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The Spouse

 by Luis Dato Rose in her hand, and moist eyes young with weeping, She stands upon the threshold of her house, Fragrant with scent that wakens love from sleeping, She looks far down to where her husband plows. Her hair dishevelled in the night of passion, Her warm limbs humid with the sacred strife, What may she know but man and woman fashion Out of the clay of wrath and sorrow—Life? She holds no joys beyond the day’s tomorrow, She finds no worlds beyond her love’s embrace; She looks upon the Form behind the furrow, Who is her Mind, her Motion, Time and Space. O somber mystery of eyes unspeaking, O dark enigma of Life’s love forlorn; The Sphinx beside the river smiles with seeking The secret answer since the world was born.

The Sick Rose

 by William Blake O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

Lyric 17

  José Garcia Villa  - 1908-1997 First, a poem must be magical, Then musical as a sea-gull. It must be a brightness moving And hold secret a bird’s flowering. It must be slender as a bell, And it must hold fire as well. It must have the wisdom of bows And it must kneel like a rose. It must be able to hear The luminance of dove and deer. It must be able to hide What it seeks, like a bride. And over all I would like to hover God, smiling from the poem’s cover.

Moonlight on Manila Bay

 by Fernando M. Maramag (1893 – 1936) A light, serene, ethereal glory rests Its beams effulgent on each crestling wave; The silver touches of the moonlight wave The deep bare bosom that the breeze molests; While lingering whispers deepen as the wavy crests Roll with weird rhythm, now gay, now gently grave; And floods of lambent light appear the sea to pave- All cast a spell that heeds not time‘s behests. Not always such the scene; the din of fight Has swelled the murmur of the peaceful air; Here East and West have oft displayed their might; Dark battle clouds have dimmed this scene so fair; Here bold Olympia, one historic night, Presaging freedom, claimed a people‘s care.

Of Fish, Flies, Dogs, and Women By Timothy R. Montes

  The story starts when the woman tells her miserable life before achieving success to the flat character Mana Biben. She sells fish with her foot with in her town because she was afraid with the market place competition. Courage and Strength of Women is the focus of the whole story in flashback. The Fish symbolizes the woman, dogs as husband, problems and Flies represents as Gossips and struggles. However, this story will tell the readers how the woman had become successful by selling fish on foot by going through a lot of obstacles and it also depicts that if fear takes over u and listening to gossips attain nothing. This literature piece demonstrates that being in burden or misery is not the end of your line in life, but being hardworking, smart and fearless will lead you somewhere to success you don’t usually expect. .

The Use of Force by William Carlos Wiliam

  From the story, the difficulties that people have towards separating their emotions and standards represents William. The doctor’s behavior towards the girl and the young patient’s reaction lay emphasis on the focus of this literature. However, the use of attitude, the narrator portrays his character as a credible doctor in the story. The character of both the patient and the doctor reveal a possible issue comparable in real life. During this period there is an epidemic of diphtheria, which worsens the situation forcing the doctor to take aggressive measures in treating his patient. Revealed through his words, the doctor first tries kindness but when he failed he resorts to using force. His use of force on the patient cannot be condoned as he was compelled by his emotions, and that is not what a doctor does, he failed to maintain his composure. He broke his own standards, followed his emotions and hurt the child, even though he was saving her life.

Touch Move by Peter Mayshle

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  Stories commonly have moral lessons or a plot for all ages. “Touch move” written by Peter Mayshle has an explicit topic and starts with a person and Roman playing chess. The story begins were the siblings are playing chess. The queen chess piece is the most privileged piece of each color it represents females in a society. As they were playing chess Roman’s brother started telling story about a woman on what he experienced in the night of August when typhoon is whipping down and got Roman distracted in the game. This literary work wants to us to know that innocence could help you to walk straightly to your aim but curiosity could be your distraction but in the end as you realize and applied wisdom it would lead you to the right path.