English 101

Interview with Jane Rowan 04/21 by Breakfree to Success | Blog Talk Radio

2012-01-01T01:52:00.000-08:00

Parenting the Inner Child...

Interview with Jane Rowan 04/21 by Breakfree to Success | Blog Talk Radio

Have you felt sometimes that fulfillment is very elusive for you to achieve? Have you felt that you seem to be sabotaging your plans the moment that you feel you are about to reach it? Have you felt criticizing your work or activity rather than appreciating it when someone happens to like it?

Then you are not alone. Many have been through that kind of experience and have been struggling to be free from such misery. It is not because you are unworthy of some achievement or happiness. It is because of the childhood training that we have learned from our parents.

This training is more of identification or compliance. Identification is when we live like the model parent - somewhat a copy-cat. And compliance is when we do as we are told -- even if it is against our interest and benefit.

So of this parental training later becomes our internal parent which serves to criticize our actions if it is not satisfactory or appears to be pleasant to us.

To be free from this parental control -- even if after the parent is long gone, we need to re – parent ourselves as if we are gain small children to correct the wrong practices taught to us since we were kinds.

Tunog ng Kulog

2011-12-27T20:35:00.000-08:00

Tunog ng Kulog

(Sagot sa tula ni Therese “Lahat Napapatula kung Langit Lumuha” 2)

Nakakabingi ang katahimikan

Katahimikang inaasam – asam

Sa mundong ibabaw

Sa mga taong nais abutin

Abutin ang rurok ng

Pinakamataas na bundok

Bundok na puno ng pakikibaka

Walang tiyak ng patutunguhan

Hindi alam ang kahihinatnan

Kung ang tuwid na daan

Ay makakarating sa patutunguhan

Walang pakialam, kahit sino

Masagasaan, basta ba makamit

Ang mithiin, kaya napuno

Ang sanlibutan ng samu’t – saring

Ingay, hindi alintana

Kahit kanino, mapatid kaya?

Hanggang sa kapusin

Malagutan ng hininga,

Hindi man lang makuhang pagmasdan

Kahit sila ay nakaharang sa daan

Hindi man lang makuhang lumingon

Basta lang ba aabot sa patutunguhan,

Kahit karapatan niyurakan,

Walang nakakaalam sa abang kalagayan

O sadya bang nagbingi – bingihan

O, kay lupit ng tadhanang sinapit…

Hanggang sa umugong

Ang nakakabinging tunog

Tunog na dala ng kulog

Nahihintakutan laha

Sa isip ano kaya ang kasunod?

Napahiyaw ang nais sumigaw

Nabuhayan ng loob

Pati ang tinakasan ng ulirat

Nanunuot ang ligayang dulot

May sumilay na ngiti

Mula sa pisngi, ng mapupulang langit

Tiyak papawi, sa pighati

Sa kaibuturan ng puso

Ng bawat nilalang

May kumakatok

Ang dumadagundong, nakakatuliro

ANG KULOG…

Things to Remember in Analyzing a Poem

2011-11-23T02:17:00.000-08:00

How to Analyze A Poem

In order to understand poetry better, here are ways to unlock the world of verses in order to unlock its wonderful world:

(I am using an original poem from me as basis)

My archangel

Trumpets blaring, echoes resounding

Noises resonating, mind wandering

A lone voice reminding, from the desert parching

Through arid lands plodding, for the rain waiting

Though on its chase unending, it doesn’t fail reminding

Carnal thoughts may be unfulfilling, but it is fleeting

True bliss enlivening, worldly desires denying

Only then in attaining, eternal delight is pure and satisfying

My Archangel is trailing, of this world’s desires unyielding

For self pleasure is not gratifying, but unselfish love is lasting….

A. Persona – the speaker of the poem.

Here the persona is a friend who is grateful to his/her friend.

