Thursday, September 14, 2023

RAINBOW AT THE WATERFALLS: Poetry in 6 Children's Drawings, Part 2

                                        Rainbow at the Waterfalls

I can see my rainbow calling me through the misty breeze of my waterfall." - Unknown
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Dr Abe V Rotor

Rainbow at the Waterfalls, by Leo Carlo R Rotor, 13

Heaven is Not Cheap

"I am told when we knock at heaven's gate
St. Peter will ask, Pray, tell me, 
what price have you paid to enter heaven?
I will then have to recall and reflect...
on all the good deeds I have done from birth to death
as well as my sins of omission and commission."

Lighthouse and Sunset, Anna Christina R Rotor, 15

Nasaan ang Araw
(Where is the Sun?)

"Matagal ko nang inasahan and pagsikat ng araw
Matgal ko nang inasam-asam and paglaho ng dilim
Ngunit bakit ganito ang buhay?
Bakit ganito angdamdamin?
Ang puso ay nagtatanong
And diwa ay nagtataka
Nasaan ang araw?"

Atlas Moth, by Leo Carlo R Rotor, 13

"The epitome of strength and courage
Advocate of worthy causes, particularly of children
Sleeping like a child, oblivious of the world outside 
but suffering inside
Facing the reality of death."
(Remembering Justice Cortazon Juliano Agrava)

Golden Fields, by Anna Christina R Rotor, 15

A Reunion with Luz
"Sweet life rides in the breeze, onto the golden fields of life." 


Ang Aming Tahanan by Ana Lalaine Tempo, 8

Unless Someone Cares
"I don't think our communities 
will ever be clean and green 
unless Someone cares..."

Mosaic, by Leo Carlo R Rotor

"Assertive but focused, thus at times misunderstood,
A woman ambassador of substance...
she is thorough, concise, precise and very professional,
indeed a woman of substance." 
(Celebrating Rosalinda V Tirona)


AUTHOR'S NOTE: These are selected drawings of children who participated in a Summer Art Workshop conducted by the author, c. 1998, published in Heart and Soul: Reflections in Geneva by Corazon Alma G de Leon by Megabooks 1999. Quotations are excerpts of poems accompanying the drawings by then Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, CA de Leon. 

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