Dalityapi Unpoemed

2007 is a very lucky and fruitful year for me. Indubitably, I have so much to thank for. And here are some of the notable events that I consider worth mentioning: » Lectures / Forums / Conferences "The Pangasinan Anlong: Oral Traditions into the 21st Century " Paper presentor, Conference on Revitalizing the Pangasinan Language and Cultural Heritage Urdaneta City, Pangasinan 8-9 November 2007 "Promoting Pangasinan Culture through Literature" UP Subol Society, UP-Diliman 25 September 2007 "Pangasinan Lingo 101" UP Subol Society, UP-Diliman 18 January 2007 » Published works Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (published by KWF & EAC), November 2007. A review of Malagilion was published in Bautista’s Philippine Panorama December 16, 2007 article entitled “A Boost to Pangasinan Literature” "Stairways of Pay-yo" in Philippine Graphic, October 1, 2007 "The Mumbaki", "Sons of Sisyphus", "Swansong of the Sea", "Cabol...

Unang Gantimpala “Esaes ed Kareenan tan arum ni’ran Anlong” SANTIAGO B. VILLAFANIA Ikalawang Gantimpala “Ilalo’d Bilay tan arum ni’ran Anlong” NAP RESULTAY Ikatlong Gantimpala “Ey-Ey Na Ombaley” JESAMYN DIOKNO Karangalang Banggit “Alulong a Binutayan tan arum ni’ran Anlong” SERGIO A. BUMADILLA “Binarid Pasig tan arum ni’ran Anlong” ERWIN S. FERNANDEZ “Sangurlis ya Liknaan tan arum ni’ran Anlong” KRISTIAN AARON DUDANG Lupon ng Inampalan Emiliano “Mel” Jovellanos - Tagapangulo Dr. Rod Javier - Kagawad Melchor Orpilla - Kagawad “Judging in the literary (Poetry) Competition was based in the over-all beauty of all seven poem entries (minimum per participant) plus technical expertise, depth, maturity, themes and general impact. This is why all seven poems of all the six winners will be included in an anthology which will also include selected poems of the non-winners.” -- Mel V. Jovellanos, President, DJGT Foundation Inc.

THE publication of Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles by Santiago B. Villafania (363 pp. Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and Emilio Aguinaldo College, 2007) should be a source of rejoicing for readers of regional literatures. This second book by Pangasinan’s leading poet today is impressive in both form and substance. Villafania has created 300 sonnets and 50 villanelles in his own language that attempt to reflect the primacy of native culture and return the poet to the central stage of social life. There is a sense of urgency here, considering that Pangasinan literature is in a lamentable state. As the Villafania himself said, “Pangasinan poets today lack the invigorating environment of a literary movement. We are alone in a wasteland and without support from the ‘cultural ambient.’ We are a dying tribe on the verge of extinction.” His hyperbole aside, Pangasinan really has not done well in competition with English, Tagalog, and Ilocano; there are no significant literary and jou...

Na-experience ko ima'y tatawagen dan "urban alienation" nen linma ak ed Ortigas Center ed saya'y imbeneg a Sabado sakbay na program ed Jam88.3 no iner naimbitaan ak ya manganlong. Indelaw ko labat anganko so abitlat pasen ta aliwan sikatoya so mabetbet ya lalaen da'ra'y umaanlong. Sankaonaan ko iyan na-interview ed sakey a radio station tan manganlong "on air". Wala'y paga ono kebiew ed pagew bangta naandi lan lamang nen nansalita ak la. Nia ima'y anlong a binasak: sonito 108 (para ed si Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista) nen kalabian pinigarpigar ko so talurtur ed dasig na anlong binaybay ko’y katagan aralem angga’d dinmala iya ed papil ed saman ko onan atawayan so samit tan pait na salitan nagmaliw ya ostia ya insubo na ilalam ko ed kanonotan onia manaya so umaanlong no onla’d akualan na inkadyus nakaukulan to so ompatey ya akayorong a singa Buddha ono akadepa ed kalbario na salita tan pilosopiya Here's the Tagalog version of the poem. Manaya, sa...

I read the following poem during the Pangasinan Festival of Culture and the Arts at the Faculty Center, UP-Diliman last December 3, 2007. This poem is about the last voyage of the Cattle Caravans of Ancient Caboloan. Dalityapi sa Huling Paglalakbay 1. ang mga bumabaroy ng Caboloan ilang salin-lahi din silang naghari sa mga daan at lansangan upang sundan ang bakas ng kanilang mga ninuno at haraya ng lalawigang pinagmulan salamin ang kanilang paglisan ng mabagal na pag-usad ng panahon at pananatili ng kinagisnang yaman-lahi larawan sila ng tadhanang nasa bingit ng pagkawala at debolusyon bawat hakbang sa kanilang paglalakbay ay bilang ng mga hapung sandali hanggang sa marating ang lilim kung saan pansamantalang mananahanan at palipasin and lalim at lihim ng gabi 2. may awit at tula ang bukang-liwayway may hele ng pag-asa ang paglipas ng dalitsuyo sa tag-araw at dalitlumbay sa tag-ulan subalit sadyang ipinagkait sa kanila ang katuparan ng sansiglong pangarap sa ngalan ng paglago at pagbab...

Makata Issue No.12, December 2007 is now available online featuring the works of our home-grown and international poets: Aurora Antonovic, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Rachel Chan Suet Kay, Dennis Espada, Erwin S. Fernandez, Lolito Go, C.W. Hawes and Bishnupada Ray. Send all submissions / contributions for Volume 9 January 2008 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.