From the innermost of a poet's heart..

1. Poem Collection
Gus Babula Agosto

2. My Friends
Browsing the net, Longing for their love ones,
Looking for old friends, Pining their native land.
Happiness in my heart pours,
How long since we have met Ah, my friends are brave,
before? Craving for better lives,
Their country could not provide,
Shock not with their grown Truly a great stride.
faces and looks,
But with their courage to hurdle,

3. SOMETIMES I YEARN FOR TIKPIE
Sometimes I yearn for tikpie
When there were cakes and hamburgers,
Longing for carabao lomo ala batchoy,
When there were sinigang and sisig.
Sometimes I’m craving to swim in suba,
When there were beaches and swimming pools,
Of picturesque rice fields in Campin and Taglibas,
When there were skyscraping towers and buildings.
Sometimes I’m longing for people carrying sacks of copra and abaca,
When there were well-dressed employees and professionals,
Of riding Habal-habal and karumata,
When there were LRT and MRTs.
Sometimes I’m pining for Pong-on and Tumoy,
When there were Cyberzone and Malls,
Of Fiesta, bayle and tabo,
When there were amusement parks and supermarkets.
There’s no place like my hometown.

4. My Lovely Rose
I have a rose in the garden, Time have passed,
Unfolding red lovely petals, Have seen again my rose,
With thorns surrounding it, Beautiful and sweetly scented
Could not touch and smell its at its full blossom,
fragrance. Could not touch and smell its
fragrance.
I left the garden,
I left my lovely rose, My rose is not mine anymore,
Far away yet so near, Yet I let my rose feel
Could not touch and smell its Thy undoubting care and
fragrance. heart rejoicing,
Could glimpse again my lovely
rose.

5. FLOWERY SMILE
Flowery smile, flowery smile
As I glance your sparkling eyes.
Flowery smile, flowery smile
Stunning beauty, across the miles.
Flowery smile, flowery smile
Soothe my heart, makes my day shine.
Never give up, never for a while
For heart will fall, with your flowery smile.

6. Hearty Anthurium
Roaming the garden
Beneath the golden sun
Could not find a flower
Hearty shapes as you are.
Wanting you to be mine
My only wish for the time
Coz you’re a unique flower
My heart wants to tender, forever.

7. Verse of My Own
I am a simple man I gave flower to a woman
From the land of the valley Siblings out of womb
To the poor people of my town But amorous is a different one
I want to share the verse of my own. I could only find with someone.
My poems are scented flower My dreams in life is fading
Soothing thy heart in every corner Like the golden sun sliding
My writings are red flaming trees Cool wind comes in summer
Hurl against the fortress. Drifting my heart in somber.
My ardent love of motherland bloom Ah, the sun will rise again
Struggle with the poor zoom Road of tomorrow will brighten
So the mighty muck could be toppled To cross the fuming tide
Like Bastille that fall. Peaceful shores will surely arrive.