(This Poem was composed by a fourth year high school classmate, Rey Baquirin, whom classmates called the "walking encyclopedia" back in 1969. I liked it so much that i adopted it as my own, with Rey's permission. Three years later, a colleague in UP Baguio...intimated that she, whom i shall call Shanti Devi, had fallen head over heals in love with my classmate...I gave her the poem...saying that it was written by Rey. The poem reached its intended recipient after three years. Shanti was my closest friend in college. We used to walk in Burnham Park, while she was singing "Vincent.")
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder," they say...
and so i hope.
For if your heart finds that you care a little,
you'll care more,
as much as i care in my being's core.
And then, though out of sight,
not out of mind am i,
and i'd be happy, even though sway.
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder," they say...
and so i hope.
For if your heart finds that you care a little,
you'll care more,
as much as i care in my being's core.
And then, though out of sight,
not out of mind am i,
and i'd be happy, even though sway.
from Marissa Lamug:"How very true.....the benefit concert made me miss Baguio so much....i'll post the video when I get back to Santa Clara."
ReplyDeletefrom Ella : hi! this poem is very familiar. was this in your book?
ReplyDeletehi Ella! Nice hearing from you. Where are you now? Please make me a friend in facebook, so we could get in touch. No, the poem is not in the book...but in my archives. Familiar ba? Nakakamiss di ba?
ReplyDeletefrom Ella: Im based here in Florida. Been here since 2005 with my family,I learned from Ate Lany that you're no longer connected with UNDP. I'll try to open FB when i get home. Im currently still at work right now.
ReplyDeleteNice blog!
From Shanti Devi:
ReplyDeleteGosh, I blush with a teen-agers naivete. I did love that poem, and it is beautiful your writing about how we shared it.
If you tell me where are your whereabouts, maybe at my next holiday we can connect. I just returned from 5 weeks between Sydney, Vietnam and all over the Philippines (Bohol where my parents retired, Dumaguete where my brother Noel is the minister of the church in Silliman University, Boracay where my daughter Mira
got married, and Baguio where most of my family still reside). Great to reconnect with you, Ces.
Magnificent...thought provoking...down to earth...to say the least. It was so easy to relate to all the stories as anybody could have been in those situations while growing up...vividly captured as if i am living those moments again. My FLP friend Cesar, i guess i never really knew who you are until after 30 years. I am honored by your friendship. ric quizon 4/8/10
ReplyDeletemr, Cesar D. Liporada did have a poem about "on learning"
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