'Reading and writing does not only promote knowledge, it is an exercise of the mind and heart and a means to communicate.' Jona Polo-Ramirez
Jona is a Filipino-Canadian, born in Ambuklao, Benguet Province. She belongs to one of the Indigenous tribes (Igorots) in the Mountain Ranges of Northern Philippines. Having gone through two major surgeries of cancer, her love for writing became her survival tool. In addition, her hard work and perseverance brought her to where she wants and loves to be: To teach and write. Despite her busy life as a part time University of Toronto student and a full time high school teacher, as well as a parent, she still finds time to write poetry and short stories.She also loves to travel and write about people and places.
Birds swimming in the sky
Colours blended with the kite
Beach's gleaming in sandy white
Sun shining a beauty in my eye.
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'Hope is a waking dream.' Aristotle
Hope is a dream - a survival of our inner thoughts,
Love is a hope that opens up our hearts,
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I may not express what I feel for you
But in silence I know 'Someone' up high do,
I may not feel your touch in my arms
But the wind's silent soft touch will do
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'God created air to give life, and water to sustain it.' J. Polo-Ramirez
Get on with our lives in two different worlds,
Mine in the slow lane, yours the brain gets drained.
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