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Halamanang Ligtas (Sheltered Garden by H.D.)a poetry translation from English to Tagalog

11 Saturday Nov 2023

Posted by Su Layug in Autumn, Filipino, garden, Poetry Translation, Tagalog

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Beauty, Filipino translation, Poetry, sheltered life, Tagalog translation, violent beauty

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Sheltered Garden (excerpt) by H.D. (American poet, novelist, and memoirist,1886-1961) For this beauty, beauty without strength, chokes out life. I …

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Origin by Marjorie M. Evasco (Philippines) (entire original poem printed w/ permission from the author)

23 Saturday Jun 2012

Posted by Su Layug in Poetry Translation

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Alternate Paradise, Alternate Worldview, Benevolent God, Creation, Dream, Filipino, Love, Marjorie Evasco, Origins, Poetry, Pre-Colonial Philippines, Tagalog

The dream recurs In another world, we Wake God’s first creatures Alive To sudden light. Pure and slender as dawn …

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