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.

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.

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.

UPP staTULA # 4

By Rayla Marie Recci Castillo and Maria Fatima Doce

If I could reach the end of the rainbow,
Would I find a pot of gold there?
If I could see flashes of the future,
Would I be able to clutch them with both of my hands?

Through my eyes, nothing can be seen
Colors have no way to have existed.
Many times I was lost in the labyrinth filled with shadows
Countlessly numbed by the failures of search for light.

I trudged on the wrong paths on many fateful days.
I failed many times and in many different ways.
Swathed in a cold and lonely atmosphere,
I became hopeless, solitary and blue.

Clamped in my solitude, I wondered
Could the self-destructive feeling get any worse?
Looking up, I struggle through the clouds for answers
Screaming deep inside, "Where is the way out?"

I heard the sound of my heart breaking,
Faster than my knees hitting the ground.
Perhaps a dash of hope could help me up,
Because I am pretty sure, I cannot fall any harder now.

While covering my psyche with the black blanket knitted by me
No way did my lowly mind expected how someone could have pulled it away so suddenly
My eyes were pained by the immediate light
An unexplainable blissful feeling has then gradually surrounded the lonely soul in me.

One by one, I picked up the pieces of my broken heart.
I dusted myself off and prepared for a better start.
Slowly, I stood up from the misery I so long have crouched down under.
I removed the despairing mask I so long have hid behind.

As if my eyes have only opened now.
People and things around me started to look so differently.
Smiles and colors are everywhere to be found,
I know for a fact, this is gonna be my start.

I could see the world clearer now,
With no tears to blur the view.
It's taken me too long to find out
That the spark of hope I've been waiting for has been with me all along.

Alas, the pot of gold is shimmering in front of me.
Life has started to glow persistently.
I walk with the future ahead of me,
but I understand that the fire of hope will never fail me.

UPP staTULA # 3

By Faye Yangyang and Maria Fatima Doce

Aba! Boss na pala ako!
Ngunit hindi lang basta-bastang boss no.
Naglilingkod sa aking presidente pa mismo!
Gayunman nalaman ko,
Mga boss din pala nya kayo.
Kung sino ang susundin, sana wag syang malito.

Hindi maitatanggi ng marami
Baya'y nanggaling sa isang malagim na gabi
Siyam na taong nagdurusa
Diyos ko, nasaan ang awa?
Ngunit heto ngayon, lideratong bago
Bagong aabangan ng buong mundo
Loob man ng nakakarami'y bigo na
Kami nagsusumamo, huwag mo naman sanang ilugmok pa

Karisma mo ay hindi maitatanggi,
Kaya nga ikaw sa pagka-hari ang syang nagwagi.
Ngunit gaano kaya tatagal
Bango mo sa mga kababayan?
Mula sa iyo, kailangan ay makita ang aksyon
Upang mga batikos ay hindi siyang umambon.

UPP staTULA # 2

By Kiveli Venz Paneda and Karen Christine Moroño

Pang-ilang sembreak ko na rin ito

Simula ng ako'y pumasok sa kolehiyo
Panahong laging inaasahan tuwing pasukan
Ngunit pag dumating na'y sanhi ng pagkabagot ng isipan

Sabi nila, mas masarap

ang mga bagay pag dumaan sa hirap
sa tinagal tagal ng paghihintay
sa wakas, ika'y akin nang nalasap

Oras para sa sarili, sa pamilya at sa mga hilig

Sa sembreak naibibigay sabay pa sa pakikinig ng himig
Maraming mga imbitasyon na gumala kasama ang barkada
Maari din naman gugulin ang oras sa iyong sinta

Hindi ko alam kung anong meron ka

Na nagdudulot sakin ng kakaibang ligaya
Iniisip ka pa lang ako'y sumasaya
Ngayong akin ka na. wala nang hahanapin pa

Basahin ang mga nobela na matagal din naitago

Manood ng mga pelikulang minsan may kurot sa puso
Magpuyat hanggang madaling-araw, matulog hanggang tanghali
Mag-internet, mag-FB, mag-kompyuter hanggang sumakit ang daliri

Salamat at makakatambay na maghapon

Matapos ang matagal na paghahapo
Manonood rin ako ng Chuck
Acads? Go to hell, What the F***!

Tatlo hanggang limang araw magagawa mo ito, pagkatapos ano?

Humanda ka na para harapin ang pagkabagot na nakakapanlumo
Gusto mong may gawin ngunit tinatamad ka naman
At dun mo mahihiling, "Sana malapit ng pasukan."

Kunsabagay, ako man ay naiinip na rin

Naubusan na ako ng gagawin
Naisip ko pa ang grades ko sa thesis
Wala pa rin akong topic, nakakainis!

Dun mo din maaalala iyong mga ginagawa sa eskwela
At mapagtatanto na kahit nagrereklamo ka, ang mga ito'y mahal mo rin pala
Lilipas ang mga araw sa pag-aantay muli sa pasukan
At sa pagsisimula ng mga klase hihilingin mong, "Sana sembreak nanaman."

Sembreak, mahal kita ngunit ang misyon ko ay matuto
Sandali kang pahinga bago ko harapin ang mundo
Kung mayroon akong ayaw sayo,
Yun ay dahil wala akong baon.