By Luis G. Dato
I’ve found you fruits of sweetest taste and found you
Bunches of duhat growing by the hill,
I’ve bound your arms and hair with vine and bound you
With rare wildflowers but you are crying still.
I’ve brought you all the forest ferns and brought you
Wrapped in green leaves cicadas singing sweet,
I’ve caught you in my arms an hour and taught you
Love’s secret where the mountain spirits meet.
Your smiles have died and there is no replying
To all endearment and my gifts are vain;
Come with me, love, you are too old for crying,
The church bells ring and I hear drops of rain.
Day on the Farm by Luis G. Dato
[…] Day of the Farm, written by Luis G. Dato in 1934 is among of the familiar texts of his work. It has been anthologized and included in college textbooks all over the country; and one of the most deconstructed and analyzed poems by students. Gemino H. Abad, in his book, Our scene so Fair: Filipino Poetry in English, 1905-1955, wrote, “But in Day on the Farm, the romantic — that is, the natural attraction between man and woman, without guilt — becomes an authentic human (and therefore Filipino) experience in the poem. Why, or how? Our answer, simply put, is: first, the author is Filipino, and next, the experience as rendered appears authentic…” […]
[…] 1920s to the early 1930s, that he was able to conjure up his classic works like The Spouse and the Day on the Farm because of it. Apparently, according to numerous accounts (first-hand witnesses or not) what he had […]
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[…] 1930s, that he was able to conjure up his classic works like Among the Hills, The Spouse and the Day on the Farm because of it. Apparently, according to numerous accounts (first-hand witnesses or not) what he had […]
[…] Day on the Farm, written by Luis G. Dato in 1934 is among of the familiar texts of his work. It has been anthologized and included in college textbooks all over the country; and one of the most deconstructed and analyzed poems by students. Gemino H. Abad, in his book, Our scene so Fair: Filipino Poetry in English, 1905-1955, wrote, “But in Day on the Farm, the romantic — that is, the natural attraction between man and woman, without guilt — becomes an authentic human (and therefore Filipino) experience in the poem. Why, or how? Our answer, simply put, is: first, the author is Filipino, and next, the experience as rendered appears authentic…” […]
[…] 1930s, that he was able to conjure up his classic works like Among the Hills, The Spouse and the Day on the Farm because of it. Apparently, according to numerous accounts (first-hand witnesses or not) what he had […]