MELVIN BANGGOLLAY Poems

IKAW ANG NAKIKITA (YOU'RE WHAT I BEHOLD)
Melvin Banggollay

Ikaw lamang sinta - (Its only you my love)
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NO HOPE IN DOPE
Melvin Banggollay

Everyday we hear stories of criminality
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DI KAN TO MALIPATAN -(Ilokano)
(I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU) - (English)
Melvin Banggollay
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NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER
Melvin D. Banggollay
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LET ME BE YOUR MAN
Melvin Banggollay
Tabuk, Kalinga, Philippines
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JUSTICE DELAYED, JUSTICE DENIED
Melvin Banggollay

Everyone has the inherent right
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Poets today in what so ever land
Can be agent to inspire anybody
That today we need to understand,
Changes changed us into mediocrity.
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THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES, BEGINS IN A FIRST STEP


In everything we do in this life, it always begins in a first step. In other words, when we want to achieve something or excel in any field of endeavor in this life, we must take the first step or move. Basically, we can not move upward in a ladder without stepping on the first step and if we will not take the first move to go upward and journey beyond a thousand miles in seeking our dreams and aspirations in this life.
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DA AMA KEN INAMelvin Banggollay

Awan maka-asping iti ayat da ama ken ina
Kadakami nga bunga ti ayan ayat da
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BOTO MO, IPATROL MO
Melvin Banggollay

B-oto mo, ipatrol mo
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