Balintawtaw
Look me in the eye
Balintawtaw
How might
It undulate
Do you wave in
Love or fright
Attributes that
Can be shared, you
Know:
Each evokes
A shaking of
Soul-senses
Overcome one
To have the
Other—you decide
Then with one
Intent, look the
Other in the eye
In balintawtaw
Word-High July: Welcome!
Maria of Doodles and Scribbles and I [that’s Rosema at rosemawrites] are more than excited to read your takes on the 30 Beautiful Filipino Words.
- Write or create a post inspired or about the Filipino word prompts.
- A post can be anything. A poem, a fiction, a six-word tale, or even a photo. It’s all up to you.
- Linkback/create a pingback to this post: Word-High July 30 Beautiful Filipino Words. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do a pingback.
- Tag your post with WordHighJuly, so your co-bloggers will be able to read/see your take on the prompt. Here’s how you create tags.
- Most important of all, read and comment to your blogger friends (old and new found, we’ll never know).
HOP ON and let’s all GET WORD-HIGH this JULY!
July 14, 2016 at 7:52 pm
Enjoyed the use of the word in this!
July 15, 2016 at 8:04 pm
Thank you, Sam! These are great words, thanks to our Filipino friends.
July 15, 2016 at 2:16 am
great work, Tthe more I read it the deeper it gets…I like that. This list of Tagalog words is cool…I a.minspired tto work on one too. 🙂
July 15, 2016 at 2:18 am
oops… that should read “I am inspired to work on one myself…”
July 15, 2016 at 8:05 pm
Thank you for the going-deeper! I mean for the poem to have layers. You’re right: the list is cool. I’m happy to hear that you’re going to work with it.
July 17, 2016 at 1:35 pm
yeah, having a deeper understanding has its perks, but also draw-backs; sometimes it might be better to be ignorant of a situation?
July 17, 2016 at 9:14 pm
Yes, depth can have harsh elements.
July 15, 2016 at 6:03 am
ooooooooh. I agree. this wise poem provides a deeper meaning to the word! great, brother!
July 15, 2016 at 8:07 pm
Thank you, sister. It’s a special pleasure to know you find meaning in the exploring of words you know so well.