Shh…shh…shh… We are reading!
(A Speech Choir Piece)
By: Harold M. Naputo
Shh… shh… shh… our teacher is reading.
Shh… shh… shh… we want you to listen.
Once upon a time… Once upon a time… Once upon a time… (prolong)
Reading Stories.
Stories are fun. They fill our imagination. We become navigators (solo, boat & airplane scene acting), we become
astronauts (solo & space scene acting), we become engineers (solo & building scene acting), we become doctors (solo &
doctor scene acting), but most of all we become persons with great interests in making our world beautiful.
And so, in the classroom, when our teacher begins to open the book, and scans on the pages to a story…
Shh… shh… shh… our teacher is reading.
Shh… shh… shh… we want you to listen.
Our dear schoolmates, reading is very important in our lives. It is everywhere. It is everything. On the street, a sign
reads: pedestrian lane. This is the yellow painted lane on the street allowed for all to cross the street. Inside our
classroom, the rules read: Be a good listener (solo); Finish class activities promptly (duet); Use polite words when
talking(trio); Honesty is the best policy (quartet)… and many more(all). And even on the television: Ang susunod na
palabas ay rated SPG. Striktong Patnubay at Gabay ay kailangan sa mga bata.
And so, in the classroom, when our teacher begins to open the book, and scans on the pages to a story…
Shh… shh… shh… our teacher is reading.
Shh… shh… shh… we want you to listen.
In our age today, when gadgets reign supreme in our lives… I Pod Music, MP3, MP4, Smartphones, personal computer,
laptops, tablets, and medicine(solo)! Shh… shh… shh… electronic gadgets, not medicines! But yet again, to be able to
read the directions, we must learn to love reading. To be able to follow the directions of the game we play, we must start
reading. Reading… reading… reading… let us all read!
And so, in the classroom, when all of us begin to
open our books, and scan on the pages to a story…
Shh… shh… shh… we are reading.
Shh… shh… shh… we want you keep quiet.
EARTHKEEPER
by: Gary Granada
You were meant to be free, as wild as the sea
Just like an eagle soaring high
Nesting on the trees that touch the sky
You have the right to this place like all human race.
You are no less than a child of the Maker
You're an earthkeeper of the land of your birth.
You were created to be a creator.
You're the life bearer of Mother Earth.
You're holding the key between you and me.
Life is the choice we need to make.
Peace is the way we must take
Where there is waiting and pain
To heal and sustain.
You were so called to be a namegiver.
You're a defender of the nameless and the weak.
You were so pieced to become a peacemaker.
To make or unmake hangs on you.
And for the sake of the futures
Of our sons and daughters,
In the name of all creatures,
Give survival a chance.
You are no less than the child of the Maker.
You're an earthkeeper of the land of your birth.
You were created to be a creator.
You're the life bearer of Mother Earth.
You're the defender of the nameless and the weak.
You were so pieced to become a peacemaker.
To make or unmake,
To do or undo hangs on you.
Reverse Creation
Bernard Backham
In the end, we destroyed the heaven that was called Earth. The Earth had been beautiful until our spirit moved
over it and destroyed all things.
And we said...
Let there be darkness... and there was darkness. And we liked the darkness; so we called the darkness, Security.
And we divided ourselves into races and religions and classes of society. And there was no morning and no
evening on the seventh day before the end.
And we said...
Let there be a strong government to control us in our darkness. Let there be armies to control our bodies so that
we may learn to kill one another neatly and efficiently in our darkness. And there was no evening and no
morning on the sixth day before the end.
And we said...
Let there be rockets and bombs to kill faster and easier; let there be gas chambers and furnaces to be more
thorough. And there was no evening and no morning on the fifth day before the end.
And we said...
Let there be drugs and other forms of escape, for there is this constant annoyance - Reality - which is disturbing
our comfort. And there was no evening and no morning on the fourth day before the end.
And we said...
Let there be divisions among the nations, so that we may know who is our common enemy. And there was no
evening and no morning on the third day before the end.
And finally, we said...
Let us create God in our image. Let some other God compete with us. Let us say that God thinks as we think,
hates as we hate, and kills as we kill. And there was no morning and no evening on the second day before the
end.
On the last day, there was a great noise on the face of the Earth. Fire consumed the beautiful globe, and there
was silence. The blackened Earth now rested to worship the one true God; and God saw all that we had done,
and in the silence over the smoldering ruins... God wept.
