Once a Legend...Always a Legend

never alone
a legend now has his
golden wings

*Tribute to Michael Jackson
Fly free, Michael, fly high!!!

Missing You

not myself today
missing you day and night
I sigh

No More Haiku

no more haiku
I left my room, alone
my shadow weeps

Happy Mother's Day

the magazine where in my story and my kids pic came out today. I was overwhelmed after being so sick for the past weeks, it was truly a wonderful gift for Mother's Day!

Save the Whales Anthology

I couldn't let this wonderful news about my eight year old daughter, Shea leigh, passed by without bragging it to everyone. Yipee!



March 30, 2009


Shea Leigh P. Rebancos
8 Virata St. DBP Village
Almanza Las Pinas City 1750
Philippines

Re: Save The Whales Poetry Anthology
Poem: Whales on the Sea

Dear Shea,

Congratulations! The Poetry Committee met last week and your excellent poem was selected for the Save The Whales Poetry Anthology. We are thrilled with the poem and delighted to have a student from the Philippines.

Unfortunately, we do not have enough poems meeting our criteria for a book at this time, and we are extending the submissions date to the end of the year, December 31, 2009. This means that it will be after that date before we will begin the work of publishing a book. You will receive a copy after it is published.

There are a couple of forms attached to this email, one for you to sign and one for a parent or guardian to sign.

Sincerely,


Maris Sidenstecker I
Co-Founder Save The Whales
savethewhales.org
m1sid@earthlink.net

New Poem (Smoke Book)

my new poem is now posted at this link. thanks!
http://thesmokingbook.blogspot.com/2009/03/with-or-without-it.html

Published Story

one of my short stories was accepted in one of the leading family oriented magazine here in the Philippines (Good Housekeeping) and it will be out on April. Thank you, my dearest friend Richard, for everything!