BONSAI

EDITH L. TIEMPO
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Edith L.
Tiempo
She was born on
April 22, 1919 in
Bayombong,
Nueva Vizcaya.

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Edith L. National Artist
Tiempo for Literature Dr.
Edith L. Tiempo
passed away on
August 21, 2011 of a
myocardial
infarction, at the age
of 92 years old.
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Edith L. High School
Tiempo - Bayombong
College
- Siliman University
Pre Law
- University of the
Phillipines
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Edith L. Together with her
Tiempo late husband,
Edilberto K. Tiempo,
she founded and
directed the Silliman
National Writers
Workshop in
Dumaguete City.
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Edith L. As fictionist, Tiempo
Tiempo is as morally
profound. Her
language has been
marked as
"descriptive but
unburdened by
scrupulous detailing”
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BONSAI

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 BONSAI
- an ornamental tree or shrub
grown in a pot
- is a Japanese art form using
cultivation techniques to
produce, in containers, small
trees that mimic the shape
and scale of full size trees Your Logo or Name Here
 First Stanza
All that I love
I fold over once
And once again
And keep in a box
Or a slit in a hollow post
Or in my shoe Your Logo or Name Here
 Second Stanza
All that I love?
Why, yes but for the
moment-
And for all time, both.
Something that folds and
keeps easy, Your Logo or Name Here
 Second Stanza
Son’s note, or Dad’s one
gaudy tie,
A roto picture of a young
queen
A blue Indian shawl, even
A money bill
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 Third Stanza
It’s utter sublimation,
A feat, this heart’s
control
Moment to moment
To scale all love down
To a cupped hand’s size. Your Logo or Name Here
 Fourth Stanza
Till seashells are broken
pieces
From God’s own bright
teeth,
All life and love are real
Things you can run and Your Logo or Name Here
 Fourth Stanza

Breathless hand over

To the merest child.

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Persona / Voice
- the persona in the poem is
trying to “sublimate” his/her
feelings towards the people she
loves.
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Theme
- the theme of the poem is all about
expressing your genuine love.

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Symbols
- the persona in the poem used
metaphor in order to make the piece
appear more creative.

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Morale
- All materials things are temporary
but love will always be real.

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Present Day Implication
Being so hooked up with earthly
things and not focusing on the ones
that truly matters.

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Thank You