Dalityapi Unpoemed

dia'd nanabeta'y tawen tan dalin ono dayat      diman nankasakey ira'y bekas na bilay-awaran napno'y ilalo tan panangaro diman mo inkuyabo pinabli layak na linmabas iran bekta agmo niburi so pitamitam masnag ed aspito da'ra'y matam

Reading my poem " Erolalia " in public for the first time.

I read the following poem and its English translation last night at the launching of the 20th anniversary issue of Ani. Other readers were CCP artistic director Fernando "Nanding" Josef, Dr. Luis Gatmaitan and Nestor Lucena of the CCP Library Division. The Mumbaki (Say Mumbaki), Sons of Sisyphus (sonito 23), Swansong of the Sea (sonito 249), Caboloan and Bonsaic Verses were included in the said anthology. Say Mumbaki sinmayaw na tagam ya akaarap ed taoen akadepa ira’y lima ton singa payak na agila ibabalikas to ira’y bando ed lingguahi da’ra’y anito say patok na gandang to say padyak na sali to agiing ira’y palandey siopa’y oadman ya ondengel? siopa’y oadman ya onnengneng? saray ismiraldan pognel ya akaalagey ed Pay-yo a singa masubeg a hukbo’y Ifugao? anganyaw ya alioan singa si arin Solomon a sinmayaw ya angiter-dayew ed dyus to anganyaw ya alioan singa pangolo da’ra’y Zulu a sinmayaw ya angiter-galang ed inpanalo anganyaw ta pian napansiansia to ‘ra’y daan ya pugaro ed pa...

(L-R) Prof. Fred S. Cabuang, SOLFED Spokesperson and Congressional Affairs Representative, Ms. Josefina "Josie" Dizon Henson, B.F.A, President of Akademya Kapampangan, (Phils) and Sonny Villafania, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Manila and SOLFED Coordinator for Pangasinan, during the Gawad Komisyon 2007 awarding at the Bayview Park Hotel, Manila last August 31.

The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and the Dr. Jose De Guzman Tamayo Foundation, Inc. in cooperation with the Pangrehiyong Sentro sa Wikang Filipino, Pangasinan State University (Bayambang Campus) and the Ulupan na Pansiansia'y Salitan Pangasinan, cordially invite you to a conference on Revitalizing the Pangasinan Language and Cultural Heritage . WHAT: A two-day conference devoted to paper presentations and discussion pertaining to the Pangasinan language and cultural heritage; Pangasinan history and historiography; the literary and folkloric legacy of its people, and the state of literacy and education in the province. A literary contest known as the Gawad Komisyon 2007 (Wikang Pangasinan) shall also be held. AIMS: The conference aims to: » bring into focus the linguistic, socio-cultural and educational practices of the people of Pangasinan; » reflect on how these practices influence, and are affected by, the regional, national and global cultures; » chart the directions for resear...

On its 57th year, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the country’s premier literary awards, honored this year’s winners in 18 categories in the awards ceremony held at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City with Senator Mar Roxas as the guest speaker. Senator Mar Roxas who has been described as “one of the young leaders in politics and business who will bring Asia and the Pacific to the forefront of world affairs” is known for his advocacies on quality education, livelihood programs, information technology, consumer welfare, and good governance. Sen. Roxas was conferred with the Palanca Awards’ Gawad Dangal ng Lahi during the event. Multi-awarded playwright and poet, Nicholas B. Pichay, became the 20th Palanca Hall of Fame awardee after winning his fifth first prize with his Filipino full-length play entry, Tres Ataques de Corazon. The list of winners for this year’s Palanca Awards, half of which are first-time winners, include: Filipino Division Dulang Pampelikula 1st –...

Makata Issue No.9 , September 2007 is now available online featuring the works of our home-grown and international poets: Aurora Antonovic, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Emmanuel V. Dumlao, Dennis Espada, Silvia Favaretto, Lolito Go, C.W. Hawes, Rachel Chan Suet Kay, Papa Osmubal, Alexander Martin Remollino and Silvana Zapanta. Send all submissions / contributions for Volume 8 July 2007 issue to svillafania at yahoo [dot] com and to Jason Chancoco at tarusan22 at yahoo [dot] com (for Tagalog/Filipino & Bikol poetry). Also accepting poems written in other Philippine languages: Cebuano, Iluko, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, etc.