Dalityapi Unpoemed

By Gabriel Cardinoza Philippine Daily Inquirer Dagupan City, Philippines—Pangasinan’s writers are in an uphill climb in their effort to save the dying Pangasinan literature. Aside from the dearth of writers in the vernacular, members of the Ulupan na Pansiansia’y Salitan Pangasinan (Association for the Preservation of the Pangasinan Language) say they have not been getting enough support to implement projects that will encourage a literary resurgence. “Pangasinan [writers] today lack the invigorating environment of a literary movement. We are alone in a wasteland … We are a dying tribe on the verge of extinction,” says Santiago Villafania, the province’s leading umaanlong (poet), who is also a member of the Ulupan. With a population of 2.65 million, half of whom are Pangasinan-speaking, Villafania says the province has only three short story writers, two novelists, six poets and one essayist. Only three of them have published books in the last six years. Literary silence “After half a

The National Book Development Board (NBDB), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), Vibal Foundation, and Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) are giving aspiring poets a chance to have their poems posted in LRT trains as part of the Tulaan sa Tren readership promotion campaign. Rules and guidelines: 1. The contest is open from 22 June 2009 until 22 July 2009 to all Filipino citizens of all ages. 2. The NBDB will accept original, unpublished poems with the theme Journeys/Paglalakbay. Entries may be in English, Filipino, or any of the regional languages (with English or Tagalog translation if written in a regional language) and should be up to 200 words long. Only one (1) poem per author will be accepted. 3. The Board of Judges will select three (3) winners each for the English and Filipino categories. For each category, the Grand Prize winner will receive P5,000.00, second prize winner will receive P3,000.00, and third prize winner will receive P2,000.00. Winning entrie

Aya so sankaunaan ya inkorit kon aubade ed salitan Pangasinan. Palbangon ko la asumpal ya insulat iyan anlong. makalna la’y taneltel na uran aliwan singa no luan masalmay angga ed pakaugip kalabian natan et pianap ka pinabli dia ed tinaynan mon dukulan anap-anapen so alingernger na samiong mo ed sayan kabuasan anap-anape’y lurey na matam tan say ayan na susun lawanan singa no malapati ya dapo ed pagew ya dili ton ayaman natan et maatap so tambayon dengdengelen ko ed dorongawan tan nagtelan la’y kapik ed aplos na balanin miskey tan amian sepia so nengneng ko’d ganagana tagleey so anlong ed liknaan ya no ibalikas et litania na maralmeng kon bilay-awaran makalna la’y tagitak na uran aya ‘ma’y agew na ipapatey – maung ya agew na ipapatey kuan da’ra’y matatatken nen saman

Sanen imbeneg a taon ko ni asumpal so komaduan idision na librok ya Pinabli tan arum ni’ran Anlong ( Beloved and Other Poem s). Silalalon apaleenan ko la’ya legan a susumpalen kon ikorit so komatlon librok a wala’y titulo odino paulon Immaculate Temptation: Pangasinan Ghazals and Other Poems . Ghazalia so unaan ya nononoten kon paulo ed saya bangta nauman lapu’d pilalek (ya imparalan ed kugkugip) na pinablik ya musia. Pirawat kon naipalapag irayan libro ed sayan taon sakbay na pangigapok lamet na sakey odino panumpal ed ginapoan ko lan anlong ya ipikon Anakbanua. Maliket ak ta anggano anto so irap na kipapase’y umaanlong tan sumusulat a Pangasinan natan et wala so agawan anlongan odino poetry reading ed SM Rosales nen a-10 na Hunio. Ag ak akakar ed abitlan anlongan balet linma ira di Erwin Fernandez, Jessamyn Diokno tan Melchor Orpilla. Akabatan ko met ya wala ‘ra’y impalatag dan liblibro diman nipaakar ed Pangasinan tan pigara ed saray obra da’ra’y anganlong. Dia’d say tua, maawaran

(para ed si Christopher Gozum) dia’d pakapanyari na bukig-letakan ya panooleyan to so amin a segsegang dia’d pakapanyari na sagur-seslekan no iner anggapo’y samben na kagustuan dia’d pakapanyari na baybay-amianan no iner makakaimis so kapalaran ed kada agew na taon dia’d pakapanyari na abalaten no iner amin a pilalek ko nagamoran a bengat la say sansinakub magayaga anapen ko so bilay ya arawi ed marumsis iran kanonotan saray kimey tan awawey ko et kamaongan saray kakanen ya isubok para ed laman tan kamarerua saray kaliktan ko kaabigan agko piogagep so onugaw ono ontatken pinabangan ko no anto so wala ed sayan bekta napno ak na panangasi ed intiron pinalsa agko ilaloan so salat ono bales ed panangaron laem ed liknaan ingen pirawat so pankanawnawa biskeg tan kumpiansa saray sagiat tan lagiat na kanonotan danasen to so bilay tan bilay-awaran amin ya demeten ko magmaliw a yaman tan kayamanan na kasipursipuran

CROWNS AND ORANGES Works by Young Philippine Poets edited by Ken Ishikawa & Cirilo F. Bautista Poets included: Anina Abola, Alex Agena, Arnold Aldaba, Mark Angeles, Marthy Angue, Glenn Vincent Atanacio, Imelda Morales Aznar, Michael Balili, Javier Bengzon, Anna Bernaldo-Romulo, Marie Bismonte, Raymond Calbay, Catherine Candano, Karen Ann Capco, Jennifer Cariño, Mark Cayanan, Jose Jason Chancoco, Mikael de Lara Co, Michelle Camille Correa, Keith Cortez, Vincent Coscolluela, Jonathan Davila, Raymond John A. de Borja, Anjeline de Dios, Rodrigo V. Dela Peña, Ruel De Vera, Frederic Dimzon, Mervin Joseph Espina, Ralph Semino Galan, EJ Galang, Liwanag Jethro Jose Gallaga, Frances Maureen Giron, Ramil Digal Gulle, Mark Frederik Gumban, Carljoe Javier, Ana Maria Katigbak, Arkaye Kierful, Marie La Viña, Gabriela Lee, Carlos Luz, Paolo Manalo, Mayo Uno Martin, Samantha Martiñez, Melvin Medes, Alessandra Rose Miguel, Raul Moldez, JR Moll, Michael Morco, Ana Escalante Neri, Victor Dennis T. Ni