The Lover

 Lovepoem

Adrift in the shimmering cryptic yesterday
Glowing remarkably in the smithy of my heart
With abysmal ignorance generating delay
The power of unstoppable love's part.

Pressing the pulse of endless palpitation
Punctuated once in a great while by reflection
On the University of Experimentation and Realization

I love this life
Pregnant with strife
Teeming with wonders
Beauty, love, and lovers.

By: Greg Intas Trabanca. Published in October 8, 2002
The International Library of Poetry
1 Poetry Plaza, Owings Mills, MD 21117
www. poetry.com

 5751 N Jersey Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60659

To Whom It May Concern: 

This is to certify that Salvador Ortanez, Jr. a lessee has entered into an agreement with the Lessor, Gregory Trabanca for the apartment building at 6234 N. Washtenaw Ave. Chicago, 60659 

This is to certify further that he has to pay the two- month payments of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) from January and February 2025 to a total of One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars (1,200.00).


Done this 25th day of February 2025.


Lessor -  Gregory Trabanca

Lessee - Salvador Ortanez, Jr.

The Recorder

 Dear Everyone,

With all due respect, I am inspired to be with you this day in this building that I am familiar with. We are all Recorders, Storytellers, Caregivers, Engineers, and Drivers.

Recorder - We always record anything we do: in our mind, in our notes - digital or hard copy. Obviously, we are all familiar with the keys of the typewriter, phone, computer

Storytellers: We all have stories to tell - true or false.

Caregivers: We are all - we care for those who need care - the sick, the lonely, the hopeless, the what-ever-will be-will be, the fateful, and the faithless.  

Nurses: the Florence Nightingale."The Lady with the Lamp"
(A Nightingale is a tiny bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song.)

Florence Nightingale: Born on May 12, 1820, in a Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Died on August 13, 1910 in Mayfair, London, England. She is British and known for her Pioneering Modern Nursing.

Awards: She received the Royal Red Cross Lady of Grace of the Order of John St. award in 1904 and the Order of Merit in 1907. In 1908, she laid the foundation of Professional Nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London- the first Secular Nursing School in the world, now part of King's College, London. 

Reforms: These included empowering health care for all sections of British society, advocating better hunger relief in India, helping to abolish prostitution laws that were hard for women, and expanding the acceptable form of female participation in the workforce.

Engineers: We are all - in the modern world, engines are everywhere, handy and easy to use. Operating them is just a touch or a click of the fingers.

Drivers: We are all. Even the child can drive toys. Reading this could drive you to heights of inspiration 

King Solomon said, As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

Humans are unconquerable as they are the masters of their fate and the captains of their souls. -William Ernest Henley (Invictus.)

By: Greg Intas Alcala Caponong Gonzaga Trabanca
gtrabanca@ gmail.com    773 814 0728