Strange Seas

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Days for the child’s reverie savored Aye to speak strangely of the seas Lying still in blithe upon the reefsUnder same skies hued another way The moment’s found in the callow sway<figure id="e613"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*imk-1bAaS9mHtDfC760YwQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Strange Seas — Tanaga - handwritten draft by the author</figcaption></figure>²A Tanaga on Alpas — Tanaga is an indigenous Filipino poem, traditionally done in the Tagalog language.Consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line, (this one) to AABB rhyme scheme, Tanagas often come without a title speaking for themselves.Most of Filipino’s traditional literature including Tanagas have been passed down orally from generation to generation.The third in the series under theme Alpas¹, I present this Tanaga and the poem to Paper Poetry with much gratitude for its editors (<a href="undefined">Indubala Kachhawa</a>, <a href="undefined">Suntonu Bhadra</a>, <a href="undefined">Carolyn Hastings</a>) for their unique contribution to the community by enabling a platform for handwritten poems. It is my delight to take part in the <a href="https://readmedium.com/paper-poetry-series-d59bc8d35e01">Poetry Series</a> for the month of September.Links for the preceding poems on Alpas are as below:<div id="6b06" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/isles-of-escape-f5cd5ae0f96d">

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            <h2>Isles of Escape</h2>
            <div><h3>Together far apart</h3></div>
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    </div><p id="e38b">References:</p><ul><li>1 — <a href="https://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/search?word=alpas"><b>Alpas</b></a> is a Filipino/Tagalog word which means to <i>become free</i> or <i>break loose</i>.</li><li>2 — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaga"><b>Tanaga </b></a>— A type of a Filipino indigenous poem that is used traditionally in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language">Tagalog language</a>.</li></ul><p id="7576"><b>Editorial Note</b>: Paper Poetry runs a themed series of poems every month. This month’s theme is <b><i>Alpas: to set free. </i></b>To know more about it, <a href="/paper-poetry/paper-poetry-series-d59bc8d35e01">read here</a>.</p></article></body>

Tanaga

Sometimes life rhymes without reason. You then heed that hum of the Universe, embrace the epiphany of a joyous escapade upon the waves of Life in its naive spontaneity of the moment.

Reaching for freedom (alpas¹) by liberating the mind, setting it free in the moment, is by far the most powerful way to do so, for what you hold with your mind is what holds you down from within.

Getting lost in the paradise isles of the beautiful Philippines, we shall seize one stilled moment in a Tanaga² and a poem on alpas, true to our theme for the month.

They speak strangely of the seas Feeling quaintly the far breeze In nights then by the fire Alpas wayfaring thru mire

Drops of dew in freshness new Preludes the joys you once knew Flapping hearts with absent wings To fly upon winds the turn brings

The nights shall serve the wandered Days for the child’s reverie savored Aye to speak strangely of the seas Lying still in blithe upon the reefs

Under same skies hued another way The moment’s found in the callow sway

Strange Seas — Tanaga - handwritten draft by the author

²A Tanaga on Alpas — Tanaga is an indigenous Filipino poem, traditionally done in the Tagalog language.

Consisting of four lines with seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the end of each line, (this one) to AABB rhyme scheme, Tanagas often come without a title speaking for themselves.

Most of Filipino’s traditional literature including Tanagas have been passed down orally from generation to generation.

The third in the series under theme Alpas¹, I present this Tanaga and the poem to Paper Poetry with much gratitude for its editors (Indubala Kachhawa, Suntonu Bhadra, Carolyn Hastings) for their unique contribution to the community by enabling a platform for handwritten poems. It is my delight to take part in the Poetry Series for the month of September.

Links for the preceding poems on Alpas are as below:

References:

1 — Alpas is a Filipino/Tagalog word which means to become free or break loose.

2 — Tanaga — A type of a Filipino indigenous poem that is used traditionally in the Tagalog language.

Editorial Note: Paper Poetry runs a themed series of poems every month. This month’s theme is Alpas: to set free. To know more about it, read here.

POETRY SERIES — ALPAS

Strange Seas

Tanaga

Isles of Escape

Together far apart

Whispers Of The Wind

Alpas —setting spirits free