by BJ Patino
Bernard Julian A. Patino, photojournalist of MindaNews, a news agency of the Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center, serves as project manager of the Mindanao project.
Apo on the wall by Bj Patino is a poem that talks about the narration of a child's point of view about his rigorous Father and the hanging photo around the wall called “Apo”. The poem tells the reality of life during the reigning of Marcos alongside with the Martial Law.
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A poem can't just be a poem, a plain set of words that can be read aloud. This poem reveals a great story of how the martial law was very influential to the Filipinos back then. It may be read in the histories as you research, but you can always read Apo on the wall and realize a roller coaster ride of historical happenings that Ferdinand E. Marcos made.