I just learned last night from my friend, Jason, that he won the second place in this year's Talaang Ginto Timpalak sa Tula, a contest sponsored by the so-called Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Congatulations Captain Maverick!

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atagey so kakabatan na sakey
ya amagaan ya kamarerua
sikato so aristos na dili
ya oala’y pakatalus ed Logos

say karaklan et ag makatalus
anggan naabubonan na dunong
nanlapu’d apoy nen Prometheus
ya tinakew to’d saray dinidyus

say aristos amta to’y ompatey
tan no kapigan to alageyan
so patey ya mamareen ed dyus
tan say ganaganan kaoalaan

bangbalet say karaklan mambilay
ta sikato‘ya so ley na Logos


In the News: Mass recital of Daffodil poem
In an attempt to set the world record for the largest mass poetry reading, a quarter of a million schoolchildren have been reciting William Wordsworth’s poem ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’.

Struga poetry evenings: Laureates of Golden Crown and Bridges of Struga proclaimed at UNESCO
Philippine poet Angelo V. Suárez, 19, is the first laureate of “Bridges of Struga”, a new international poetry prize created by the international festival Struga Poetry Evening in cooperation with UNESCO to reward young poets from all over the world. The proclamation, took place Thursday evening at Organization Headquarters, during a ceremony organized for World Poetry Day (21st March).

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