Palanca Awards Honors 2011 Literary Gems
The Carlos Palanca Foundation honored the winners of the 61st Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards), the country’s most prestigious and most enduring literary awards, in its annual…
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Ooops! Teka Muna…
Tulala sa laptop Blangko naman ang screen at desktop Relong tumitiktak Mata’y walang kurap. Malapit na’ng uwian O, eh ano naman? ‘Di rin naman mapapahinga Katawang patda na. Kung matrabaho…
WHEN I’M NOT WITH YOU
Those nights that passed away I always cling for you to stay Meaningful hours we can share Full of regrets I have spare And then before- you lightened my way…
SANATIVE DREAM
I’m still awake though it’s late at night I found my self in a room with no light I can see may Mama smiling so bright And saved her smile…
59th Palanca Awards Now Accepting Entries
Introduces ‘Poetry for Children’ As New Category On its 59th year, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards), the country’s most prestigious and longest-running literary contest, officially opens…
Ulan
ULAN … (niAgus2) Namimitak ang bukid, sa init ng araw Nasasabik sa ulan, hamog ang kaulayaw; Wari’y nalimot ng langit,ulap ay tinatanaw Dalanging inuusal; ang mapawi ang uhaw. Nang pumatak…
Old Man Calling
Still standing, weathered and canted. A thousand winds could not topple this old man. The keeper of Hay, and apples, vineyard Concorde, Purple. Sweet days of buzzing things, The pungent…
A poet’s opinion regarding the soul
By William B. Burkholder Nature is a constant, in spite of our deaths life rolls on un-abated. We are but a universal flash in the pan. The universe is the…
Three short Lyrical essays By William B. Burkholder
3 essays FALLIBLE MAN I am not to be emulated nor looked up to. My journeys have been ragged and lonely. No, do not emulate me I would not wish…
RANTINGS OF A WASP AMERICAN by D. J. Salas
I’m lily-white and proud to state. In my veins flows pure Brit blood Spilt this sacred soil for our sake. Sadly, hordes spoilt it, made me mad. We almost got…
This Must Be Heaven
Eros, thou art quick to comply Not an inkling had that lust Could spring in me, I don’t deny Suppress it should I, if I must? I should think not,…
Isa
Isang katauhan, ibang kulay-balat Isang kalooban, ibat ibang mulat Isng diwa, maraming wika at dila Maraming diyos ngunit isang Bathala Tayoy isa. Maraming bansa ngunit isang daigdig Isang tubig, bawat…
Bulalakaw
tanikalang nagniningningminsa’y dumaplis sa paninginmailap…di masaling..ni sa wari’ydi akalaing sasagi..tama na ba ang minsanng pagdapo ng alikabok sa palad..isang kisap na malamang,ay yun na ang katapusanngunit salamat..sa saglit na nasilayan…
Pissed
Ang hirap umasa sa walaAng hirap gumawa ng walaSa silong ng kumikinang na kaanyuanLungkot at sakit ang naging lunduyanSuya na sa kabaliwanSana’y maabot na ang katapusanDahil sa paglisan ng kalungkutan…..ako’y…
Ala-Ala
Ala-Ala Ang saglit na parang walang katapusan… Ilang oras na tila walang hanggan… Sa unang pagkikita naramdaman Nais kong ulitin ang magdamag… Nais kong tawirin ang araw na nagdaan…. Nais…
