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I just got a complimentary copy of 40 Mga Tulang Alay sa mga Martir na Kabataang (published by kilometer64 ) during the Bloggers Night at the Fudge, EspaƱa last Nov. 27. A gesture and a salute to Spin, Rustum, Alex, Psy-CoH, Kapi, Mark Angeles and the rest of the contributors to the anthology. --- 209th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 209 (para ed si Maria P. Magsano*) magter ya ina na kaoayangan tan kanepegan da'ra'y bibii makuykuyep la'y silew na luyag ya pinarlangan yo na inkorit ya kombilay tan bilay-aoaran dinmedeen la'ra'y sumusulat pigpigara la'ra'y umaanlong ya oala ni'y nagnap ya liknaan para'd abangonan ya salita tan pinulyan ya litiratura matabtabang met la'y pakataoay na sinmulming ya kailalakan ed imparongo yon pangoliran liing yo la'y musia'y Pangasinan *Maria Prado Magsano was born on February 3, 1883. She studied at the University of the Philippines and was the first female teacher from Pangasinan ...
I just got a complimentary copy of 40 Mga Tulang Alay sa mga Martir na Kabataang (published by kilometer64 ) during the Bloggers Night at the Fudge, EspaƱa last Nov. 27. A gesture and a salute to Spin, Rustum, Alex, Psy-CoH, Kapi, Mark Angeles and the rest of the contributors to the anthology. --- 209th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 209 (para ed si Maria P. Magsano*) magter ya ina na kaoayangan tan kanepegan da'ra'y bibii makuykuyep la'y silew na luyag ya pinarlangan yo na inkorit ya kombilay tan bilay-aoaran dinmedeen la'ra'y sumusulat pigpigara la'ra'y umaanlong ya oala ni'y nagnap ya liknaan para'd abangonan ya salita tan pinulyan ya litiratura matabtabang met la'y pakataoay na sinmulming ya kailalakan ed imparongo yon pangoliran liing yo la'y musia'y Pangasinan *Maria Prado Magsano was born on February 3, 1883. She studied at the University of the Philippines and ...
Ilocano version / translation of my sonito 207: hacienda luisita by Henry R. Onia. para kadakuada nga nababaknang ken naiyanak iti tabunak dagiti burgis napatpateg pay ti tubbog ti unas ngem iti dara nga nagtedged iti daga nasam-it ti ling-et ti mannalon nga pespesen da didiay dadapilan ngem naatap ti gin-awa nga tagtaginep da nga magun-od dita likod ti rupam nga naraniag maysa ka nga kalbaryo, O Luisita ta sinibugan ti dara ken lulua dayta barukong mo nga natubbog awan ti makasping pait na ti pakaraman ko ti tubbog nga diro dagita susum -- via AlaminosCity.com(munity)
Ilocano version / translation of my sonito 207: hacienda luisita by Henry R. Onia. para kadakuada nga nababaknang ken naiyanak iti tabunak dagiti burgis napatpateg pay ti tubbog ti unas ngem iti dara nga nagtedged iti daga nasam-it ti ling-et ti mannalon nga pespesen da didiay dadapilan ngem naatap ti gin-awa nga tagtaginep da nga magun-od dita likod ti rupam nga naraniag maysa ka nga kalbaryo, O Luisita ta sinibugan ti dara ken lulua dayta barukong mo nga natubbog awan ti makasping pait na ti pakaraman ko ti tubbog nga diro dagita susum -- via AlaminosCity.com(munity)
My muse is too elusive again this past couple of days. I have not written anything except for a few lines of haiku. Oh me! there is such a thing as writer's block . floating in the mist the rice paddies of Pay-yo* * the native name of the Rice Terraces summer camp a line of smoke climbing the old trail
My muse is too elusive again this past couple of days. I have not written anything except for a few lines of haiku. Oh me! there is such a thing as writer's block . floating in the mist the rice paddies of Pay-yo* * the native name of the Rice Terraces summer camp a line of smoke climbing the old trail
A haiku inspired by the recent discovery of the Calayan rail by a team of Filipino and UK researchers. coot or moorhen? this forest dweller with a rasping call New bird spotted in Philippines An international expedition has found a bird species new to science on a remote island in the northern Philippines, BBC reports.
