I was thinking in Tagalog when I was composing this poem. An English translation is provided at the bottom of this poem. Pardon the hiccup at the end of the last stanza of the English version. ANG NGITI NG ISANG PILIPINO Singtingkad ng araw sa papawirin ang biyayang ngiti na kanyang angkin nagbibigay liwanag saanContinue reading “The Filipino Smile for POETICS”