"love is patient
love is kind,"
best if shared around
The theme of this Sunday's morning service is love. I thought of adding another line to form a haiku.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
God's blessings
About Cinquain
Cinquain, created and developed by the American poet Adelaide Crapsey in the early 1900, is a five-line unrhymed poem with 22 syllables arranged as 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2. It's name is derived from the French word cinq which means five. It is somehow related to the Japanese haiku and tanka. The contemporary cinquain is usually titled, the title becoming an integral part of the poem.
Unfortunately, Crapsey died at an early age of 37 from tuberculosis so she was not able to develop the poetic form any further. Lately though, cinquain has been enjoying a healthy revival especially among haiku writers as well as other poets. I have already posted cinquains here, My New Year’s Wish and Aloneness are examples and here is another, a bilingual one.
GOD'S BLESSINGS
Tagalog, a Philippine language:
Walang
nangyayari
sa buhay ng tao
di may kagalingang dulot
ng D’yos.
English version:
Nothing
happens in life
without some good in it
coming from the munificience
of God.
Cinquain, created and developed by the American poet Adelaide Crapsey in the early 1900, is a five-line unrhymed poem with 22 syllables arranged as 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2. It's name is derived from the French word cinq which means five. It is somehow related to the Japanese haiku and tanka. The contemporary cinquain is usually titled, the title becoming an integral part of the poem.
Unfortunately, Crapsey died at an early age of 37 from tuberculosis so she was not able to develop the poetic form any further. Lately though, cinquain has been enjoying a healthy revival especially among haiku writers as well as other poets. I have already posted cinquains here, My New Year’s Wish and Aloneness are examples and here is another, a bilingual one.
GOD'S BLESSINGS
Tagalog, a Philippine language:
Walang
nangyayari
sa buhay ng tao
di may kagalingang dulot
ng D’yos.
English version:
Nothing
happens in life
without some good in it
coming from the munificience
of God.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
New Year's Wish
To love
and to be loved,
that's all I need in life,
not transient fame or wealth, but yes
true love.
and to be loved,
that's all I need in life,
not transient fame or wealth, but yes
true love.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti earthquake
Haiti nightmare
hundreds of thousands dead
and many more homeless
battered by non-discriminating
deadly earthquake
We offer our fervent prayers for the earthquake victims and their kins! The world mourns with and for you.
hundreds of thousands dead
and many more homeless
battered by non-discriminating
deadly earthquake
We offer our fervent prayers for the earthquake victims and their kins! The world mourns with and for you.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Second love
warmth of her touch
in that snowy weekend
fantasy fling
am I ready or a fool
to fall in love again
Modern English Tanka
Volume 1, Number 2. Winter 2006.
in that snowy weekend
fantasy fling
am I ready or a fool
to fall in love again
Modern English Tanka
Volume 1, Number 2. Winter 2006.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Love song
dining alone
the piped-in music plays
our love song
Notes from the Gean:
A Journal of Japanese Short Forms
Vol. 1, Issue 3, December 2009
the piped-in music plays
our love song
Notes from the Gean:
A Journal of Japanese Short Forms
Vol. 1, Issue 3, December 2009
Friday, January 1, 2010
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