Two volumes · 2026
Poems by Dr. Meliton P. Zurbano. A verse almanac of the world, from the first hush before all ages to the AI awakening.
Two volumes by a working teacher. Volume I walks history from the Big Bang to 2026 in 277 short rhymed pieces, with the Philippines threaded through. Volume II steps inward, toward thought, love, and the invisible hands of the world.
The collection
Both volumes self-published in 2026. Each stands on its own. Read together, the first goes outward through history; the second turns toward thought, love, and how power moves the world.
Volume I · 2026
277 short pieces, in chronological order, from the Big Bang to 2026. Cosmos, Crusades, EDSA, Marawi, the moon landing, the AI awakening. All in rhymed verse a classroom can read aloud.
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Volume II · April 2026
Three thematic chapters: The Architect of Thought, The Fragile Fire of Being, and The Invisible Hands of the World. Thinking. Love and mortality. Oil and power. One poem in Tagalog.
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From Volume I · shared with the author’s permission
In the hush before all ages,
When no light had learned to shine,
There was only the void’s great silence,
No matter, no space, no time.
Dr. Meliton P. Zurbano
More poems will appear here as the author approves them.
About the author
Dr. Meliton P. Zurbano is a Filipino educator. He started as a classroom teacher, became a principal, and now serves as a Schools Division Superintendent at the Department of Education.
He writes in measured rhymed verse, in lines a classroom can read aloud. The Meliverse is his first public collection.
He is based in Valenzuela City, the Philippines.
What’s inside
The two volumes follow eight arcs. Here they are.
Big Bang · Evolution · Dinosaurs · Homos · Denisovans
Mesopotamia · The Gift of the Nile · Greece · Rome · Pompeii
The Crusades · Genghis Khan · Black Death · Leonardo · Michelangelo
Napoleon · WWI · WWII · D-Day · Hiroshima · Nagasaki
Four Days in EDSA · Yolanda · The Siege of Marawi · SAF 44 · Dado Banatao
Metacognition · Socrates' Questions · Comfort Is The Enemy Of Growth
Of Love And Tragedies · The Mathematics of Loneliness · Tula Mula Sa Mga Bula
Hoofbeats of Time · The Anatomy of Oil and War · Helios
For schools and educators
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