Dalityapi Unpoemed

Pangasinan poetic tradition has seen rebirth in the verses of Mr. Santiago Villafania. While the anlong (Pangasinan poetry) as oral literature has always been part of Pangasinan folk life, as literary genre, it had its golden years in the vernacular magazine Silew only from 1934 to 1943. Subsequent publications gave more space to short stories and serialized novels. In the 1970s, the local magazine Traveler became an outlet for Pangasinan poetry in English except for a few bilingual writers who dabbled both in English and in the vernacular. In recent times, vernacular writers dwindled in number as more and more Pangasinan writers educated and exposed to foreign literatures and periodicals shifted to English. Literary tradition in the province such as the anlong (poetry) and tongtong (narratives) has yet to be given form and structure after having been interrupted by the valorized meta-narratives and canons from the West. With Villafania’s poetry in the vernacular, the Pangasinan anl...

past midnight i am here reclining on a magical bed scribbling trifles & fooleries after snatching a line or two from the lyric lips of my Sapphic muse every minute a bewitching moment of remembrance i am here searching measuring the sky’s symmetry repainting Van Gogh’s Starry Night with lilting words too naked to be spoken i am here here i am feeling someone charting mapping the constellations & the contours of her body i am here here i am Pinabli wet my dreams with your crimson kiss O brown goddess ere i turn into clay

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Moved to a new domain --- http://svillafania.philippinepen.ph

tsunami -- the crescent moon a wreck in the clouds

tsunami -- the crescent moon a wreck in the clouds

Makata Vol.6, Issue No.1 is off the virtual press. Cover Design Spiralation I by Melissa Nolledo-Christoffels Poetry by Alexander Agena, Maryjane Alejo, Merlie Alunan, Mykel Andrada, Aurora Antonovich, Avril Bones, Jaime Jesus Borlagdan, Robin M. Buehler, Tina Calasanz, Mic Camba, Eugenio Corpus, Emmanuel V. Dumlao, CW Hawes, Losally Navarro, Misael Paranial, Tony Peña, Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos, Alexander Martin Remollino, Maria Belen Villacorta and Ella Wagemakers. Prose Poems by Papa Osmubal

Makata Vol.6, Issue No.1 is off the virtual press. Cover Design Spiralation I by Melissa Nolledo-Christoffels Poetry by Alexander Agena, Maryjane Alejo, Merlie Alunan, Mykel Andrada, Aurora Antonovich, Avril Bones, Jaime Jesus Borlagdan, Robin M. Buehler, Tina Calasanz, Mic Camba, Eugenio Corpus, Emmanuel V. Dumlao, CW Hawes, Losally Navarro, Misael Paranial, Tony Peña, Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos, Alexander Martin Remollino, Maria Belen Villacorta and Ella Wagemakers. Prose Poems by Papa Osmubal

Indeed, the long wait is over. I just received a copy of A Country of Our Own: Partitioning the Philippines by David C. Martinez, the award-winning author of The Amulet and Shadown on the Sun . I'll most likely start reading it tonight. Many thanks to Benjie Pepito for sending me the copy of the book :-)

Indeed, the long wait is over. I just received a copy of A Country of Our Own: Partitioning the Philippines by David C. Martinez, the award-winning author of The Amulet and Shadown on the Sun . I'll most likely start reading it tonight. Many thanks to Benjie Pepito for sending me the copy of the book :-)

217th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 217 kabuntatala ka ed kabuasan liket tan liglioa tonia'y puson nilaknaban na ermen tan boblay bangno na nanengneng ka la pinabli ya manoaoayoaya ed kugip ko labay ko la'y ag ombangon agi et no angablit la'y arin agew tampol kan tangaye'd durungaoan ono lasuran ed tanamanan alamusal ko'y linggis tan imis mo pangudtua'y samiong na bibil mo tan pandema'y angob tan aplos mo dia ed anduyan na panangaro linak ka ed labi na bilay ko --- Ouch! I'm falling in love with Joss Stone . She's a diva :-p

217th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . sonito 217 kabuntatala ka ed kabuasan liket tan liglioa tonia'y puson nilaknaban na ermen tan boblay bangno na nanengneng ka la pinabli ya manoaoayoaya ed kugip ko labay ko la'y ag ombangon agi et no angablit la'y arin agew tampol kan tangaye'd durungaoan ono lasuran ed tanamanan alamusal ko'y linggis tan imis mo pangudtua'y samiong na bibil mo tan pandema'y angob tan aplos mo dia ed anduyan na panangaro linak ka ed labi na bilay ko --- Ouch! I'm falling in love with Joss Stone . She's a diva :-p

