Dalityapi Unpoemed

Liket tan bilay na dapag a mundo so bilunget ya impangaro da’ra’y pinalsa ed dili ton dabuk. Say palesan liwawa ya linmaknab la ed laman to et apuy ya manesebseb ed ambetel ya dangat dia’d sankalaeman tonia. Samal iyan liwawa ya kalkalnan mamapatey ed baog tan ula-ulat na mundon gagalawan. Samal iyan mamapaekat ed sobul iran manpapatelek ed mundo. Say pangerep na sarayan palesan silew ed agew aya et mogmon bilay ya mangekal na punaw tan paet pian namawmawan so mundo. Paulian ya say arin banua so mangaplos ed pagew to tan say binarin bulan so mangiter na ambetel a liwawa pian say kuyab to et narengel ed sansinakuban: tanul na alalig ya mamakidiam tan mamaimis ed saray bitewen tan agagi to ‘ran planita.

LINGAYEN -- Seven Pangasinenses who had made a mark and great contribution to humanity will be accorded the greatest reverence by their very own province on April 11 through the Asna Awards. It will also be the third year celebration of Agew na Pangasinan (Pangasinan Day), which will be on April 5. The activities and celebration, however, were moved to April 11 as April 5 falls on Holy Week. Highest recognition, the Balitok Award, will be accorded to Hilarion "Larry” Henares of Sta. Barbara town, and lawyer Gabriel Singson of Lingayen. Henares, a descendant of Don Daniel Maramba (governor of Pangasinan from 1916 to 1922), is an economist, educator, business, and writer, among others, while Singson is a former governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Joining them as awardees are Ermin Garcia Jr. of Dagupan City, a journalist and publisher of Sunday Punch; Jose Datuin of Dagupan City, an international sculptor and artist; Ambassador Amadeo Perez Jr. of Urdaneta City

Elfren Fernandez reading the Pinabli & Other Poems

By DR. FLORANGEL ROSARIO BRAID MANILA, Philippines — UNESCO marked World Poetry Day last March 21 by publishing in its monthly magazine, the UNESCO Courier, 100 selected articles on world poetry written over the last 60 years. Former UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor, in Education in freedom, writes about the power of words to melt chains. He says: “Poetry brings its pure grist to the mill of an ethical system that must be rethought. Thus he envisions how poetry which communicates a universal language can transform our present world: “Is it futile to dream of a different kind of society, one capable of engendering a new humanity and perpetuating harmonious human relationships? It (poetry) is an inner link between poetics, ethics, and politics... The poet must be a catalyst in the renewal of active thinking and the values that are an honor to our species and constantly urge us to exceed our own self-expectations. Poetry is a bulwark against the onslaught of barbarity in its many gu

National creative writing fellow (U.P.-Diliman, 1976) Leopoldo Mijares Delacruz, Jr., Ed.D., invites writers and other individuals interested to attend the Seminar-Workshop on “Retooling the Approaches in Managing Children in Conflict with the Law” on March 16-17, 2012, from eight o’clock in the morning to five in the afternoon at the St. Alexandra Estates Clubhouse, Avida Communities, Barangay Dalig, Antipolo City. Dr. Delacruz, Jr., the Center’s executive assistant, believes that one may understand better “our children, especially now that they are at risk of being trapped residually in the web of socio-spiritual crises”, if he is given some technical know-how in dealing with them, rather than still adopting the traditional view of parenting and dealing with juvenile delinquency. The two-day event will be conducted by St. John of the Cross Center for Psychological Intervention and Traumatic Stress Management (SJCC), with Dr. Leo deux fils M. Delacruz as its director and resour