Filomeno L. Pacis

Metro Manila, Philippines

"(b) Baguio City, RP; (Parents) Judge Pascual Pacis and Celestina L. Pacis (deceased); (Ch) Jorge, Olivia, Merle, Vilma, Isabel, Nilaflor, Romulo; Adrian, Zenon, Andre; (Ed) St. Louis High School; Pre-Law, Ateneo; LLE University; Completed 21 Law Seminars, UP Law Center; (Occ) Lawyer-Poet; to publish my poems; Especial Plaque Award as distinguished Member. International Society of Poets; Sr. Editors Choice Award, National Library of Poetry; and Elected to the International Poetry Hail of Fame Nov. 1, 1996. (ad) Project 6, Q.C. Philippines."

Tribute To A Great American

A-mong the truly great men of all time, President Abraham Lincoln.
B-est deserves with Washington the adulation and homage of every nation.
R-eading by candlelight in the log cabin where he was born, the Holy Bible
A-nd the lives of Washington and Shakespeare, inspired the yearnings of his soul.
H-is experience as a rail splitter, field plower, boat rower and soldier,
A-ided greately to mold his sturdy frame to trod the rough roads of his goal.
M-ore self-study made him achieve his fame as a lawyer, politician, debater and congressman.
L-incoln as President met successfully the greatest crises in US history;
I-n the bitter civil war of the nation, He preserved the American Union.
N-ever did he doubt that in the end, "Right makes Might" as he once said.
C-ondemning slavery he issued the Emancipation Proclamation!
O-ften quoted are the classic gems of his writings and inspiring speeches.
L-incoln united his people and saved the Grandeur of American democracy.
N-ot even death by an assassin's gun, can dim the luster and undying memory
of this truly great American!

Scenic Marbles

As you go strolling along Manila Bay,
Where once Admiral Dewey sunk in
Defeat the Spanish Fleet;
And glance over the horizon,
How wonderful to behold the beauty of our sunset,
That flaming ball of gold,
So gloriously painted on the massive canvas of Heaven!
What a thrilling adventure, to join a sightseeing tour
To Ifugao, in the Philippines, to see the scenic grandeur,
Of our famous centuries old Banaue Rice Terraces,
Looking like enormous and towering stairways
Almost reaching the doorway to the sky!