Dalityapi Unpoemed

(say Galikin odino Aligando, kakansionen diad Agew ya Inkianak na Katawan) Masantos tan mablin oras So inter na Dyus laoas Ombangon itin misalamat Ombangon itin misalamat Tan inanak la'y Dyus anak Tan inanak la'y Dyus anak Ombangon itin onliing Agagi mi'ran ami-amin Ta inanak la nen Marian Birhin Ta inanak la nen Marian Birhin So ari'd taoen tan dalin So ari'd taoen tan dalin (Ebat ed Galikin) Galikin Galikin Kapastorisan Gali kayon Gali kayon manangigalang Ed ari ra'y Ed ari ra'y kataoaenan A dia'd Belen so nianakan A dia'd Belen so nianakan (Ebat ed Biteoen) Biteoen Biteoen kan pinmanengneng Diman ed Diman ed letaka'y agew Sikato 'ma'y Sikato 'ma'y tumtumbuken Na talo'ran ararin kuanen Na talo'ran ararin kuanen Ta nen baleg la’y lokun to Nen Marian ma-Divino Linma ya dinalaw to Linma ya dinalaw to Si Isabel a kapinsan to Si Isabel a kapinsan to Sakey ya anghil so dinmago San Gabriel so ngaran to Bang say kuan ton angiba

(para ed si E.M.) 1. ompay ko’y ermen ed sayan bekta say kanonotan wala ed sika no lakseban man so kamarerua say aysing ya nanengneng et sika dia ed laem tonia’y inkapalsa anggapo’y arum ya musia: sika talintao ka man O danaya say kasikasikaan et sika limgas na dayat - limgas na uma andi’y pinabli no ag ta sika salamsam ko’y aron ag mangangga laut no say katupag et sika gala pinabli lakap mo ak pa ompay ko’y ermen ed sayan bekta 2. agew-labi’y agko pakaugip bang komun naandi ka la’d isip kasikasikaan mo’y tinmanep tan ginmisla la’d laem na isip say ngaran mo so mogmon laineng no maingongot bilang so isip bangta singa ak bagel pinabli no say lupam la’y ompinta’d isip musia kan pilalek kon nalakap balet bengatlan naandi’d isip et no ibeneg taka la’d lingwan sutil kan onapireng ed isip indengan labat ayat lan nagnap agew-labi la’y ag pakaugip 3. sanlegan ya wala ‘yan linawa mangando’y panangaro ed sika ag mansampot ed sayan ghazalia panangaron inggetar ed sika tooren so sipan kon insungpa

(for E. M.) 1. her smile the morning breeze to blossom a thousand tulips say imis to palpalis ed kabuasan ya manpabuneknek na sanlibon tulips 2. if i could paint you with words too naked to be spoken that’s your immaculatry! 3. my empty room my private space so full of you you’re not even here 4. pilgrims - you and i skylark and nightingale in a stealing heaven kiss the day O wanton lips and i will embrace the night 5. your smile the warm touch of the sun on my cheeks the goodnight kiss of the breeze on my lips 6. november heat – the memory of rain on my skin morning breeze – longing for your warm embrace on a day like this 7. tonight beloved i will sleep alone remembering the laughter of your voice so inveigling that it betrays the geometry of my heart and the constellation of my soul

(odino no panon kon pinatey si kupido) no labik labat la natalusan so rason no akin et wala'y bulan ono labitewen ya inngaran ko'd sika pinabli baliwen ko'y amin a babaliwan anggan say dayat na kanonotan say laem na ilalam tan taew na liknaan no sika so pansengegan anggapo'y onterter ya lua no say kolor tonia et ermen tan boblay tan anggapo'y ingongot ya nalikna ondalan ma'y salinap tan desiang agewen ko'y labi tan labien ko'y agew daput no narengel so tanila na bosis mo daput no onaplos so yumis na imis mo ed saray bibil ko tan gisla na kamareruak alagaren ko'y andi anggaan no bilang et sika'y makalingwan lapu'd maralus ya ayat na maandon mundo mansiansia ya sika so inaro pitamitan ko'y isabi na agew ya nalener ak ed aspito na matam tan magmaliw ak ya anlong ed laman mo no iner ak onsulming: sakey a balon adan masurin sika so pinablin insipan -- say dalin kon sipur lan inggendan impangaro na amalsan angoyos ed sika dia ed dilik ya taglan

