abaka, coffee, coconut,
banana, etc.
but you say I should know government.
 You say know government
but you commanding all
you telling I not speak
you forcing I live near plantations
you making us all sakop
you killing us not liking you.
IV.
 I pagan?
I savage?
I brother?
V.
 I knowing gooder, I knowing bad.
I knowing badder, I knowing good.
I knowing brother, I knowing stranger.
 I knowing things yesterday, today, tomorrow.
 I ancient.
 I Higaonon.
 REFLECTIONS BEFORE A WATERFALL
TERESITA V. GUILLEN
 From the pulpit crag,  Even the rocks will someday
the waters rush to the rocks crumble
below to the furious persistence
where they churn and foam
of the waters.
like Styx boiling.
Dead leaves and broken twigs Can I hurl myself
and the carcasses of dogs and cat into the swirling depths below
plunge likewise in the maelstrom, and emerged unscathed,
engulfed by the angry swirl unbruised?
below.
And the waters clash and seethe
against the stuboorn rocks
clipping off their defiance
bit by bit,
in a slow and painless death