Balikbayan Love Poems

By Dalila G. Agtani and William S. Labtis

At a short of time, the spate exchange of communications through love poems evidently realized to more or less 300 murals expressed in words developed into full blown affection, a manifestation of their love like lovebirds emanating purely from their hearts agreeing finally the publication this of simple collection become a book not for commercial purposes but to share to the world.
Since one is a balikbayan having been in the US for more than two decades and her admirer didnt stop longing, searching and praying, thus the Almighty destined, ultimately granted their path had crossed again.. Without much ado, everything was done, from cyber - face book and e-mails to their face to face meetings a love was borne into reality. Consequently, a K1 petition for her admirer-suitor-fiancee and on January 2nd last year they knotted their vows.
Out of this relationship, a heroic bond, this book of poetry to becoming Balikbayan Love Poems, a first of its kind their own collection of their works vividly recalled.thus this balikbayan with their poems calendaring solid oneness what has been conceived would become a reality Balikbayan Love Poems. Philippine settings and US settings were interlaced in this book as the duo conceived a dual existence.

Most of the love poems were published in Poetry Soup, a well-known web-based site for poets. The poems were copyrighted by the authors. Contracting a well experienced publication XLIBRIS, this book of poetry mostly expressed in free verses, with rhyming, and several forms of poetry soon be released. Depicting their love of arts and aesthetic genuiness his illustration and her pictures taken in far north a kaleidoscope of sand dunes and a kubo near the China Sea in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, a universal site where romance with natural environs nurtured.- the AUTHORS

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483646787

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Copyright © 2013 by Dalila G. Agtani & William S. Labtis.

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Rev. date: 06/27/2013

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

A BALIKBAYAN I

A BALIKBAYAN II

A BALIKBAYAN III

A BALIKBAYAN IV

A CIRCLE WITHIN A RING

A DATE

A LOVE PEP TALK

A LOVE STORY

A MORNING DELIGHT

A NEW NORMAL

A REBORN GIFT

A ROOM FOR DREAMS

ACRIMONY

AIRPORT

ALL THE PIECES

AMOROUS EYES

ANGELS

ARGUING WITH GOD

AROMA OF LOVE

BAHAY KUBO AND THE SEA

BAHAY KUBO I

BAHAY KUBO II

BAHAY KUBO III

BAHAY KUBO IV

BAHAY KUBO V A HABITAT OF A MODEL AND A MEDAL

BETWEEN TWO HEARTS

BIRD SONGS

BY THE LAKE

CANDLE IN THE WIND

CIRCLE

CLIMAX

COLLABORATING IN THE CLOUDS

COME LIVE WITH ME IN THE MOUNTAINS

CONTRACT

CROSSROAD

CRYSTAL BALL

CUBICLE

DELICIOUS LOVE

DISAGREEMENT

ARROW REVERTED

DIVERSITY

DOORWAY TO IMAGINATION

EARTH HOUR

EMPTY SNAIL SHELL

EXISTENCE

EXPLANATION

FACING THE UNCERTAINTIES

FALLIBILITY OF LOVE

FEAR, BE IT NATURAL

FIRE

FIRST DATE

FIRST MONDAY AFTER RETIREMENT

FOREVER AND A DAY

FRAGMENTS NO MORE NO LESS

FRIDAY, THE 13TH, IS IT AN ANATHEMA?

FULL MOON

GOAL

GOLDEN EGGS

GRAINS OF SALT

GRATITUDE

HANG ON

HEARTSHAPE TROPHY

HOLISTIC

HONEY

HOPE I

HOPE II

I WILL FLY

I’LL NEVER SAY GOODBYE

IF EVER YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND

IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK

IF YOU COULD SAY NOW WHAT YOU DIDN’T SAY THEN

IMPRISONED

IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS

IN QUEST

IN SPITE OF MILING FRUSTRATION

INCURABLY ROMANTIC

INSANE CYCLE

INSECTS

INTUITIVE HEARTS

INVESTMENT

JOURNEY

KEEP BURNING DEEP WITHIN

LABORIOUS LABYRINTH OF LOVE

LEAVES, LEAVES, LEAVES

LESSONS OF LIFE

LIFE’S BREATHTAKING CLIFFS

LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT

LIVE ANOTHER DAY

LONGEVITY AND MORTALITY

LONGING AND BELONGING

LONGINGS

LOSERS AND CHILLS

LOVE IS MAGIC

LOVE’S PRESERVATIVES

LOVE’S PROMISE

LOVE’S UNKNOWN

MATTRESS, A BUTTRESS OF JOY

MESMERIZED WITH LOVE AGAIN

MESSAGE

MIDNIGHT DELIGHT (HAIKU)