B. Form – there are several methods an author might use – depends on the style of the author.

a. Couplet – it consists of two lines per stanza

b. Quartet – consists of four lines.

c. Cinquain – a peom consists of five lines per stanza

d. Sestet – consists of six lines.

e. Octave – consists of eight lines

f. Sonnet – although this is a kind of poem it consists of fourteen lines all in all.

g. Free Verse – it does not follow any form, meaning there is no measurement.

In the poem Archangel I am using cinquain.

C. Imagery – it pertain to the five sense in which the poem leaves an impression to create mental images.

The images created from this poem are:

Trumpets blaring – sense of sound

True bliss – sense of feeling/touch

From the desert parching – sense of taste

D. Poetic Devices – are devices used by the author to develop his/her poem.

Note: some of the above mentioned method are still part of the devices, yet I focus on the three for emphasis.

a. Alliteration – the repetition of the initial consonant sounds.

b. Assonance – the repetition of the same vowel sounds.

c. Onomatopoeia – the use of words which imitate sounds.

d. Rhyme – the use of same ending sounds

The devices used by the author are:

Onomatopoeia – trumpets blaring

Echoes resounding

Rhyme – resounding – wandering

Parching – waiting

E. Figurative Languages –

Simile – a comparison of two unlike objects with the emphasis of “as”, like”

Metaphor – a comparison of two unlike objects with the absence of as, like.

Personification – giving an inanimate object as if it were human.

Irony – a statement which is actually a reverse of its true intention.

Hyperbole – an exaggeration for special effect.

Here are some of the figurative languages used in the poem My Archangel:

Through arid lands plodding, for the rain waiting – hyperbole

Carnal thoughts may be unfulfilling, but it is fleeting – irony

Good luck! Enjoy reading poetry…

On Loneliness

2011-09-06T22:19:00.000-07:00

On Loneliness

You're like a thief
Snatching my happiness away
You're like the cloud
Wiping the sun's smile eventually
You're so cruel
Crushing my heart into pieces
You're like the Angel of Death
Wreaking havoc wherever you go...

Leave me
I implore you
Please put this heart of mine to rest
I don't want to feel the emptiness
I don't want to go on like this...

I want the sun to shine
Upon my face
I want the smile to show
Upon my lips
Free me, release me...

Only then can I say
That life is worth living
If you are still in me, with me
I know bliss is elusive
So the only respite for this...
Is the time when you
Open the cage
And let me flutter my wings...

IN RESPONSE TO LONELINESS
(from a poet to a poetess)(ADV)

If I were like the thief
who snatched the brief...
moments or like the clouds
that shreded a sun’s smile,
I would not crash
a heart in pieces,
fetch a death’s disease,
or tarry on a toxic mile.

For as I leave I left
untouched, bereft
from right to left
the words untold
in deep accord
while empty hands parlayed
a struggling fray, allayed
in verses bleak to reach
perchance to teach
the radiant glow of souls.

Smile, my friend and
let this beam, this light
descend upon your noble life
as we pass through the strife,
of nebulous arrays conveyed
in thoughts we dare not say.
Your life is worth a living lived
to which your freedom strongly cleaved,
the cage we think was locked and closed
is nothing else than thoughts imposed.

Bliss and peace are in your hands
my dear, so let those wings
bring forth a mystic wand,
flutter freely through the lands
and let your freedom sing
the magic of your strand.

So as we smile or sing or cry
the joy we have should not go by,
for poems are penned by fools like me
but only God can make us free.

