Micropoetry No. 1 “Migration” (Pagdayo)

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Chris Hadfield, Filipino, Filipino translation, immigration, ISS, Micropoetry, migration, NaPoMo, National Poetry Month, NPM, NPM14, NPM2014, poem, Poetry, Rio Grande, River, Tagalog, Tagalog translation, TMMPoetry, Twitter Poetry

UPDATE: This Twitter poem has been selected and read by poet Holly Bass on National Public Radio’s Tell Me More on April 8, 2014 as part of a month-long celebration of poetry. Please click on the link below for the audio and transcript

National Public Radio Tell Me More #TMMPoetry audio and transcript

The original Tweet of Commander Chris Hadfield to which I respond with micropoetry

Matamoros and Brownsville, where the Rio Grande finally meets the Gulf, at the US/Mexico border. pic.twitter.com/Yb2DmYCasg

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) May 30, 2013

My Twitter poetry response:

Copyright © 2013 2014 Su Layug. All Rights Reserved

marbled waterscape
mosaic of fields—
The Great River
has witnessed birds, seeds, humans—stories
before "migration" was a word@Cmdr_Hadfield

— Su (@su_layug) May 30, 2013

MY Tagalog Translation as #TMMpoetry Tweet:

marmol na tubigan
patse-patseng patag—
Ang Dakilang Ilog:
saksi sa ibon, punla, tao—
kuwento
bago pa naging kataga
ang dayuhan#TMMPoetry

— Su (@su_layug) March 25, 2014

What is #TMMPoetry?

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/24/293754274/spring-into-tmmpoetry?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=share&utm_medium=twitter