This is a thesis of Maria Theresa Rojas Nera for her Masters Degree at St. Scholastica’s College https://jms.philippine-studies.net/sightsandsounds/Music&Poetry/STSCHOTHESIS.pdf
The forest is still enchanted
The fickle-minded spirits and fairies have fled the old trees and groves, Dark caves and mounds in the shadows, mossy rocks and whispering streams. The gnarled balete and the blackbird