Faceless Valentine
Somewhere in sunset's gold,
Somehow you will be there,
In silhouettes of lovely trees
Starkly etched on twilight skies.
I shall hear your serenades
In whispering bamboo leaves,
In sampaguita garlands
Encircling my heart with song!
How your laughter in the wind
Shall caress me with its joy,
To leave me ever breathless
In wide-eyed wonderment!
Your cry in deepest night
Shall startle me to wakefulness,
As distant whistle of a train
Passing through teen-age years.
In Shangri-la of youthful dreams
You are no fantasy,
For who can say we never met,
Dear faceless Valentine?
Oriental Madonna
Sonnet To A Philippine Urn
Wanderer's Song
Corps De Ballet
Summer Idyl
Fourteen
Maid Of Mabanglu
Faceless Valentine
Why?
First Love
Lost Love
Morning At Laguna De Bay
Night of the Aswang
Ferris Wheel
Intrusion
Telephone Conversation
Ing Balen Cung Bamban
The Sibal Family History In the nineteenth century, in the southern tip of Tarlac province in Luzon, Philippines, a dozen siblings came from the province of Pampanga and founded the town of Bamban.The siblings were surnamed Sibal and consisted of eleven brothers and one sister who married a Maristela man. The Sibal brothers called this place Bamban because of the smooth, thornless bamboo that grew in large clumps and the name of this bamboo is “bamban.” The place was very fertile for fields of rice and sugar cane and all kinds of fruit trees. It was very near the foothills of the large chain of Sierra madre mountains where abound hardwood trees of narra, lauan, wild animals such as deer, wild boars and all kinds of flora and fauna. The mountains were on the western side of Bamban, while on the southern side ran a river that teemed with fish. On the banks of this river called Parua, there were stones and sparkling sand brought by the current. The bank of the river was a forest full of pine trees (Pinus insularis) and the wind whistled its song through their boughs. At that time, Bamban was a veritable paradise. more>>
