Monday, February 7, 2011

Workshop Group Work #8:

I walked through the valley of life.

I saw darkness and felt fright.

Tripped on stones and picked-up sticks

Stumbled as nothing felt right.


Sometimes I saw light but often, I felt darkness.

I felt it in my mind, my heart, my bones

But something inside of me could melt all of the sadness

And there, I found the light in me I’ve long been searching for.

My Adieu

I want to leave without leaving

For thoughts of you

I can’t undo

Burning in me,

Eternally.


You’ve been my life, my blood, my all

The light that guides

The voice that leads

My sweetest dream

The air I breathe.


But now we come to this goodbye

Please hold me tight

Just one more time

A second’s bliss

My torment wish.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Workshop Group Work #7:

Close your eyes

Feel the fleeting sensation.

Hold my hand; don’t let go.

Touch my lips and feel my heart.

I can feel the peace and hear the laughter

That the two of us can share forever.

We may stumble, but don’t let us crumble

Into separate pieces, detached from each other.

Kain, Suot, Sulat

By: Calypso


Kung ang UP ay pagkain

Masarap siya

Pangmidnight snack

Sweet but toxic.


Kung ang UP ay sapatos

Colorful ‘to

Red, black, yellow

Stylish and new.


Kung ang UP ay panulat

Sarap dalhin

Ipagyabang

Handy and cute.

Workshop Group Work #6:

We catch the words, as if they’re chocolate marshmallows

Fluffy sentences in my head, sweet and nice.

Life’s delicious, go ahead, take a bite then swallow.

Enjoy the sensation, savor the pleasure.


Let your mouth melt the marshmallow, enjoy the chocolate

A contrast of textures that only life can give,

Sweet and salty, soft and hard

Let it melt and let yourself go.

UP Students: Why We're Awesome

By: Polaroid


People outside think we’re awesome.

Though some would try

To put us down,

Still, we outshine.


Not just ‘cause we’re smart and witty,

But ‘cause we care

For the country—

Not just ourselves.


We’re a bunch of people who know

That our strength lies

In our freedom

To live our lives.

Workshop Group Work #5:

A Play on Words


Resistance, capacitance—what are these?

Who among us have the courage to have them?

Will you try despite all the risks?

For the consolations, that one sweet kiss?


Oh yes I will, my love, yes I will.

Love takes courage, yet being brave is not being in love

To give all we have to the uncertain

Can measure our resistance,

Can define our capacitance.

Physics Class

By: Bonsai


The moment I open my eyes,

I sleep again

Then force a bath

And steal a nap.


My room turns into corridors

“Tick, tock,” says time

So many people

Out of the way!


I stared and stared but nothing happened

The room’s all mine

The Prof. is not here—

Oh, just a dream.

Workshop Group Work #4:

Second Best vs. the Best

My second best prevents me from having the best,

I don’t know why, it’s just the way it is.

Though I have what it takes to really stand out and shine,

I feel like a child; ghost ready to leap on me.


But no, take courage I must, and let myself trust

Or else I’ll be left here alone.

So I take the chance, I’ll have the best

No more second bests, no turning back.

Laban

By: Patalipat


Minsan nakakabadtrip lang

To do aral

Babagsak rin

Ayoko na!


Walang ibang dapat gawin

Basa, sulat

Araw-araw

Puro aral.


Ngunit pag naiisip ko

Pamilya ko

Sige na nga

Laban, let’s go!

To-Do List

By: Patalipat


Just too much things I need to do

Review my notes

Type, memorize

Cry, agonize.


If only I were Superman

Here in UP

I have to be

To get a three.


So I find myself praying hard

Looking above

Asking for help

To get me through.

Workshop Group Work #3:

Memories will always stay with me

Like a strong perfume after a long stressful day.

It may not smell sweet and happy, I know it’ll stay

Because I have the courage to take a stroll down memory lane.


And I’ll keep them like candies to a child,

That one special place where I go and hide

And ‘til my last breath I shall remember,

That I had a life worth remembering.

By: ako si art


I have never felt more alone

Than here and now

Losing my way

More night than day.


Looking, I’m not the only one

Made some mistakes

Took risks and failed

Trust, disappointment.


Yet here is here and now is now

Is all I have

Never again

Keep everything.

Workshop Group Work #2:

On one hot Sunday morning,

I saw a black canvas in front of me.

I picked up a paint brush and started thinking,

If I was a bird, what would I see?


I got a dollop of color and splashed it on the blank,

The paint sipped in, forming grandeur

And I said to myself this may be the cure

To my lonely heart, lost and unsure.

By: sulatkamay


Then, as I walked through the lobby

Happily; then—

Full of people

Filled with laughter.


I passed the lobby in four years

In little steps

Yet again full

Of cheers and noise.


Now, I look back at the lobby

I start to smile

And remember

Those memories.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Workshop Group Work #1:

To the one who broke my heart,

You may never know, but you did

And it left marks that you will never see

Marks that sometimes I hid.


To the one who had me at my best,

I know, somehow, you deserve that part of me, but—

Silent words scream to my ear, warning me,

Never again because I’m breaking free!

Thou shall not commit suicide.

By: baliw-na-payaso


Pushing yourself to the limits

A strong spirit

A wise tactic

Shall do the trick


Giving up is not an option

Maybe you’ll fall

But just stay strong

Just move along


Challenges will make us stronger

Do not falter

Do not feel blue

‘Cause God’s with you.