Poetry Reading at the Fudge
Jason Chancoco introduced me to Ronald Atilano, a LIRA member, during the first poetry reading last Saturday, organized by kilometer64 at the place called Fudge along España near the University of Santo Tomas.
The three of us had an intellectual convarsation about Philippine and regional literature, reklamasyon sa pambansang gunita and other related topics too profound for us to resolve and construe. It ended when it was already their turn to read. Atilano read a couple of his poems and Chancoco performed his "uniberso". Of course, I was asked to read but I did not bring any poems appropriate for the crowd to whom art is much more an incidental source of pleasure.
I also met Alexander Martin Remollino there. He is one of the in-house poets of the Makata and a member of kilometer64. I learned that he has a couple of chapbooks already circulating among his friends. Will try to feature his chapbooks here soon.
Going back to the poetry reading, it was a different crowd and though most of them are not in the mainstream literati they surely know how to have a very good night of poetry and music. My poetry though have had no effect or impact on them.
I left after the first performance of the band called Butong Pakwan. Jason and Ronald stayed as if they were one of the many or perhaps just to spend the night away.
At the LIRA again
Prior to the poetry reading I visited Jason at the new College of Arts and Letters building in UP where he is a facilitator of the on-going LIRA workshop. He heartened me to give a copy of my book Pinabli to Virgilio Almario. Almario even volunteered to hand a copy I reserved for Dr. Marot, the editor of my Pangasinan poems I sent as an entry to the UBOD series sponsored by the NCCA.
Speaking of the Ubod, no updates yet as to when it will be published.
Here's another sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan. A little something for our National Artist for Literature.
sonito 164
(para ed si Virgilio Almario)
anlemlemew so liknaa'd pagew
nen yaoat ko'd sikayo so librok
a Pinabli tan arum nin anlong
anggano oala so panduaruoa
ompano gaygayen yo'd palian
ta nidatek lanti'd Pangasinan
anggaman ontan emben yo natan
so balikas na musian abangon
ed abayag ya impakalingoan
aya met so ebat ko ed kuan yo
ya riklamasion na kanonotan
para ed saya'y lapag a nasion
ta say litiraturan panrihion
oala la'd tambib na ibolusion
Jason Chancoco introduced me to Ronald Atilano, a LIRA member, during the first poetry reading last Saturday, organized by kilometer64 at the place called Fudge along España near the University of Santo Tomas.
The three of us had an intellectual convarsation about Philippine and regional literature, reklamasyon sa pambansang gunita and other related topics too profound for us to resolve and construe. It ended when it was already their turn to read. Atilano read a couple of his poems and Chancoco performed his "uniberso". Of course, I was asked to read but I did not bring any poems appropriate for the crowd to whom art is much more an incidental source of pleasure.
I also met Alexander Martin Remollino there. He is one of the in-house poets of the Makata and a member of kilometer64. I learned that he has a couple of chapbooks already circulating among his friends. Will try to feature his chapbooks here soon.
Going back to the poetry reading, it was a different crowd and though most of them are not in the mainstream literati they surely know how to have a very good night of poetry and music. My poetry though have had no effect or impact on them.
I left after the first performance of the band called Butong Pakwan. Jason and Ronald stayed as if they were one of the many or perhaps just to spend the night away.
At the LIRA again
Prior to the poetry reading I visited Jason at the new College of Arts and Letters building in UP where he is a facilitator of the on-going LIRA workshop. He heartened me to give a copy of my book Pinabli to Virgilio Almario. Almario even volunteered to hand a copy I reserved for Dr. Marot, the editor of my Pangasinan poems I sent as an entry to the UBOD series sponsored by the NCCA.
Speaking of the Ubod, no updates yet as to when it will be published.
Here's another sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan. A little something for our National Artist for Literature.
sonito 164
(para ed si Virgilio Almario)
anlemlemew so liknaa'd pagew
nen yaoat ko'd sikayo so librok
a Pinabli tan arum nin anlong
anggano oala so panduaruoa
ompano gaygayen yo'd palian
ta nidatek lanti'd Pangasinan
anggaman ontan emben yo natan
so balikas na musian abangon
ed abayag ya impakalingoan
aya met so ebat ko ed kuan yo
ya riklamasion na kanonotan
para ed saya'y lapag a nasion
ta say litiraturan panrihion
oala la'd tambib na ibolusion
Comments
Long live Sonny! :)