Here I am Friend

2011-09-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

Here I am Friend

In my loneliness

I think of you

In my blissfulness

There were you

These past days

I always reminisce

The times that we are together

The smiles and the laughter

And now I seem to be

Flotsams in the sea

In which the waves carry

Wherever they take me

What I can’t understand

The emptiness I feel inside

For you may have forsaken

And you may have changed then

My only wish for you

Wherever you may go

In the city of lights

You’ll continue your flight

The success that you aim

That has always been your dream

In the hope of life’s improvement

That’s why you left my friend

I wish you will bear in mind

The place you left behind

And this forlorn friend

That misses you and always has been…

Ako Kini Higala

Sa akong paginusara

Gihandom ka

Sa akong pagmaya

Gihanduraw ka

Sa mga adlaw nga nilabay

Ako kanunay nagsubay – subay

Sa mga panahon nga gikauban ka kanunay

Kung diin ikaw nagtalidhay

Ug karon ako nahisama

Sa mga gapnod gipasa – pasa

Sa balod gidala – dala

Ug bisan asa mahitugpa

And dili ko mahisabtan

Kanunay naghuot kining dughan

Tingali imo nga gikalimtan

Ug dako kana ug kausaban

Ang bugtong kong panghinaot

Nga sa imong pagsuot – suot

Sa syudad nga magahob

Imo untang makab ot

Ang pangandoy nga tugpaw

Subay sa imong panglantaw

Nga ang imong kahimtang mousbaw

Maong nitalikod ikaw

Hinaut nga dili nimo hikalimtan

Ang imong gigikanan

Ug kining higalang naa sa kasub anan

Tungod kanimo akong gikamingawan….

Ako Ito Kaibigan

Sa aking pagiisa

Iniisip kita

Sa aking pagsasaya

Ikaw ay naaalala

Sa mga araw na nagdaan

Aking binabalik – balikan

Ang mga sandaling tayo’y nagkuwentuhan

At ikaw ay lagging nasiyahan

Heto ako ngayon

Parang yagit na patalun - talon

Tinangay tangay ng alon

Hindi alam saang banda paroon

Ang hindi ko lubos maisip

Bakit dibdib ko’y nagsisikip

Tiyak hindi mo napagtanto

Malaki na ang iyong pagbabago

Ang tanging hiling ko

Na sa iyong paglayo

Sa lungsod na magarbo

Itanim sa iyong ulo

Ang matayog mong pangarap

Para sa buhay na masarap

At alisin ang pamilya sa hirap

Kaya ikaw ay nagpapakahirap

Usal ko’y huwag mong kalimutan

Ang iyong Inang bayan

At ang tunay mong kaibigan

Na maghintay sa iyo mapasa walang hanggan…

At A Glance (The Letter)

2011-09-04T00:59:00.000-07:00

From the Novel written by Nicholas Sparks

The main character was lost in her own reverie while jogging on a beach and found a letter enclosed in a bottle...the letter touched her so much:
And this is the story behind my poem “At A Glance”

July 22, 1997
My Dearest Catherine,
I miss you, my darling, as I always do, but today is especially hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together. I can almost feel you beside me as I write this letter, and I can smell the wildflowers that always reminds me of you. But at this moment, these things give me no pleasure. Your visits have been coming less often, and I feel sometimes as if the greatest part of who I am is slipping away.
I am trying, though. At night when I am alone, I call for you, and whenever my ache seems to be the greatest, you still seem to find a way to return to me. Last night, in my dreams, I saw you on the pier near Wrightsville Beach. The wind was blowing through your hair, and your eyes held the fading sunlight. I am struck as I see you leaning against the rail. You are beautiful, I think as I see you, a vision that I can never find in anyone else. I slowly begin to walk toward you, and when you finally turn to me, I notice that the others have been watching you as well. "Do you know her? They ask me in jealous whispers, and as you smile at me, I simply answer with the truth. "Better than my own heart."
I stop when I reach you and take you in my arms. I long for this moment more than any other. It is what I live for, and when you return my embrace, I give myself over to this moment, at peace once again.
i raise my hand and gently touch your cheek and you tilt your head and close my eyes. My hands are hard and your skin is soft, and I wonder for a moment if you'll pull back, but of course you don't. You never have, and it is at times like this that I know what my purpose is in life.
I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return. I am here because there is no place to be.
But then, as always, the mist starts to form as we stand close to one another. It is a distant fog that rises from the horizon, and I find that I grow fearful as it approaches. It slowly creeps in, enveloping the world around us, fencing us in as if to prevent escape. Like a rolling cloud, it blankets everything, closing, until there is nothing left but the two of us.
I feel my throat begin to close and my eyes well up with tears because I know it is time for you to go. The look you give me at that moment haunts me. I feel your sadness and my own loneliness, and the ache in my heart that had been silent for only a short time grows stronger as you release me. And then you release your arms and step back into the fog because it is your place and not mine. I long to go with you, but your only response is to shake your head because we both know that it is impossible.
And I watch with breaking heart as you slowly fade away. I find myself straining to remember everything about this moment, everything about you. But soon, always too soon, your image vanishes and the fog rolls back to its faraway place and I am alone and the pier and I do not care what others think as I bow my head and cry and cry and cry.
Garrettt

