Poetry is a classic expression of feelings, sentiments and outlook in life of an author. Its definition in the dictionary is metrical writing but it has since evolved to abstractive forms where meter and rhyme doesnt go anymore and freedom for expression is of utmost importance.

I have always loved poetry. Since my elementary days, I was already fond of writing poems. I was in grade two [if my memory served me right] when I first publicized my poem by giving it as a mother’s day gift to my mom. Since then, I have written poems and essays and dreamt of becoming a writer.

Since many of my poems are written in Filipino, I’ll just post here those I have written in English. I will also post here poems from my friends and fellow journalism students way back in college. They too have great stories to tell and they are very creative too!
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