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The poem expresses nostalgia for the days when a person felt wealthier and could enjoy more for just one peso. The poem reflects on how the value of a single Philippine peso coin has decreased over time.
Aug 4, 2015 · The poem “The Return” by Edith Tiempo is about the human ability and tendency to return to past glories and regrets through memory. The poem is told from the point of view of an old man remembering his earlier life experiences when he was a young sailor and adventurer.
The Return by Edith L. Tiempo If the dead years could shake their skinny legs and run As once he had circled this house in thirty counts, He would go thru this door among these old friends and they would not shun Him and the tales he would tell, tales that would bear more than the spare Testimony of willed wit and his grey hairs He would enter a...
Jun 1, 2008 · THE RETURN. A VIEW OF WATER IN A LAKE. by Edith L. Tiempo. How strange to hang suspended―. Our boat sitting on the water. Is a point in space; Up, down, and around: A deepness and a vastness of blue. The soul flees its suspension. In upward tropism to the light; Divinity in the heavens. Required no less: Lift, Fly, elevate; the sky is ever.
Edith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011) was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language. She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.
Nov 9, 2019 · This is the BSIT students' creative interpretation of Edith Tiempo's poem, "The Return" from Talisay City CollegeEnjoy watching!!!
The Return speaks about how an old man, a traveler, as he goes through his last years. It discusses the hardships of being at an old age, and reminiscing the life the old man once lived. ‘Dead years’ represent the grueling life he now has, and the sorrow he is feeling at the moment.
Jul 15, 2022 · The Return - Edith Tiempo. It the dead years could shake their skinny and run. As once he had circled this house in thirty counts, He would enter this door and these old friends would not shun. Him and his tales, tales that would bear more than the spare. Testimony of his willed wit and his grey hairs.
Edith Lopez Tiempo was a Filipino poet, short story writer, literary critic, novelist, and teacher. She was born on April 22, 1919 in San Nicholas, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Her parents were Salvador T. Lopez, an auditor for the government and Teresa Cutaran.
Aug 21, 2011 · Edith L. Tiempo, poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic is one of the finest Filipino Writers in English whose works are characterized by a remarkable fusion of style and substance, of craftsmanship and insight.
