Donward Caniete Bughaw
Donward Caniete Bughaw Poems
If there's one thing I wish I could change for myself that's my attitude
I don't know why, but I am always flooded by this negative thoughts
I have my dreams; I have my ambitions
Just don't know how to fulfill those
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I rehearse your name in silence every night,
And fold it in the spaces where words don't fit.
The room goes quiet when you step into the light,
While I pretend my heart is used to it.
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Across the water, slim and pure,
Guicam stretches, bold, and secure.
Concrete that bears the rushing tide,
Binding shores where currents divide.
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In twenty-sixteen our paths did meet,
Beneath the sun your smile was bright.
I saw you there, my heart's repeat,
And knew at once you felt just right.
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I watch you move with steady grace,
No boast, no noise, just quiet light.
You meet each challenge face to face,
And turn the dark to morning bright.
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I lit a cigarette and poured the night,
Tanduay burned sweet and made it right.
The failures faded in the amber glow,
And all the shits I carried seemed to go.
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Sleep tight, my friend, for there is no ambition better than a dream
Let lantern thoughts drift low across the hush of velvet stream
May silver quiet stitch the edges of your weary seam
And let the night pour honey light across each hidden gleam
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I told my heart to learn the way to let you go,
To fold the memories up and watch them drift like snow.
You gave the load when mine ran out, so soft and true,
Now I return each kindness that I took from you.
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Wrong grammar marks our earlier flaws,
You look behind to shift the trace.
The errors echo from those laws,
No eraser lifts the lasting trace.
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Bakit nga ba lagi kitang naiisip
Sa umaga, tanghali at gabing malamig
Ang iyong larawa'y 'di mawaglit-waglit
Lagi't lagi nalang itong pumapanhik.
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The world out there is loud and full of noise.
But everything goes quiet at your voice.
I used to count the stars to fall asleep.
Now you're the only anchor that I keep.
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Sa tabok sa tubig, nipis ug putli,
Ang Guicam nagbukad, maisug ug lig-on kaayo.
Semento nga nag-antus sa kusog nga balod,
Nagbugkos sa mga baybayon nga gibahin sa sulog.
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Isla Olutanga ang kinalak'han ko,
Hindi man matunog, paka-alamin mo;
Munisipalidad dito'y bumubuo:
Mabuhay, Talusan, Olutanga'ng dulo.
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Kapagka ang yeso ang ipinambato
Doon sa madaldal na estudyante mo,
At saka-sakaling tamaan ang ulo,
Bala ang babalik sayo mismong noo!
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Para sa ako, Dictionary ka.
Di na igsapayan kon Oxford o Webster ba
Basta ang importante, ang mahalaga.
Unang kita ko pa lang nimo, kabalo na dayon ko, ikaw na
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I
Kung isa-isahin ang nangakaraan
Simula no'ng ika'y aking niligawan
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Donward Caniete Bughaw Biography
Donward Caniete Bughaw, also known as Donward Bughaw or Donward Cañete Gomez Bughaw and sometimes Gwanda Wordhub, was an indie Olutangeño and Filipino poet, writer, and licensed professional teacher who started posting original work on Facebook in 2015. His first book, Kay Devina, written in 2015 in just six days intense writing, is a 103-stanza poem published on Zenodo in 2026. It was followed by Let Me Love You and Other Poems, a collection of personal love poems written from 2015 to 2021. He writes about love, loss, longing, and the small things we scroll past. Other poems include Isla Olutanga, My Favorite View, Forget You, To Nurserim and many more. Other works are Ang Mangunguling at Ang Isang Dram ng Ginto for children's story; Si Husto Permi ug Ang Kaso Sa Bolpen Nga Nagtae-tae and Si Husto Permi ug Ang Kaso sa Sulat sa Bungbong for children's short detective story; and Ang Bughaw University and Ang Rehiyon 0: Rehiyon ng Detektib (Region 0: Detective Region) for alternate history and worldbuilding. His muse, Aljine Loquiño, is featured in several of his poems. Born on June 4,1999, in Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City to Alejandro Gomez Bughaw and Arlene Quimod Cañete, he grew up on the remote island of Olutanga in Laparay, Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay. He began his early education at Lower Laparay Day Care Center under his grandmother, Editha Buenaventura Revilla. After Grade 3 at Laparay Elementary School, he transferred to the Star Class section at Don Gregorio Evangelista Memorial School in Sta. Catalina, Zamboanga City. He passed the Alternative Learning System Accreditation and Equivalency Test and graduated from Laparay Elementary School in 2011. He graduated from Laparay National High School in 2015, where he served as a contributor and staff writer for Budjong Publication and Associate Editor in English for the Western Portal. He earned his Bachelor of Secondary Education, major in Filipino, from Western Mindanao State University - Mabuhay Campus in 2019. He was also the first and last Editor-in-Chief of SIBYA, the campus' first and last official publication, and wrote the poems 'Kay Devina' and 'Sa Mga Guro, ' the latter of which was featured at http: //noypi.com.ph and included in 21 Tula Para sa Guro at http: //pinoycollection.com. He also won first place in a poem writing contest during one of the university's Palaro events and hailed Top 1 during the WMSU Mabuhay Campus Pre-Board Exam 2019. He took and passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers in September (2019https: //www.prcboard.com/a-b-let-passers-secondary-let-result-september-2019) and volunteered at Laparay National High School for three months before the COVID-19 lockdown. During the pandemic, he focused on writing and joined several underground literary online writing contests and self-studied different genres and areas, especially crime/detective fiction. He's an avid fan of Detective Conan, Death Note, Sherlock Holmes and Jason Bourne movies and has a collection of Patricia Cornwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta books. Some of his achievements include: 1st Place and Certificate of Special Mention in Pen Wonders International Q/A Contest 14, June 8,2021, for 'Mind-Boggling'; Medallion de Respect in My Words: A Renaissance Father's Day Special for the acrostic poem 'Father'; and Featured Poet in Filipino Poets in Blossoms for 'Best Quote of the Week.')
The Best Poem Of Donward Caniete Bughaw
Mind-Boggling
If there's one thing I wish I could change for myself that's my attitude
I don't know why, but I am always flooded by this negative thoughts
I have my dreams; I have my ambitions
Just don't know how to fulfill those
I said I am a writer, but I haven't written a good poem nor prose
And then I am a teacher, I didn't even make it in use
I wanted to make a difference but I still stick into what's old
I wish I could be Superman or Spiderman so I could save those who needed me most
But part of me wish to be Yagami, write the name of wicked people in my own Death Note
So that those who remain are all righteous
A promising and safety world for everyone where there will be no chaos
And I, the controller of the string, controls the world.
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Donward Caniete Bughaw Quotes
'It's okay not to be okay.'
The worst kind of pain is when you're right there in my heart, but nowhere near me.
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