MIDNIGHT DELIGHT, A REVERSE

MIDNIGHT DELIGHT

MIDNIGHT PEARL

MILLION WORDS

MINI-VACATION

MISSING

MISSION STATEMENT

MOMENTUM

MOONLIGHT DREAM

MORE THAN EVER HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

MOTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER-IN-LAW

MY LIFE MY BLOODLINE

MY PAST

NATIONAL ANTHEM (USA)

NEW BEGINNING

NIAGARA FALLS IN OUR LIVES

NIGHT SKY WHEN THE MOON IS SMILING

NO MATTER WHAT

OF LOVE’S SYNDROME

OF LOVE

OF MARRIAGE OR OF DIVORCE

OF ROSES

OH, AMERICA

ON RETIREMENT

OPPOSITE ATTRACTS

PAOAY LAKE, A LEGENDARY NATURE’S WAY

PAST

PATH OF NO RETURN

PERPETUAL HOPE

PHOTOSHOOTS

PICTURES: YOU AND I OUR ROMANCE

PIECE BY PIECE

PLANET EARTH

POEMS WE MAKE

POWER OF PURPOSE

PRIORITY OF TIME

PROMENADE

PROSE AND PASSION

PROTRACTED DREAM

PSYCHOLOGICAL ENZYME

PYROTECHNIC LOVE

RAIN IS LIKE A SONG TO THE EAR

RAINBOW

REINCARNATION

REMEMBER, YOU MUST BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

REPOTTING ME

RHAPSODY

RIPPLING STREAM

ROBOT

SATURDAY EMPTINESS

SERENITY RESPONSE

SEXY

SHORELINE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

SILVER STRANDS

SMELLING THE FLOWERS

SOFT SENSUALITY

SOMETIMES

STILL, A HEART AND MIND BOOSTER

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART

STRANDED

STRINGS OF STAR

SWEAT IN WINTER TIME

SWEET

THANKSGIVING

THE GIRL

THE GOLDEN FLEECE

THE LONELY HOUSE

THE MENTOR

THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF BREATHING

THE RIGHT BUTTON

THE WHISPER OF THE WIND

THEN I KNOW

THERAPEUTIC DISTRACTIONS

TIME TO WIN AND TIME TO LOSE

TIME

TORI TOTO

TOWARDS A PERFECT WORLD

TRANQUILITY

TURNING THE PAGE

TWILIGHT TIME

TWO V’S

UNCERTAINTIES

UNLIMITED

UNPLEASANT ONES

UNTIL WHEN WILL I LOVE YOU

VULNERABILITY HOW SWEET

WAITING PERIOD

WARRIOR, I AM

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO POETRY

WHAT IS SHE THINKING

WHATEVER IT TAKES

WHEN WE ARE OLD

WHISPERS IN THE WIND

WHY CAN’T WE BELIEVE

WHY THREATEN

YOU FELL INTO MY LAP

YOU WANTED

YOU

ZOOMING THE DREAM

ZOOM IN… TO THE FINISH LINE

AUTHORS' AUTOBIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

(An Interlude Turned A Deluge)

To deeply fall in love is innate and normal to everyone but to anyone is of a different kind. Anyone falls in love immensely unlike other else would do. With the advent of point, click and send technology, distance is no longer a problem. Space is only an imaginary line so indispensable between two people truly in love.

The authors’ intense affection to each other beckons their latent talent to write and express their feelings through poetry. These love poems are collections of collaborated works and conspired into one presentation. These verses were conceived as a solid manifestation of love between a balikbayan (Overseas Filipino Worker) and a suitor in the Philippines. Some of the poetry pieces were presented to the US immigration as visible supporting documents for a K1 or fiancée visa. The authors are now enjoying their marital bliss in America. An interlude turned a deluge.

These diverse poems would be nothing and would never be appreciated unless shared to friends, relatives and poetry lovers as well.

We would like to dedicate this humble book to our love ones, friends and to all kababayan (fellow countrymen).

Our special thanks to Poetry Soup for letting us publish these poems in their website. Also to X libris staff who prodded and guided us in the submission of these poems.

Read them silently or aloud, savor every piece.

The Authors:

Dalila Gamet Agtani

Guillermo William Sado Labtis

*A BALIKBAYAN I

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Balikbayan** a byword

To describe alright

Individuals, groups, relatives and friends

Returning from abroad

Dollar$ wielding message

Complimentary, indeed

With a special right and privilege adorned.

With respect and with a pasalubong***

Candies or chocolates is good!

Dollar or in kind, is better

But with an affection or love, is best

Now, this word of an endearment

More than a compliment

Balikbayans welcome, welcome!

Come home

Whether or like adorned with leis donning

In pubicky or blondy hairdos you’re stunning

Whether in Kapakay twang***