George Tumaob Calaor Poems

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1.
Oh Mountains...

behold the chosen children
who chose to become
marching shadows of freedom
on your skylines at night
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2.
Freedom

when seekers of truth
are hunted like sparrows
and caged behind cold bars
of greed...
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3.
The Amazon

so fragrant as a wild flower

her scent liberates dreams
from the thought of
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4.
Revolution

5.
Justice

they knew what they did
that I cannot forgive
the crimes they intently committed
that made my nation a yard of spill of their greed!
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6.
Political Diagnose

The family of Three are sickly dying…
Imperialism—severely­ hypertensive and is freaking out with war!
Feudalism—weakening nerves and is chilling out of balance!
Bureaucrat Capitalism—hallucina­ting with unmanageable mental illness!
...

7.
Karela

(English translation below)
habang ang dalampasigan ay buong suyong
nilalambing ng karagatan sa alab ng kanyang mga alon
habang ang mga tala ay kumukutitap ng buong galak
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8.
Your New Peoples' Army

(Filipino translation below)

When they're at your doorstep...
for they are not strangers
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9.
When The Poetry Becomes A Poet's Concern

(Filipino translation below)

When the world is violently coated with greed
and words are silenced with terror whipped by the fascist…
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10.
While In Millions Like Flowers We Bloom

(Filipino translation below)

look how those mercenaries in camouflage
cling like leeches
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