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Padre Faura Witnesses the Execution of Rizal
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Padre Faura Witnesses the Execution of Rizal
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About the Author
DANTON REMOTO
Danton Relato Remoto is a Filipino writer, essayist, reporter, editor, columnist, and professor. Remoto received the first prize at the ASEAN Letter-Writing Contest for Young People. The award earned Remoto a scholarship at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
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Padre Faura witnesses the execution of Rizal
(Poetry)
And on this day
With the year beginning to turn,
Salt stings my eyes.
I see Pepe,
I stand on the roof
Of the Ateneo Municipal
Shivering
On this December morning.
A blur
Between the soldiers
With their Mausers raised
And the early morning’s
Months ago,
Pepe came to me
In the Observatory.
I thought we would talk
The Literary Piece
Star:
Still shimmering
Even if millions of miles away,
The star itself
About the stars
That do not collide
In the sky:
Instead, he asked me about purgatory.
Is already dead.
(His cheeks still ruddy
From the sudden sun
After the bitter winters
In Europe.)