Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A NEW POEM FOR ALL THE OLD FRIENDS

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BASURA DAYS (Sa atin din may Wasteland) FOR ALL THE OLD FRIENDS (For Cesar Leyco Aguila in Australia and Isagani R. Cruz who advocates this ...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A NEW POEM BY FRANCISCO R. ALBANO, OSB

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CHOSEN I chose a ministry of service and applied. Silence rejected me – a long dumbfounding silence Of sky, of unplanted seeds, and untapped...
Friday, October 16, 2009

TAKING STOCK 1: I OWE ALEJANDRINO G. HUFANA MY BEING A POET

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In the previous entry, “Taking Stock”, I intimated a pause from writing, pleading “weariness” in a verse from Ecclesiastes : “All things are...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

TAKING STOCK

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All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it. (Ecclesiastes)
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Friday, October 9, 2009

A POEM FOR MOTHER

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NILISANG PUGAD (Para sa aking Ina) Nagliparan na ang mga ibon, at iniwanan na ang kanilang pugad, tulad ng maagang pagdating ng tag-lamig s...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

FLIGHT: A LAMENT

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NAPANAWAN NGA UMOK (Para ken ni Nanang) Pinanawan dan ti umokda, nagtayab da aminen; kasla ti naapa unay nga isasangpet iti lam-ek ken panag...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A MULTILINGUAL EXERCISE: POEMS X 4 (TRANSLATIONS)

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A MULTILINGUAL EXERCISE: POEMS X 4 After writing and translating “El Nido Desolado” in the four languages I am most comfortable with, I real...
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Monday, October 5, 2009

LEAVING HOME

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El Nido Desolado (Para mi Madre) Los pajaritos estan dejando su nido; el invierno de su vida ha venido tan muy temprano! Mira! Mira! Madre m...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

PART 3: EVALUATION OF LITERATURE --- FORMAL VALUES AND VALUES FROM THE PERSONAL APPROACH

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Part 3: Evaluation of Literature --- Formal Values and Values from the Personal Approach B. FORMAL VALUES. Formal values are those qualitie...
Friday, October 2, 2009

PART 2: EVALUATION OF LITERATURE --- UNIVERSAL APPROACHES AND VALUES

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Part 2: Evaluation of Literature: Universal Approaches A. Universal Approaches are those based on the commonplaces of human valuation. The...