My short essay Anto so Kakanaan na Sakey ya Umaanlong a Pangasinan? is published in A Kabaleyan's Thoughts... on the Columns section of the Sunday Punch (6/14/2004). Salamat na balbaleg ed say manangisuysoy ed sayan palapagan!

153rd sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan

sonito 153

dia'd kaoayangan tonia'y ilalam
tinekiab ko'y tuktok na Parnasu
nilegep ko'y ilog Sinokalan
ta nakaukulan kon lakapen
so maandon kakabata'y musia
tan pakapanyari'y umaanlong

tinaynan kon agano so dalin
imbeneg ko ira'y kanonotan
tan pilalek a mangaraldalin
pian mikasakey ak ed si Quan Yin

dia'd nanabeta'y taoen tan dayat
linmaknab so igsan kareenan

tan dia'd imbetag na balatabat
minmulagat so nankasakeyan

In the News: International Poetry Festival Medellín
The XIV International Poetry Festival of Medellín will be held from July 18-25, with 72 participants from 52 countries.

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From June 26 to July 4, 140 poets from 40 countries will be attending the poesiefestival berlin. The Festival opens on the 26th with the ‘Weltklang – die Nacht der Poesie’ event. There will be various programmes focussing on mulitmedia poetry and performance poetry, as well as the largest international poetry film festival, the Zebra Poetry Film Award. Focal point of this year’s festival is Ireland and the Celtic language.

Nexus: Simply Haiku - an online journal showcasing Japanese short form poetry. The editor would like to showcase some haiku written by Filipinos. Those interested should submit ten or more unpublished haiku along with a short bio to: Robert Wilson
coltrane@lodelink.com or rwilson@vietnamruminations.com

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