"say ag to amta so mangaro ed dilin salita et alabas ni nen s malansin sira." -- Jose Rizal

"say ag to amta so mangaro ed dilin salita et alabas ni nen s malansin sira." -- Jose Rizal

Dr. Linda R. Andaya released her first Pangasinan book entitled Gamal tan arum ni'ran antikey ya istorya . A collection of Pangasinan short stories. It's because of this book that I came out with the following sonnet: sonito 216 (ed libron Gamal tan arum ni'ran antikey ya istorya nen Dr. Linda R. Andaya) aliling to'y tanol na tambuyog ono hambayo'd gilig na dayat lalagyaten to'y kailalakan ed akualan na dilin salita sarayan antikey ya istorya so manliliing ed saray musia pian ombulaslas so panulatan dia ed Parnasu na Caboloan egpang irayan pakarukdukan na panangaro tan pangoliran tongtong irayan binmabalitok ed litiraturan Pangasinan parlasan mo'y matam kaluyagan isasalming tonia so kulturam

Dr. Linda R. Andaya released her first Pangasinan book entitled Gamal tan arum ni'ran antikey ya istorya . A collection of Pangasinan short stories. It's because of this book that I came out with the following sonnet: sonito 216 (ed libron Gamal tan arum ni'ran antikey ya istorya nen Dr. Linda R. Andaya) aliling to'y tanol na tambuyog ono hambayo'd gilig na dayat lalagyaten to'y kailalakan ed akualan na dilin salita sarayan antikey ya istorya so manliliing ed saray musia pian ombulaslas so panulatan dia ed Parnasu na Caboloan egpang irayan pakarukdukan na panangaro tan pangoliran tongtong irayan binmabalitok ed litiraturan Pangasinan parlasan mo'y matam kaluyagan isasalming tonia so kulturam

215th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . This sonnet is a fragment based on the Pangasinan Christmas carol known as Galikin or Aligando . sonito 215 (inaon ed Galikin ono Aligando) malinaew la'y panao'd saman dia'd silong na melag a kamalir no iner oadman ira'y ayayep ya akaimaton ed inkianak na Kataoan ed labin mareen sindag na labiteoen ed taoen tinumbok na talo'ran arari angga'd asabi ra'y kaoalaan na niñon akarukol ed osang oadman met ira si managpastol mandedengel ed saray anghilis a mangankansio'y panangigalang dia'd arap na masurin Dyus Anak rigalo'y arari so insaklang --- I was in the office of AlaminosCity.com last Monday and finally meet Pub and Dred in person. Btw, thanks for the Binungey :-) I'm here in San Carlos City to visit their library hoping to find some Pangasinan literary works of interest. I got a copy of Aligando from Dr. Linda Andaya but it is incomplete and written in modern orthography. Perhaps the lib...

215th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan . This sonnet is a fragment based on the Pangasinan Christmas carol known as Galikin or Aligando . sonito 215 (inaon ed Galikin ono Aligando) malinaew la'y panao'd saman dia'd silong na melag a kamalir no iner oadman ira'y ayayep ya akaimaton ed inkianak na Kataoan ed labin mareen sindag na labiteoen ed taoen tinumbok na talo'ran arari angga'd asabi ra'y kaoalaan na niñon akarukol ed osang oadman met ira si managpastol mandedengel ed saray anghilis a mangankansio'y panangigalang dia'd arap na masurin Dyus Anak rigalo'y arari so insaklang --- I was in the office of AlaminosCity.com last Monday and finally meet Pub and Dred in person. Btw, thanks for the Binungey :-) I'm here in San Carlos City to visit their library hoping to find some Pangasinan literary works of interest. I got a copy of Aligando from Dr. Linda Andaya but it is incomplete and written ...

On hiatus (or not) I'm off to Pangasinan tonight. Will attend the Ulupan meeting and Christmas party at DIOR VILLAGE, Arellano St., Dagupan City tomorrow afternoon, December 18. No other plans except for a visit in Alaminos City on the 20th. Will be back in Dasmariñas, Cavite before the New Year. --- I just bought a Bible in Pangasinan language as a gift for myself. I'm still scouting for the old versions though, particularly those printed in the 1920s. I was told the old ones were written in classic Pangasinan and that's what I'm after and interested with.