Poems of Efren Petalver Carranza

81. Summer’s Delight 5/1/2011
82. Summer-sun Kissed Goodbye 8/28/2011
83. TATAY 3/27/2011
84. The Beauty of a Mother 4/17/2011
85. The Cycle of Life 2/25/2011
86. The Days of Autumn 2/15/2011
87. The Essence of Time 7/21/2012
88. The Falling Feather 3/3/2011
89. The Farmer and His Carabao 2/25/2011
90. The Giant and the Monster 9/23/2012
91. The Golden Mind 2/18/2013
92. The Gomez's of 1970 2/25/2011
93. The Grammar of Life 12/13/2012
94. The Joy of Lovemaking 2/21/2011
95. The Lucky Charm 3/27/2011
96. The Melodic Rain on My Roof 2/13/2011
97. The Myth of Winter 5/3/2011
98. The Peeping Moon 12/13/2012
99. The Puzzler's Mind 1/27/2013
100. The Riddle 2/6/2011

Life, Candle, and Wine

How much is too much a pain after pain,
In a tight fist can hold again and again;
On a prowling face, how long is too long,
For someone to suffer the agony of ageing;

Like a candle lives by the lit of its wick,
Slowly burning through dangers of wind,
Its soulful light will soon become weak,
To send scents of some kind to think;

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