Entries for August, 2008

August 1st, 2008

plugging

Tulawikaan / Pinoypoets 4th Anniversary Lecture / Balagtasan Lecture

Tulawikaan: A Seminar on Poetry and the Filipino Language

LIRA (Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo), in partnership with UST Department of Languages, invites all teachers to Tulawikaan, which focuses on the teaching language through poetry. This seminar will be held on August 27, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the UST Thomas Aquinas Research Complex. Lecturers include Dr. Vim Nadera Jr., Prof. Michael Coroza, Prof. Romulo Baquiran,Jr, and Dr. Lilia Antonio. Seminar fee is Php 800, inclusive of seminar kit, food, and certificate. Early bird rate of Php 700 is applicable until August 9, 2008. For details, visit www.liraonline. org, or contact LIRA through En Villasis (0922-4596365) , Dai Miranda (0926-7135021) , or pamunuan@liraonline .org.

A lecture on The Way We Rhyme the Way We Do

In celebration of its fourth year anniversary, Pinoypoets has partnered with Filipinas Heritage Library to bring you Our Love for Glove Doves: A Cognitive Approach to the Way We Rhyme the Way We Do. Lecturer Paolo Manalo, award-winning poet and best-selling author of Jolography, was one of Pinoypoets' earliest workshop panelists. The lecture will be held on August 16, 4:00 PM, at the Filipiniana Section of Filipinas Heritage Library in Makati City. The event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required due to limited seats. Please text Romel Samson through 0916-6390640 or 0929-7853276.

Balagtasan: Its History and Practice

LIRA (Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo), in partnership with the Ortigas Foundation, invites you to a lecture on The History of Balagtasan. Lecturer Dr. Galileo Zafra is a literary historian, critic, and professor at the University of the Philippines. His lecture will be held on August 10, Sunday, from 9AM to 12NN at the Ortigas Foundation Library. This is part of LIRA's monthly lecture series and is free and open to the public. Please e-mail palihan@liraonline. org. __._,_.___

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August 5th, 2008

Paglalakad ng Tulog

Somnambulism

 

 

 

Ilang beses na natatagpuan mo akong naglalaho sa higaan.

Hindi mo matanong ang unan sa lunang aking pinupuntahan,

O ang kamang ilang minuto lamang niyapos

ng init ng aking likuran. Sa iyong paghahanap

matatagpuan mo akong nakasalampak sa puno ng hagdanan

o kaya’y nag-iisa sa bakuran, bumubulong sa dilim

o minsa’y tahimik na nakatitig sa kungsaan.

Hindi mo ako magising dahil dilat akong naglalakad,

kaya akala mo’y batid ko ang lahat. Pasalamat na lamang

at disgrasya ang umiiwas kaya ni minsan ay di ako minalas.

Nagtataka ka sa madalas kong pagbangon at pagkawala

gayung hindi mo naman ako pinapagod

sa hindi na nadadalas nating pagtatalik.

Ni hindi ka na humihiling ng pangalawa o pangatlo

pang arangkada kahit naiiwan kitang nakalambitin sa pagkabitin.

Napapasyal na rin sa iyong isip ang alalahanin

na siguro’y may iba akong pinapasyalan.

Ngunit kailanman ay hindi mo ako nahuli.

Hindi ko maipaliwanag sa iyo na may ibang sensasyon

na umaayon sa paglalakad ng tulog. Hindi mapigil

ang lakas sumugba sa di natitiyak. May ibang daan

na tinatahak, hindi kayang lamunin ng bitak. May sukal,

ngunit hindi matinik, may kalayuan ngunit may pukas na daan.

Nagtataka ka kung bakit wari ay di ako mapigil,

na kahit yata iposas sa kama ay tuloy pa ring makapaglalayag.

Hindi mo lamang siguro maunawaang ang mahalaga

ay nagbabalik ako sa ating higaan bago pa man sumilay ang liwayway.

 

 

8/5/08

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