{"id":2428,"date":"2015-10-28T12:42:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T16:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2023-07-24T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T19:04:25","slug":"memory-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/memory-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory – A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Poem written by Rene J. Navarro<\/span><\/p>\n

MEMORY<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\n

<\/del>Waking<\/span>
\nup in the empty dark-<\/span>
\nness of a bamboo hut<\/span>
\nsomewhere<\/span>
\nin the hills far<\/span>
\nfrom the old home-<\/span>
\ntown: At three, that\u2019s<\/span>
\nthe first picture<\/span>
\nin my memory.<\/span>
\nAlone, without<\/span>
\na blanket<\/span>
\non a cold morn-<\/span>
\ning, the sharp<\/span>
\npassage of a fighter<\/span>
\nplane, and wet<\/span>
\npants.<\/span><\/h2>\n

A month or two<\/span>
\nlater, perhaps a year,<\/span>
\na vegetable<\/span>
\npatch on the side<\/span>
\nof a hill and an under-<\/span>
\nground cave dug in the red<\/span>
\nearth<\/span>
\nfor if the shooting<\/span>
\ncame. There were green<\/span>
\npainted rattan<\/span>
\nfurniture, a sofa and<\/span>
\nchairs, I can still see<\/span>
\nthem. And farther back earlier,<\/span>
\na bamboo and nipa hut on the side<\/span>
\nof a mountain and vegetables<\/span>
\ngrowing.<\/span>
\nPerhaps it was<\/span>
\nlater: there was<\/span>
\nthe burst of light<\/span>
\nfrom a cannon<\/span>
\nand the resonant<\/span>
\nblast following.<\/span>
\nthere are no<\/span>
\nclear <\/span>faces, just objects<\/span>
\nand places and sounds<\/span>
\nand the long<\/span>
\nwalk barefoot on a rough,<\/span>
\nhot road<\/span>
\nwith my older cousins<\/span>
\nDan and Letty<\/span>
\nto the camp<\/span>
\nwhere a Japanese<\/span>
\nsergeant always fed<\/span>
\nus a bowl of rice<\/span>
\nsoup.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Still later, towards<\/span>
\nthe end of the war,<\/span>
\nmy mother calling<\/span><\/h2>\n

my brothers and me<\/span>
\nacross the field<\/span>
\nto eat the yams<\/span><\/h2>\n

she cooked<\/span>
\nwith a thick coat-<\/span>
\ning of melted brown<\/span>
\nsugar.<\/span><\/h2>\n

In this landscape<\/span>
\nI did not<\/span>
\nknow who<\/span>
\nwas fighting, why<\/span><\/h2>\n

the bombardment and the<\/span>
\ndogfights in the sky.<\/span><\/h2>\n

I couldn\u2019t read<\/span>
\nthe signs<\/span>
\nsaying Japan or America,<\/span>
\nwhich cannon or plane<\/span>
\nbelonged<\/span>
\nto which side.<\/span>
\nBut the fear<\/span>
\nI knew.<\/span>
\n50 years<\/span>
\nlater<\/span><\/h2>\n

the fear<\/span>
\nremains.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a9RN 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rene<\/a>Rene’s poetry has been published in anthologies including, among others: \u201cFlippin\u2019 \u2014 Filipinos on America\u201d edited by Luis Francia and Eric Gamalinda; Asian Pacific American Journal\u201d edited by Eileen Tabios; \u201cNuyorAsian Anthology: Writings about New York City\u201d edited by Bino Realuyo; \u201cErosPinoy: an anthology of Philippine contemporary erotic art and poetry\u201d edited by Alfred Yuson and Ramon Sunico. His essay \u201cAfter the Hsih Hua\u201d is included in the anthology \u201cPinoy Poetics\u201d edited by Nick Carbo (Meritage Press: California 2004). He is featured in the book \u201cMasters of Arnis, Kali and Escrima\u201d by Edgar Sulite (Socorro Publications: 1994).<\/p>\n

More writings from Rene Navarro at\u00a0www.renenavarro.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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