ArticlesReader.com Menu
Newest Articles
Most Viewed Articles
ArticlesReader.com RSS
Submit Article
Login
Signup
Search the articles

Articles Main Categories
Advice
Animals
Automobiles
Business
Career
Communications
Computer Programming
Computers
Entertainment
Environment
Family
Fashion
Finance
Food
Health & Medical
Home & Garden
Humor
Internet Business
Internet Marketing
Legal
Leisure & Recreation
Marketing
Other
Politics
Reference & Education
Religion
Self Improvement
Sports
Technology & Science
Travel
Writing
Subscribe
Receive alert message from us when new articles submitted to our site for free.

Enter your name

Enter your email

Syndicate

















Related Products
Home::Writing

A Candle

Author : Jocell Maranan

I had written this poem way back 1995 when I was in first year high school for our school paper. As a freshman, I was really challenged to surmount the achievements of the so-called “older ones”. This poem is very special to me because it is the product of my desire to do things greater than what older people can do. The poem conveys that small things are not only bright and wonderful, rather, useful too. Its meaning is universal and multi-dimensional.


I made used of a very basic style in writing this poem. I observed rhyme and simplicity in language. To add a little twist, I personified the candle. Basically, the entire poem is a dialogue between the reader and the candle. The setting is in Bethlehem where baby Jesus was born. It was the very first Christmas, though, it’s not blatantly told. The context clues I had given say so.


Because of its simplicity, the poem was published in our school paper and in our yearbook. The poem too was published in Quill Books’s hardbound edition volume, A Time To Be Free, last 1998 in Harlingen, Texas.



A Candle

by Jocell Siyangbigay Maranan





O little candle in the night!!,

burning in the room very bright!!

Its head bows lowly,

pointing back and forth so slowly



Look outside the brick window!

See the stars shooting below!

See the moon and its lasting brightness!

Feel the night and its chilling coldness!



You are comparably smaller,

to those decorative celestial wonders

How could you make the darkness,

turned out to be the brightest?



Why do you have to sacrifice,

yourself so scarce to suffice?

Are you enough for the night,

to make the room very bright?


About the Author: Jocell Maranan's Short Biography: Jocell Siyangbigay Maranan was born on February 9, 1982 in Batangas City. He is the third of the five children of Mr. Juan A. Maranan (deceased), a public school teacher, and Mrs. Cecilia S. Maranan, a registered midwife. His father died at the age of 62 when he was 14 years old. Because of this, his mother struggled in raising him and his siblings solely. At an early age, he showed signs of eagerness to go to school. He spent his kindergarten days in Bauan East Central School, elementary in St. Theresa’s Academy and high school in Sta. Teresa College.


Source: http://www.isnare.com">www.isnare.com

Spam emails More free articles

Related articles


  1. Direct Sales Reps CAN Write Articles - Here's How!
  2. Speakers and Trainers - The Internet is Your Biggest Megaphone
  3. Creating Your Perfect Article Summary – 7 Tips
  4. Mumblings
  5. Self-Examination
  6. The Writer and the Web
  7. What Nationally Published Columnist, Cindy Laferle Has To Say About Writing & Journalism
  8. Starting a Local Writer's Group
  9. Putting The Critics In Their Place
  10. The article about nothing
  11. Words Matter
  12. Indispensable elements of a powerful law essay
  13. Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box
  14. Getting Looked Over, Without Getting Overlooked: Writing for Scanners and Skimmers
  15. How to Position Yourself to be an Expert
  16. Increasing Web Traffic With Original Articles
  17. Success Starts with Articles
  18. Finding Your Way Through Online Articles
  19. Technical Writing for the Terrified
  20. Got Lingo? The Terminology Of Marketing With Articles
  21. How To Identify Your Own Style Of Writing
  22. How to Use Articles to Generate Free Traffic to Your Website
  23. Writing Helpful Help – A Minimalism Checklist
  24. Power Writing 101: Tips and Tricks to Get You Taken Seriously!
  25. How To Write Thank You Letters With Class
More related feeds
C-2 (Our Creation) - 4x4 Square Candle - 0.99 USD
This listing is for one 4x4 Square Candle in the scent listed in the title of this listing. I have been making candles for years! Our candles do not need to be burned right away in most cases. However, these are CLEARANCE candles. ...

Candle of Life
The burning candle is life, pelting rain brings gloom and strife; now attitude plays its part, choosing life as sweet or tart. The flame of life’s candle burns, limited time for its turn; the candle is half its size, ...

The Wick That Kept The Candle Burning
We pause for a moment to remember Charles Wick, the former head of the US Information Agency, who has died. Wick was President Reagan’s USIA’s director. And although the below video was made during the Ford Administration, ...

How to Make EZ Candle Gift Baskets
How to Make EZ Candle Gif Category: Howto & DIY Tags: candles, richly, scented, gift, baskets, soy, make, money, online.

Markets Review for July 23, 2008 – Indecision Candle on the INDU ...
Looking at the short term chart of the INDU I see a candle that starting to show some indecision. The index is also above the short-term regression downtrend channel which is usually bearish. 2008-07-23 231434-NYSE~$INDU-Candle One ...

Beading DIY: How to make a Beaded Candle Decoratio
This video shows you how Category: Howto & DIY Tags: candle, beads, DIY, home, decor, how, to, by, lili.

How To Make Your Own Candle
This is a video describin Category: Howto & DIY Tags: fire, place, candle, wax, water, bottle, soda, live, wick, flame, logs, burning, melting, physical, science.

Lacy Candle Effect Ideas
This is a neat effect of create the art candle making project. Just use a milk carton or other cardboard mold. Fill the carton with ice cubes, and then pour in your melted wax. For a solid base, pour about an inch of melted wax into the ...

Double Gooses with Heart, Wedding Series Candles, Measuring 5.6 x ...
Traco (Taiwan) Limited, Taiwan supplier of Candle, offers wide range of Candle Gift Set products to Eastern Europe, North America, Mid East/Africa, Central/South America, Asia, Western Europe, Australasia. ...

Still Life with Candle and Cork, 2008
Still Life with Candle and Cork, 2008, 45 x 35 cm, mixed media on canvas,. $450. Email Stockardia@yahoo.com for details.

 


 

© 2007 articlesreader.com - All Rights Reserved