English
Filipino
Ang Hayop na Ito
Rio Alma
Anvil Publishing, c2004
88 pages
National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario collects 41 poems in Filipino about animals. The entries contain dates of first publications, “para makita mo,” says the author, “kung sakali, kung may pinagkatandaan ako.” Almario is also known under the pseudonym, Rio Alma.
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Paglayo ng Tagak
Ngayon, aking nakita
Ang palayong tagak
At aking naalala
Ang esterong maburak.
Rio Alma
1 Hulyo 1977