Copy and paste your RiteCounter code between the and tag. You can paste it right after the or right before the tag. Poems for Guimaras: 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006

Saturday, September 30, 2006

After Cleaning

after cleaming
the shorelines of Guimaras
tourists return

Friday, September 29, 2006

New Moon

the oil-spilled worker
never complains of wiping leaves--
a new moon

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Passing Clouds

passing clouds--
father gets back
his hook and line

Sunrise

sunrise--
everybody wants
to clean the dark shorelines

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Ring Yuhum

kinilometrong oil spill
halin sa Guimaras hasta sa Iloilo--
ring yuhum

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Morning

morning--
he mends
his fishing net

Friday, September 22, 2006

Behind The Smile

behind the smile--
the shadow
of yesterday

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Wiping A Mangrove Leaf

wiping a mangrove leaf--
I pause
for a souvenir picture

Oil Coated Mangrove

oil coated mangrove tree here
.....oil coated mangrove tree there
...........and more everywhere

Pathway

pathway--
her smile
lightens my journey

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Inay

Inay,
ham-at maeapuyot
ro baybayon?

After Supper

after supper--
nobody wants
to stay near the shores

Monday, September 18, 2006

From the Air

from the air—
oil sheen in Panay Gulf
from Solar I

Sunday, September 17, 2006

The Rising Sun

oil slick--
the rising sun
over Guimaras hills

Sunrise

sunrise--
she wipes away
Guimaras' tears

Day End

day end—
a snail falls down
from an oil-coated mangrove tree

The Morning After

morning after the oil spill—
tourists pack up
their bags

Darkening Sand

oil spill—
tourists look back
at the darkening sand of Guimaras

Solar I

August 11—
Solar I tanker looks at the skies
for the last time

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Hook and Line

father hangs
his hook and line--
oil coated corals

Guimaras Mangoes

Guimaras oil spill--
mangoes remain
sweet

Leaf by Leaf

oil spill
mangrove trees die
leaf by leaf

Guimaras

Guimaras--
your shores will whiten
like the dark skies

Oil Spill

oil spill--
black barefeet
on the shore

Friday, September 15, 2006

Welcome to Poems for Guimaras

I created this site to help create awareness on the plight of Guimaras residents who have been affected by the oil spill that took place on August 11, 2006. The major source of income, which is fishing, of the people of Guimaras especially those who live near the seashore has been greatly affected. Now many of them cannot fish because of the oil slick. Their mangroves have also been damaged and this will take a long time for the area to recover.
Hundreds of inhabitants have contacted diseases because of the oil spill.
It's good that many people in and out of Guimaras have been thier help.
Through poems, we can lighten their heavy loads.