Donward Caniete Bughaw
Donward Caniete Bughaw Poems
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 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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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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Donward Caniete Bughaw Biography
Donward Caniete Bughaw, also known as Donward Bughaw or Donward Cañete Gomez Bughaw and sometimes Gwanda Wordhub, is an indie Filipino poet and writer who started posting original work on Facebook, PoetFreak, and WritePostExpose in 2015. He writes about love, loss, longing, and the small things we scroll past. Poems include Isla Olutanga, My Favorite View, Forget You, When the Bottle Remembered Me 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 under the advisory of Rodolf John T. Rodriguez, Milagros R. Regulacion, and Elyn Joy Lumactod. 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 under the advisory of Julito B. Bande during his first year in college. 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 of the same year 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 of literature. Some of his achievements include: 1st Place and Certificate of Special Mention in Pen Wonders International Q/A Contest 14, June 8,2021, for the poem '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.' In 2021, he completed a CPD-accredited Diploma in Educational Psychology and Diploma in Teaching Skills for Educators from Alison, a free online learning and career development platform founded in Ireland in 2007 that offers thousands of self-paced certificate and diploma courses. He also took other free online courses such as Basics of Criminal Investigation, Forensic Science Simplified, and many more which are vital for his writing.
The Best Poem Of Donward Caniete Bughaw
How Can I Tell You I Love You
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.
I laugh at all your jokes a second too long,
And watch the way your eyes forget to stay.
I write you poems I will never send along,
Then delete them before the break of day.
How can I tell you I love you
When the world has already chosen your hand?
How can I tell you I love you
When I'm just the echo you don't understand?
So I'll keep loving you from the safest distance,
A secret prayer I carry in my chest.
If fate won't let you be mine in existence,
Let me at least have loved you with my best.
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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.
Life leaves us two options: to copy or do not copy others.
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