Edgardo Tugade

I have no space,
have so much time,
out of the race
(meter and rhyme) .
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Ito lang ang hinihintay niya:
kung ano ang para sa kanya.
Ang dami nang dumating at nawala
pero lahat ay napasaiba.
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DANSHI

As I judge men’s arms
By how they’d feel around me,
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(Batang Pulubi)

Mas higit ang bigay mo
sa bigay ko sa iyo;
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i play records of nocturnes
at any hour of the day
at any time of the year
none of my neighbors object
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Do but two things and
you will endure: the least harm,
the most good pursue.
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Death is a father,
perhaps. Death is a father's
embrace, perhaps. Wait.
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Laughter salutes death.
Laughter greets God's final 'No! '
with praises and thanks.
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wish i could pull the
distance between us like a
rug in the sad times
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To the one seeking me,
I hope you would hurry,
I shan't have much time left
Till my heartwings are clipped.
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A mountain extends grandeur-
a meteor expends grace-
peace to all who wander-
pain passing with no trace.
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I stole for you.
You: Will be late,
hon, for our date.
Again? Dropped you.
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Do you Zen for yen?
Do you beso for pesos?
Are you frank for francs?
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Even if Gods and men do not love me,
and only do me harm,
I have taught myself love,
and I long to love them.
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Prop 8

Hope keeps us human
after wanting love has killed
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five-seven-five,
as long as the heart's alive,
lovers will revive.
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Born to rise again
after intermediate pain,
rise to rebirth, Friend.
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are my blessings always mixed
because my wishes are vain?
or are my wishes always vain
because my blessings are mixed?
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Heart, I wish I could give you rest
for that may give me rest as well.
But earth demands we cede our best
and prophet its doggerel.
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Freedom was a fiction
Grecians laid aside
An uncharted gemstone
Power passes by
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