The history of Philippine poetry can be described in four major literary periods: precolonial (before 1521), Spanish colonial (1521–1898), U.S. colonial (1898–1946), and contemporary (1946–present). A strong indigenous oral tradition is interwoven with the Spanish and U.S. colonial influences of culture and language. Poetry has been written in Tagalog (the national language) and in the eighty-seven regional dialects, as well as in the Castilian Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Vega and the American English of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain. Here are some of the filipino poems:
- Pag-ibig ng ina by Pascula De Leon
- Huling Paalam by Jose Rizal
- Sa Aking Mga Kababata by Jose Rizal
- Isang Dipang Langit by Amado V. Hernandez
- Ang Bantayog by Bartolome del Valle
- Sa Gabi ng Isang Piyon by Lamberto E. Antonio
- Kamay ng Birhen by Jose Corazon de Jesus
- Kalupi ng Puso by Jose Corazon de Jesus
- Ang Posporo ng Diyos by Jose Corazon de Jesus
- May Mga Tugtuging Hindi Ko Malimot by Jose Corazon de Jesus
