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Edith L. Tiempo (born April 22, 1919

in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya), poet, fictionwriter, teacher and literary critic. She is one ofthe finest Filipino Writers in English whoseworks are characterized by a remarkablefusion of style and substance, of craftsmanshipand insight. Her poems are intricate verbaltransfigurations of significant experiences asrevealed, in two of her much anthologizedpieces, "Lament for the LittlestFellow" and "Bonsai." As fictionist, Tiempo is asmorally profound. Her language has been

marked as "descriptive but unburdened byscrupulous detailing." She is an influentialtradition in Philippine literature in English.She was conferred the National ArtistAward for Literature in 1999.

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All that I loveI fold over once

And once againAnd keep in a box

Or slit in a hollow postOr in my shoe.

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All that I love?Why, yes, but for the

moment And for all time, both.

Something that folds andkeeps easy,

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Sons note or Dads one gaudytie,

A roto picture of a youngqueen,

A blue Indian shawl, evenA money bill.

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Its utter sublimation,

A fear, this hearts controlMoment to moment

To scale all love downTo a cupped hands size,

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Till seashells are brokenpieces

From Gods own brightteeth,

And life and love are real

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Things you can run andBreathless hand over

To the merest child.

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Pablo Neruda , whose real name is

Neftal Ricardo Reyes Basoalto, was born on12 July, 1904 in the town of Parral in Chile.The love poetry of the Chilean poet, PabloNeruda continues to stir emotions and iscomplex and moving. His Twenty Love

Poems brought him to prominence andbecame a touchstone for many. Considered onpar to Shakespeare, his work is known onlyby small percentage of the population in theEnglish speaking world. Working as a

diplomat, his postings in Spain, France andIndonesia gave his writing much scope,propelling his work to the world stage. PabloNeruda died on September 23, 1973.

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You must know that I do notlove and that I love you,because everything alive has its

two sides;a word is one wing of the

silence,fire has its cold half.

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I love you in order to begin tolove you,

to start infinity againand never to stop loving you:

thats why I do not love youyet.

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My love has two lives, inorder to love you:

thats why I love you when Ido not love you,

and also why I love you whenI do.

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http://aboutfilm.wordpress.com/category/america/

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