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Children of Two Seasons
Lara Saguisag, Hubert B. Fucio
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Children of Two Seasons
Lara Saguisag, Hubert B. Fucio
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A collection of heartwarming and humorous poetry for and about children, filled with Filipino word play, everyday Filipino happenings, and unquestionable Filipino values subtly but expertly woven into delightful and memorable lines.
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Anvil Publishing, Inc.ISBN
9789712729164
Topic
LiteraturaSubtopic
Poesía Two Seasons
First, dry.
The thick heat is everywhere
beating down from the sun
rising from the asphalt
blowing in as slow, heavy wafts.
Everything is baked.
Then, wet.
The sky turns dreary, gray
with clouds. Typhoons bluster in
dumping weeks of rain.
Sometimes the brown puddles rise
and seep into our houses.
Everything is drenched.
But children are always out
soaked in summer sweat
or dancing in monsoon rain.
They play.
They laugh.
They bloom.
By the Canal
Imbo says
I’m going to catch the most tadpoles today
and I say
Maybe not
and he says
I always do
and he walks along the edge
of the canal, swinging
his empty can.
I say
You have the bigger can
and he says
So what
and I whisper
Cheat
I lean over the brown water
and see how dark my face is.
The tadpoles sense me
and scatter, a tiny
black outburst.
Mama is hanging clothes
behind our house
She shouts
Are you kids by the canal
and I yell
No
and she shouts
So dirty there
and Imbo yells
We’re being careful
He lies down, belly on ground.
I stretch out beside him.
We watch the tadpoles,
madly swimming.
A bubuli scuttles by
the water’s edge, its scales
catching light, its claws green
and sharp on the soil.
The sun presses
warmly on the back
of my neck. I could...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
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APA 6 Citation
Saguisag, L., & Fucio, H. Children of Two Seasons ([edition unavailable]). Anvil Publishing, Inc. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/975139/children-of-two-seasons-pdf (Original work published)
Chicago Citation
Saguisag, Lara, and Hubert Fucio. Children of Two Seasons. [Edition unavailable]. Anvil Publishing, Inc. https://www.perlego.com/book/975139/children-of-two-seasons-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Saguisag, L. and Fucio, H. Children of Two Seasons. [edition unavailable]. Anvil Publishing, Inc. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/975139/children-of-two-seasons-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Saguisag, Lara, and Hubert Fucio. Children of Two Seasons. [edition unavailable]. Anvil Publishing, Inc. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.