One Hello

2011-09-03T20:29:00.000-07:00

One Hello

You said hello

When I was blue

You said hi

When life has gone by

Life has been

All over again

When our road met

I was on one way street

You take the sadness away

The emptiness that’s been my way

The bareness that’s felt

All these melt

Alas! The paradox of life

When everything is in strife

All I can think of

Whether forever is enough

When I met you

All I want is to go

On and on with phantasm

To be in that chasm

For in the real world

Happiness is devoid

Only sadness is experienced

And thus remained…

Hoax

2011-08-29T22:56:00.000-07:00

Hoax

Your ways were not that subtle

You had me at a knee deep to ankle

You promised me a bundle

It brought nothing but trouble

You appeared out of nowhere

You promised to love me forever

You told me my troubles are over

My knight in shining armour is here

You were God sent for me

At those times I was so happy

I uttered a sigh, Finally

I’m gonna be free

Now I can sense a storm is brewing

An alligator is nearby lurking

Trying to get me, had me flunking

Oh, what a nightmare ‘twas in the offing

When I woke up, I realized you’re a hoax

Love for you is full of flukes

You had nothing but hawks

You wanted nothing but to put me in hooks

You were in a feeding frenzy

You put this damsel in distress to wary

The feelings could never allay

The castle crumbled and gone a nary…

Love Lost...Love Regained...

2011-08-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

Love lost…love regained…

The lights dimmed

Twas about to be perished

In the heart it is dying

Though it wants to keep on trying...

Perchance so to speak

Because it has to seek

Of love that is lost

On its past ghost

But hope is striving to peek

Put glimmer on feelings already weak

Aiming to vanish the gloom

That may lead to its doom

It seems to grow anew

To wipe away the blue

Alas! though love may seem slumbering

Yet it is in the heart waiting

For whatever that is lost

And you may forget to boast

Something being taketh away

Will surely go back and find its way...

In Response to Beyond the Mountains of

2011-08-25T05:59:00.000-07:00

(In response to Beyond the Mountains Of)

