I'll be on hiatus for a couple of days or so to attend the meeting of the Ulupan na Pansiansia'y Salitan Pangasinan. I was told that the latest issue of the Balon Silew is off the press and that some of my Pangasinan poems and article is included in the issue. I can't wait to get hold of my copy :)

Another poem added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan

oala 'ra'y bosis ed kaalugan
onlalabas ira'y dumaralos
a singa naandi la'ran dika
dia ed tapew na pagew nen Adan

nampapaterter ira na linget
tan nambibilay ira na bilay
ed pananap no anto'y naalmo
esaes ira labat la natan

manpapalemew ed ambelbelat
ya kapusoan da'ra'y totoon
ag makabalikas na anlong

sikara 'ya'y anak nen Sisyphus
maseseg ya onkimey ed dalin
kabetag labat ni'y balatabat

In the News: Poet finds 'beauty' in life's miseries
Writing poetry is a "sacred exploration" in search of "the inner beauty in oneself", says leading Urdu poet Saeed Qais. Mr Qais, founder of the Bazam-e-Sukhan Urdu literary organisation, was speaking at the launch of a new poetry book by a Bazm-e-Sukhan member Mohammed Iqbal Tariq.

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