To Alicia Back From Dubai (Overseas Worker's Homecoming) Poem by Eddie Roa
To Alicia Back From Dubai (Overseas Worker's Homecoming)
Throw the door wide open and rejoice
With spread arms and welcoming laughter
Oh, my beloved is back from a long sojourn
A perilous odyssey in distant shores
She walked in with silent grace emerging
With familiarity that rekindled the house lamps
Perhaps I will enthrone her there
On the ornate chair at the head of the table
And all the people who came to greet
Curious idlers whiling away the time of day
Will notice her tired but brilliant glow
Modest elegance, with simple flair
Reach out and hold my hand, beloved
Let you and I bask in the familial warmth
Come, adorn my hearth and home
Bringing back affection and care
Open your bag brimming
With your homecoming gifts
Wrapped in happy paper prints
For those huddling by your side
You’re beside us once more
Delirious with joyful affection
Dust and scrape your wayward roving shoes
Never to leave the welcome mat by the door
that wonderful rejoice of a loved ones retaurn, glows elloquently in your words, nice piece,10 plz read and comment on one of my top poems take care :)
i am glad you wrote this poem for many of our 'kababayans' could relate. thank you.
the joy of a homecoming is like no other...great piece,10...
the joy of homecoming... so beuatifully written I am glad I read this gem
I CAN RELATE...I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY FELT WHEN I WENT HOME HEHEHEHE
such a warm welcome piece full of love and affection.... written with mirth in your heart...and profound joy WELCOME HOME......Alicia....
Lines that quenched some nostalgic OFW's thoughts of leaving the fields of gold...for home.
nothing like home coming...and that too such a warm welcome!
Wo! a paired poem, like it. Definitely we differ in writing styles. You probably are young enough to be my son or grandson and it shows in the write, I tend to be a bit more wordy in the near classical genre (modern?) against your (postmodern?)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Delivering Poems Around The World
Poems are the property of their respective owners. All information has been reproduced here for educational and informational purposes to benefit site visitors, and is provided at no charge...
4/26/2024 5:28:55 AM # 1.0.0.1119
the delight when you came from the land afar, washed away the yearning and pain when we were apart.. truly a beautiful poem to welcome someone who has been in a faraway land in long lonely time..