Toribia mano biography examples
Toribia A. Mano, born on April 16, in Zamboanga City, comes from a family of readers..
Girdling my loins is blood rich as milk For I was born of sultans, rajahs, kings, Soldiers, heroes who fought to sing The poetry of freedom.
TORIBIA A. MANOToribia A. Mano, born on April 16, in Zamboanga City, comes from a family of readers.
My house is my land Virgin, brown, wombed out of loam, volcanic rock and shells, Carpeted with rice, corn, coconut, cane, trees That rise as temples to grapple winds Rains, mighty rivers furrowing the earth. Where I walk, my shadow is a marriage of flags Malay, Chinese, Spanish, American, Japanese While in my bones sleep quietly as a bride Vanquished desires of conquerors who dreamt of empires, Gold, trade and spice.
Though a paly breed I stand with the ancients for my love and loyalty Are as fish to the sea. I am proud of my brownness, My duty and destiny are thirty-million brown men Planting rice, husking coconut, throwing nets far into the Pacific Hacking mountains of iron, coal,