General Assembly & Booklaunching 26 November 2011 (Saturday) 5:00-6:30 pm Solidaridad Bookstore, 531 Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila Last general assembly for 2011. Renewal of PEN membership for 2012 begins on this day. Fee is P600 (Please approach Cesar Quinagan). On this occasion, PEN will launch The Life and the Manila Times of David Bugoslav (Manila Times Publishing, 2011) by Marites Hackett Maneru and Luis Antonio Maneru. 2011 Philippine PEN Conference Archipelagic Feasts, Tropical Disasters: 2011 Philippine PEN Congress on the Literature of Survival 1-2 December 2011 (Thursday-Friday) 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Silangan Hall, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City Former Manila Times publisher and noted fictionist Rony Diaz will deliver the keynote address. Panelists/Speakers: Elmer Ordonez, Gilda Cordero Fernando, John Iremil Teodoro, Antonio Enriquez, Nicolas Pichay, Marne Kilates, Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Marra Lanot, Joel Toledo, Malou Jacob, Rosario Cruz Lucero, Victor

no naandi ak la anggapo’y onterter a lua anggapo’y manermen o mantagleey anggapo’y ipotong yon rosas agyo ak ipoponpon ed lobuk ingen poolan yo so laman kon aya tan isibwuag so dapul ko ed ilog Ari ono Agno agko pilalek so nanonotan no tepetan da no panon ak nambilay tan no panon ak atigway tongtong yo no panon ak angaro when i am gone / i want no tears / no mourning no wreaths / bury me not on a grave / but burn my empty shell of flesh / gather my ashes and throw them / in the river Ari or Agno // i do not want to be remembered / if they will ask how i lived / how i died / tell them how i loved

Philippine PEN 2011 Conference December 1-2, 2011 (Thursday-Friday) Silangan Hall, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Metro Manila Archipelagic Feasts, Tropical Disasters: 2011 Philippine PEN Congress on the Literature of Survival Program December 1: FIRST DAY OF CONFERENCE 7:45 – 8:30 am Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am Opening Ceremonies Invocation National Anthem Reading of the PEN International Charter: Jose Victor Torres Inspirational Remarks: Bienvenido Lumbera, PEN Chairman Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Susan Lara 9:00-10:00 am Keynote Address: Rony Diaz 10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break 10:30 am – 12:00 nn First Literary Session Panel on Apocalyptic Literature: Disaster and Imagination Elmer Ordoñez (Chair), Antonio Enriquez, Gilda Cordero Fernando, John Iremil Teodoro 12:00 nn-1:30 pm Lunch 1:30- 3:00 pm Second Literary Session Panel on Landscape and Personal Poetics Nicolas Pichay (Chair), Marne Kilates, Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Marra Lanot, Joel Toledo 3:00-3:30 pm Cof

The 2011 Cinemanila International Film Festival recently announced the finalists for Digital Lokal, its competition for Filipino feature-length films in digital format: 1. Sakay sa Hangin by Regiben Romana 2. Señorita by Vincent Sandoval 3. Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa by Mes de Guzman (Philippines) 4. Lawas Kan Pinabli by Christopher Gozum Source: Cinemanila International Film Festival

hourglass -- Egypt in the aspects of Nefertiti's eyes -- november rain -- learning how to dance again -- after the storm no memory of you is beyond forgetting nothing but the fragments of myself (with apologies to rolando carbonell) -- first of november memories of rain still cold on my skin -- finding my center when I Am is on its own aphelion -- ed sayan labi onsaew ya amin so liknaan anggano nagislaan so kamareruak