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Pahimakas

Pahimakas

We’re near the end

Though not there, so

This word doesn’t

Have to bring a tear

Today

Though tears are

Healthy, maybe we

Can save ours for a

Little while and

Say instead

Au revoir (when it’s

Time), A bientot

Ciao, bella (bello)

Hasta luego, hasta

Pronto

See you again (and)

See you soon

Good-bye for now

“We’ll meet again,

Don’t know where,

Don’t know when”

In the sky or on the

Earth or over water

Pahimakas, friends

Pakimakas, family

Where it matters

Always there

“We’ll Meet Again” by Ross Parker, Hughie Charles

first released in 1939

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.

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July 26, 2016 5

psalm 4-something

psalm 4-something

too tired for capital letters

proper phrasing and

reliable numerals

I extend my hope

my hand is open

will I have it when I draw it back

will it be empty with some taken off

will it be an open plain upon which is

something of a gift

something to keep me going

source of sustenance

symbol of believing

even the lines on my palm

might tell me as they intersect

that patterns are really chaos

without some understanding

nothing gnostic or occult

no wise artificial secrets

only openness, like a hand,

when the act is fragile

ready to receive whatever

you place on me to do

July 24, 2016 5

Pre-Lapsarian

Pre-Lapsarian

As some thinkers say,

Before the fall, when

Woman and man had

Concourse without

Guile or agenda save

For pleasure in animal-

Naming and simplicity

In delight, listening-

Awaiting sounds of

Perfect feet on Eden’s

Brilliant plain; and if

They’d proved a nation,

We would have had

Ourselves a world,

Replete, by all mortal-

Divine promises to own

WELCOME EVERYONE!

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July 24, 2016 3

Hebei and Henan

Hebei and Henan

(according to Xinhua news)

Nearly a hundred

Known to have lost

life here in conquests

of water, land, and

souls that are the

floods’ in China.

There are times

when Who is now

our nation’s friend?

has no new meaning.

Prayer and pledge

and action, anyway.

from all of us in

all the nations.

http://in.reuters.com/article/china-floods-idINKCN103078

the photo,

A woman cries as she holds a pig rescued from a flooded farm in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, China, July 22, 2016.

Reuters/Darley Shen

July 23, 2016 5

Likha

Likha

To create creating—

God makes likha first

And then the rest

We fight that truth,

Thinking creation’s

In our hands

We can co-make, even

Co-design—but we

Cannot sidestep,

Much less eschew or

Abrogate, this first

Person manifest

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.

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July 23, 2016 5

Makisig

Makisig

(dashing, well-dressed, gorgeous)

Dashing makes me

Think of dance (not

Sleighs)

The formal kind,

A waltz

A dream-like

Ornate room

Music is ambiance

We stand, we touch

We move through

Rhythm, black and

White, we step

Through space

Mood Indigo

And time

(“Mood Indigo,” a song by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard, 1930)

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.
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July 22, 2016 4

Amihan

Amihan

(in Philippine, northeast wind)

Where I live,

When the weather

Comes from the east,

An unusual day

Arrives with it

Different time is allowed,

No value yet, not

Good or bad

Will the air be dense

With drenched nuclei,

Will the sky be sliced:

Will weighted water

Pummel us from above

Then, once cleansed—no,

Purged—and dried

Will we breathe

An ameliorating atmosphere

As a gift from no one

We know how to thank

Valued thus rendered

In innocence

With feet wet

From Eden’s tears,

We tread home

To do our best

To make

A heaven here

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.
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July 22, 2016 8

Love Song

Love Song

inspired by kundiman

If only I

And with a sigh

Could say I love you

If only you

My one and true

Could say I love you, by

And by, this world will fall

And when it does,

I’ll say because

We could not call

Our own

If only I’d

Been there and tried

To love you only

And if you tried

The rules abide

And could you run

And hide?

If only we

Had sight to see

That we are left to be

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.
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July 20, 2016 3

Habilin

Habilin

A golden ring

A sword by a lady

Genie in the lamp

Silver kept by first

People before

John Reed could

Claim the hero’s

Steed

Who keeps the

Holy Grail? Who

Killed Cock Robin

And, more soberly,

Black Dahlia?

Where is Jimmy

Hoffa? Where

Did D. B. Cooper

Fall? What

Happened to the

Mary Celeste

And Flight 19?

And where is the

Key to my hidden

Heart?

I don’t know

Much about holy

Relics, enigmatic

Personages,

Famous mysteries;

About secrets,

Well, I’ve kept a

Few—I’d rather

Not have had to

To children,

Secrets make

Innocent mischief;

Later, for safety

Sake, they might

Be exigent even

Into years

But, finally,

When the glass

Is no longer

Darkly, when we

Shall see with

Clarity

And all shall be

Known face to

Face,

On that day I

Shall be

Relieved, for

Heavy chore

Has been

Reliving secrets

(First Corinthians 13:12)

WELCOME EVERYONE!

Before you hop on here are the five easy steps to join Word-High July:

Write or create a post inspired or about the Filipino word prompts.
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July 19, 2016 7