Ferdinand L Quintos Poems

Are there more sand in all the seas
than stars in the known galaxies,

this riddle has filled many fantasies
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The sun now is downward moving
behind the long and deep mountains,
the age-old trees are now casting
their long shadows over the plains.
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Joy floated like fragrance
As I watched you asleep
So serenely in my arms
Moments after your birth,
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One started a discussion
but hates contrary opinion,

he sees it as an aspersion,
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Think not I am writing for fame
about a friend’s beloved’s death,
I feel his loss to near self-same
but tuck it in my heart beneath
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Your are a big help in men’s life,
that puts in the proper context

the meaning of all their actions,
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You were by my forebears lovingly brought
when they felt deep poverty’s onslaught
towards the end of the Spanish times, *
left Ilocos** to seek auspicious climes.
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In my romance with the dictionary,
kinds of English there are almost many,
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You are the new scent that perfumes
my world engulfed by hatred's fumes,
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I appreciate how you loved me
though I just grew in a crevice,
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