Lovely, Lovely, Lovely Memories Poem by RIC BASTASA

By an old river beside a bamboo grove
She bathes herself

Only the bamboo leaves hinder
Your view of her long black hair

As she splashes naked in the
Clear River.


Lovely 2

There is a nipa hut on the side of a hill
You meet her when it is dark

She lights your cigar
As you get near her

You decided to smoke later


Lovely 3

You are rocking yourself on a rattan hammock
On a late afternoon when the rest go home

It is Saturday
She stays
You watch her come near you giving you something

She says it is the key to her room and she is all alone tonight.


Lovely 4

The cogon grasses have grown tall & thick on the hillside
Both of you hide in there

Nobody sees you
The tall cogon grasses dance wildly to the slow wind


Lovely 5

Four years in the university studying chemistry
You return home finally

You embrace your old mother meeting you by the door
Outside you see the guava tree filled with its ripe yellow fruit odor

So heavily laden like a big Christmas tree