Word-High July!

Indak

Indak

Dance with me,

I want to be your partner

What shall it be?

What is danced

Under a Filipino

Moon,

Call it “Buwan” or

“Bulan”?

Something

Spanish or more

Ancient? Or

Worked out

Today?

As long as we

Might touch

Dancing now,

Because as the

Orleans song

Is sung,

And love is all around

Maybe spouse-sun

Will dance, too,

Who might be

“Arawa”

In lore, married

With the moon

All nature dances

To (what is called

In many places)

The

Harmony of spheres

Earth turns

Sun smiles

Gravity collides

With magnetic

Fields

In joy of being a

Universe

Day ends, merges

With jazzy dusk

Ready to step

And slide under

The rhythm of

Choice selection

From a heavenly

Combo:

Night is falling,

And I am calling you:

Dance with me

Touch my hand

And, with me,

Glide

https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-name-that-means-moon-in-filipino

“Dance with Me” recorded by Orleans

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 11, 2016 4

Pagsamo

Pagsamo

Beggars can’t be choosers

If wishes were horses, then

Beggars would ride

Don’t look a gift-horse in

Its mouth

So we should beg for mouthy

Horses

And for wishes

I think I’ve begged, when I’ve

Been scared the most

I begged for life—I begged

For life with you

I begged more than once

For more than one

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 9, 2016 11

Silakbo!

Silakbo!

I’m hurt!

I’m sad!

I’m fine, thank you!

Stop asking!

I’m in love!

I hate you!

I got the job!

I’m so confused!

Stop asking!

I’m lonely!

It hurts!

You’re my friend!

Why have you

stopped asking!

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 8, 2016 10

Kalinaw

Kalinaw

Onomatopoeia

Long-vowel

Sounds (with

Skip of an i in

Between),

K to begin

Consonant-

Firm,

L then

N to give

Brief space,

Ending in

Even of

Silence—simply

To look or

Use another

Sense—the

Word evokes

Feeling and

Presence

Believe

Words have

Power

They do

Find quiet

Say and enter

An utterance,

Door to a

Place

Inside

You’ll know

C L Couch

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July 5, 2016 5

Gunita

Gunita

Remembrance

Until it might

Slip away,

Tripped not on

Forgetfulness

But rather

On the path to

Now

Then matters

Again,

A crystal

Record;

But while you

And I are here

Memory is

Present for the

Present

Even if we

Stumble over

Nostalgia

In our steps to

The sweetness of

This time

C L Couch

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July 4, 2016 10

Tinatangi

Tinatangi

My love

Hello

And

How are you

It’s good

To see you

Upon waking

Shall

We have coffee

Now

With

Continental

Toast on

Which we might

Slather

Something

Sunshine-

Yellow

Breakfast

For me is

Special

When the

Toast could

Have

Some honey

On it, too

Well, C R.

(An alter-ego),

The

Nourishment

Of one

Before me

Now

Is so

Much better

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 3, 2016 7

Timpi

Timpi

Timpi

Timpani

Steady the beat

Avoid the roll

That ends with

A set of

Cymbals’ crash

Self-control

Must be a challenge

In the heat

Even the heat

Inside the

Body

Or maybe in-

Between

Two bodies

Maybe in some

Atoms of

Moments, we

Find control,

Once we

Release it

And yet

Restraint—take

A moment, take

A breath—is

Not a bad

Course, either

Listen

Watch and learn

The lessons

And the rhythms

Of life are

Coming at you

Some assembly

With discretion

Required

Before we

Let all run

And run away

C L Couch

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 2, 2016 12