Another Dimension

Beyond the horizon

Is another life dimension

Another chapter unfolds

One man boldly holds

He is the sole refuge

Even in times of deluge

He’s known not to buckle

He will boldly tackle

No wonder he’s a super hero

Being worshipped by his alter ego

Doesn’t think of it a fraught

Even his efforts will come to naught

At the end of the day

What’s left, is kept at bay

A man who knows nothing

Is left still wondering

The world is for all to see

Yet, he let others be

He, in his own nook

Just left it on the hook…

On Happiness

2011-08-25T05:15:00.000-07:00

On Happiness

You asked me the moon

I’ll give you the sun

You asked me the river

I’ll give you the ocean

You asked for peace

I’ll give you serenity

You asked me solitude

I’ll give you tranquility

You asked a smile

I’ll give you laughter

You asked for a glimmer of hope

I’ll give you the sun’s rays

You asked for a minute

I’ll give you my 24/7

Anything you asked

I will give it to you

For your happiness

Is my ultimate wish

Nothing in this world

Can compensate

The affection

I’m willing to give

For a very dear friend

My archangel…

Whisper

2011-08-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

Your whisper is as soft as the breeze

It leaves a tingling sensation, a caress

Your pitfall, draw me like an abyss

A void, we can’t escape, my heart’s a mess

Oceans keep as apart, you’re miles away

I can’t escape, can’t help but be lonely

This heart feels nothing but worry

Oftentimes, I feel so weary

Yet as I gaze at the stars,

And think of the multitude of scars

This heart has boldly taken

And long dreamed to be awaken

One day, when I’ll open my eyes and see

There is no face I want to behold

The days and distance are nothing untold

If only, you’ll be here beside me

In order to wipe away these tears

That is coursing through my fears

And once again, I’ll hear you whisper

My love, I will always be HERE…

BULONG

Napakalamyos ng iyong bulong

Lumikha ng banayad na ugong

Ngunit ang mahirap, nasa malayo ka

Puso ko’y laging nangungulila

Karagatan, kabundukan nasa ating pagitan

At ako’y nabahid ng kalungkutan

At sa puso maiwasanang mangamba

Nakakapagod kaya ang mag isa

Ngunit ng tingalain mga bituin sa langit

Mga pasakit sa buhay iwaksing pilit

Itong abang katawan walang takot humarap

Kaya hindi maiwasang sa aking pagising mangarap

Isang araw, sa aking pagdilat

Walang ibang mukha makita sa aking pagmulat

Ang pagitan natin ay mapaparam

Kung ikaw andito, mawala lahat ng agam – agam

Pahirin mo sana aking mga luha

Patuloy na dumadaloy dahil sa nangamba

Sana minsan aking mapakinggan

Sabihin mo sa akin, hindi mo ako iiwan…

My Light

2011-08-24T04:23:00.000-07:00

You’re the sunshine after the heavy rain

You remove the mist on a foggy day

With your easy way, you make me stay

Life is not vain because you remove the pain

You give light on my darkened path

With your radiance I take a bath

You restored the faith that has been lost

That’s why I’m grateful to you most

A great ally in the days that gone by

Always singing me with your lullaby

I only felt camaraderie by your side

A great chance for me to abide

A great mentor because of your loving way

In you I find my only refuge

My sole comforter in times of deluge

I want to remain and forever stay…

Emergence of the Soul

2011-08-23T06:12:00.000-07:00

the words coursed through my veins

quickened my pulses

plunged into the deepest concave

of the innermost core

waiting, waiting,

slowly, gradually

resting, slumbering

suddenly awakened

by a very soft caress

of a warm and tender kiss

the sprinkle of comforting adage…

tickled and titillated

fragrant as an angel’s breath

emboldened by the clashing and the lashing

of the surreal dreams

of the ardent lovers

of the words

retracted its steps

passed through

the intricacies of the maze

it wrapped itself in…

flowing, drifting

rushing, sliding…

it splurged

and with wonderment and awe

to the cosmic realm

its eyes behold

at last it has emanated

and basked at the glow

the emergence of the soul…

The UNSUNG POETRY

2011-07-19T07:44:00.001-07:00

The lapping of the tide

The whisper of the breeze

Of a love’s sweet embrace

Nature is in union

Of the two souls

Who meet not by chance

But by destiny

By gazing at the stars

Their fate entwined

And sealed by the sweet

Fervor of love

Blazing inside the innermost

Concave of their hearts

It resonates to the four walls

Resounding the ultimate bliss

Of a warm tender kiss

Words uttered of an undying flame

Can’t be extinguished

By the ebbing tide

In the morrow it surely will come

To claim its utmost prize

The heart of the lady

Who stood by the seashore

Making its descent slowly

Into the arms of the Thespian knight

Who could surely engulf

The Serena with his undying LOVE…