This week’s poem is written by National Artist Virgilio S. Almario and expresses the bliss that the poet experiences as he finds a pleasant surprise in a flower garden. “Romansa sa Hardin” is a dalít, a traditional Filipino poem with 4 lines of 8 syllables each.
This poem has been published in Almario’s book from Adarna House, “May mga Bulaklak.” Known by his pen name Rio Alma, Almario is a leading poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural administrator. He received the country’s highest honor for the arts, the National Artist Award for Literature, in 2003.
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