A haiku inspired by the recent discovery of the Calayan rail by a team of Filipino and UK researchers. coot or moorhen? this forest dweller with a rasping call New bird spotted in Philippines An international expedition has found a bird species new to science on a remote island in the northern Philippines, BBC reports.
Tagalog version / translation of sonito 207 . (hacienda luisita) para sa kanila na mga anakbanua na isinilang sa lipi ng mga burgis mahal pa ang katas ng tubo kaysa dugong papatak sa lupa matamis ang pawis ng timawang pinipiga sa gintong darapilan subalit mailap ang ginhawang minimithi't inaasam-asam sa likod ng maaliwalas mong mukha ganap kang kalbaryo O Luisita sapagkat dinilig ng dugo at luha ang sagana at mayaman mong dibdib walang kasing pait ang panlasa ko sa bukal ng dilo sa'yong mga suso
Tagalog version / translation of sonito 207 . (hacienda luisita) para sa kanila na mga anakbanua na isinilang sa lipi ng mga burgis mahal pa ang katas ng tubo kaysa dugong papatak sa lupa matamis ang pawis ng timawang pinipiga sa gintong darapilan subalit mailap ang ginhawang minimithi't inaasam-asam sa likod ng maaliwalas mong mukha ganap kang kalbaryo O Luisita sapagkat dinilig ng dugo at luha ang sagana at mayaman mong dibdib walang kasing pait ang panlasa ko sa bukal ng dilo sa'yong mga suso
Another poem about Urduja inspired by a recent email I received from a doctoral student of Filipino literature in the U.S. Her dissertation will include a chapter discussing Pangasinan's beleaguered Princess Urduja. How and when did I first learn of Urduja? Is Urduja really a part of Pangasinan’s oral history? I guess I will have to wait for that interview this coming January :-p 208th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 208 ¿panon a nibiig so katuaan ed bonga'y ilalam ya aoaran tan pangoliran a pinalesa na pananisia'd saray aoanta? yaliling la so bilay-aoaran na kuan dan prinsisa ed porooa sinangsang da'ra'y umaaoaran ya alioan peteg a prinsisan nanuley ed layug-Caboloan yaliling la so kinalakian iran tayukor na kaoayangan na bibii nen panaon aman ¿anto so kakanaan da natan ya manepeg ed lapag a banoa?
Another poem about Urduja inspired by a recent email I received from a doctoral student of Filipino literature in the U.S. Her dissertation will include a chapter discussing Pangasinan's beleaguered Princess Urduja. How and when did I first learn of Urduja? Is Urduja really a part of Pangasinan’s oral history? I guess I will have to wait for that interview this coming January :-p 208th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 208 ¿panon a nibiig so katuaan ed bonga'y ilalam ya aoaran tan pangoliran a pinalesa na pananisia'd saray aoanta? yaliling la so bilay-aoaran na kuan dan prinsisa ed porooa sinangsang da'ra'y umaaoaran ya alioan peteg a prinsisan nanuley ed layug-Caboloan yaliling la so kinalakian iran tayukor na kaoayangan na bibii nen panaon aman ¿anto so kakanaan da natan ya manepeg ed lapag a banoa?
haiku hacienda luisita sugar mills of the lesser gods
haiku hacienda luisita sugar mills of the lesser gods
207th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 207 News Item: Several protesters died on Tuesday (Nov. 16, 2004) when Philippine security forces broke up a protest by thousands of striking farmers and workers at a sugarcane estate owned by the family of former president Corazon Aquino. para ed sikaran anakbanua tan nianak ed boleg da’ra’y burgis mas mabli ni so tabul na unas nen say dala’n onterter ed dalin masamit so linget na timaoan pepespesen da ed darapilan balet alay atap na inaoan piogagep da ya nagamoran dia’d beneg na magayagan lupam nagnap kan kalbario O Luisita ta sinalug da na dala tan lua so makbul tan mabunan pagew mo alay pait so pakataoay ko ed subol na dilo’d saray susum --- Thirty Endangered Languages in the Philippines (PDF) There are between 100 and 150 languages spoken in the Philippines today. A fourth of these languages—thirty-two—are spoken by different Negrito ethnolinguistic populations scattered throughout the archipelago (Grimes 2000). They a...
