EDEN SORIANO TRINIDAD

 

EDEN SORIANO TRINIDAD

 

My Sea Garden

 

My heart is full

 

waking up before the sun is up

 

A wondrous day ahead of me

 

Excited I am up to see

 

the beauty of the sea

 

I thank the Lord

 

For the grace and beauty

 

Of the green mountains

 

surrounding the sea

 

Ready to paddle and waddle

 

My fingers playfully glide

 

on the flowing salty water

 

In the midst of busy days

 

I find insurmountable solace

 

In my little sea garden

 

is my garden of Eden.

 

 

 

Weeds Of The Sea

 

The flowers of the sea of many colours

 

Fragile and tender yet cared for by the ocean

 

Cradle in the ocean depths and salty waters

 

And shallow lagoons too of mans’ Islands

 

Seaweeds! You are named by our ancestors

 

Oh! Your splendour, adorned with Ocean Hues

 

Expose yet splash by Ocean mystiques

 

Food for the human race

 

Merchants delight reaping on its benefits.

 

 

 

Water Power

 

Rain falling heavily

 

Raining immensely!

 

Pouring, pouring like there’s no end for rainy days.

 

While the farmers dancing exquisitely

 

Rejoicing to this outpouring bounty.

 

My province declared unhappily

 

No classes again almost every day.

 

The reservoir of water from heaven

 

The nozzles of the earth have wide open.

 

Water, water everywhere,

 

Our countless islands are blessed

 

So much water here to there

 

With more than seven thousand islands

 

And our all yea round monsoon feast!

 

The world is amused!

 

If you know that H20 is not the only abundant here

 

Yes, my friend!

 

Untouched and unused that’s heavy waters,

 

Magnificent! Magnified strength of a body of water

 

Unheard like some kind of queer

 

Yet, ABUNDANT on this beautiful

 

Eden called the PHILIPPINES.

 

EDEN SORIANO TRINIDAD

 

EDEN SORIANO TRINIDAD hails from the Philippines. She is a poet, translator, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and peace advocate. The University of the Philippines Institute of the Philippines Creative Writing Freelipiniana Online Library (FOL) published five of her books and works. She has participated in numerous International and local anthologies, literary online and printed magazines, and International literary and humanitarian conferences. Her selected poems are featured on the full page in Haiphong weekend, Văn Nghệ newspapers, Nhật Lệ Vietnam literary magazine, China National newspaper “Science Herald”, First World daily Poetry in Macao, and Weixin. She has translated in Filipino 4 Epic books of famous International authors and she is the weekly translator of ITHACA POEMS in Filipino.