Obed dela Cruz Poems

My fellow citizen in poet nation,
I ask of you to start a revolution.
We should not use guns but a pen and paper.
We should fight the ones who give the world horror.
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Look at there and see how dark this world is!
Obviously, there’s an absence of real peace.
Anytime, war may attack brutally
If rulers will do things carelessly.
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In the past few nights my mistakes haunt me.
They give me disturbance and I can’t sleep
But they’ve given up because now they know
That they can’t fill my life of such woes.
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(You can look the poem in both denotative and connotative manner.)

Erasing bad lines from a written text
Is not that easy but it is the best.
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Dalawin ka man ng lindol o bagyo
Manatili ka pa ring nakatayo
‘Wag kang magpadala sa mga gan’to
Iyong iwasan ang sakit sa ulo.
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(The garden represents so many things here. You can’t name them all at once)

Garden of thorns, garden of miseries,
Hearing your name brings pain to every ear.
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Look at this image. It is drawn using charcoal.
What are its colors? Its colors are black and white.
It’s not colorful but it’s still a work of art.
Look at yourself. You’re amazed by its beauty.
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O wikang Pinoy, ‘wag kang pumanaw
At huwag kang tuluyang mawala.
Ipagyabang ka ng iyong bayan.
Sana, di ka nila ikahiya.
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The intellectual… the poor in mind…
I believe both of them needs Jesus
For in their life they still have riddles
And Jesus can give them sure answers.
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I can see a flower and it is rare.
Its beauty is far greater than Venus
And its fragrance is the most wonderful.
But that flower’s roots are not yet that strong
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