207th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 207 News Item: Several protesters died on Tuesday (Nov. 16, 2004) when Philippine security forces broke up a protest by thousands of striking farmers and workers at a sugarcane estate owned by the family of former president Corazon Aquino. para ed sikaran anakbanua tan nianak ed boleg da’ra’y burgis mas mabli ni so tabul na unas nen say dala’n onterter ed dalin masamit so linget na timaoan pepespesen da ed darapilan balet alay atap na inaoan piogagep da ya nagamoran dia’d beneg na magayagan lupam nagnap kan kalbario O Luisita ta sinalug da na dala tan lua so makbul tan mabunan pagew mo alay pait so pakataoay ko ed subol na dilo’d saray susum --- Thirty Endangered Languages in the Philippines (PDF) There are between 100 and 150 languages spoken in the Philippines today. A fourth of these languages—thirty-two—are spoken by different Negrito ethnolinguistic populations scattered throughout ...
206th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 206 (batik na panaon) dengel yo’y balon kailalakan makmakdem la’y siping ya dila ra pilatek da’y dapo dian salita nen say nenpeg ya onkana’d banoa dia ed inkalayug na pilalek andibali la ya nalingoanan ono taynan ira’y abangonan natoor labat so piogagep embenan da’y tarem na katana tan ibeneg da’y nanalapuan da nagamoran labat so inaoa yaliling ira ed bunga na niog kayomanggin so kolor na baog amputi’y impanutek ya peteg
206th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 206 (batik na panaon) dengel yo’y balon kailalakan makmakdem la’y siping ya dila ra pilatek da’y dapo dian salita nen say nenpeg ya onkana’d banoa dia ed inkalayug na pilalek andibali la ya nalingoanan ono taynan ira’y abangonan natoor labat so piogagep embenan da’y tarem na katana tan ibeneg da’y nanalapuan da nagamoran labat so inaoa yaliling ira ed bunga na niog kayomanggin so kolor na baog amputi’y impanutek ya peteg
F. SIONIL JOSE Speaks at U.P. On November 23, National Artist for Literature and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, F. Sionil Jose will deliver a public lecture at the University of the Philippines on "The University and the Revolution" at the Faculty Conference (FC) Hall, U.P. Diliman at 1:30P.M. The world renowned novelist was personally invited to speak at UP by outgoing U.P. President Nemenzo, a long-time friend and reader of JOSE. The lecture will be the latest in a series of recent visits to U.P. by cultural icons including ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, fimmaker Marilou Diaz-Abaya and National Artist for Dance Leonor Orosa Goquingco. A distinguished panel of academics will repond to Jose's lecture composed of Professor Randy David, Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and Dean Zosimo Lee. The lecture is FREE and open to all. (via f. sionil jose blog ) --- Simply Haiku (Winter Issue) The online showcase for Japanese short form poetry. ...and here's a couple of my haiku attempts: risi...
F. SIONIL JOSE Speaks at U.P. On November 23, National Artist for Literature and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, F. Sionil Jose will deliver a public lecture at the University of the Philippines on "The University and the Revolution" at the Faculty Conference (FC) Hall, U.P. Diliman at 1:30P.M. The world renowned novelist was personally invited to speak at UP by outgoing U.P. President Nemenzo, a long-time friend and reader of JOSE. The lecture will be the latest in a series of recent visits to U.P. by cultural icons including ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, fimmaker Marilou Diaz-Abaya and National Artist for Dance Leonor Orosa Goquingco. A distinguished panel of academics will repond to Jose's lecture composed of Professor Randy David, Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and Dean Zosimo Lee. The lecture is FREE and open to all. (via f. sionil jose blog ) --- Simply Haiku (Winter Issue) The online showcase for Japanese short form poetry. ...and here's a couple...