This story
was taken from Bulatlat, the Philippines's alternative weekly
newsmagazine (www.bulatlat.com, www.bulatlat.net, www.bulatlat.org).
Vol. V, No. 35, October 9-15, 2005
POETRY
Mga Pagpupugay kay Vicky Samonte, Pinaslang na
Lider-guro-unyonista:
Vicky Samonte, 51, was a member of the national
council of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and headed the Andres
Soriano College Employees Union in Bislig, Surigao del Sur. She was stabbed to
death while on her way home with a fellow teacher on board a tricycle in
Barangay (village) Mangangoy. According to a news report, a third passenger
ordered the tricycle drive to stop and then suddenly stabbed Samonte in the
back. Three faculty members from the University of the Philippines (UP) now pay
tribute to her through poetry in Filipino.
Kay hirap tumula ng mga bulaklak,
Kung ang pagmimina ambang pagkapaslang,
Ng tribo at lahi nitong bunying bayan!
Me bulaklak ako,
Me sintang iisa,
Saliw ng neruda:
Di ko nga maawit, maawit pa ba?
Dugo ang kalsada, sa punglong pasista!
Prof. M onico Atienza (College of Arts and
Letters, UP Diliman)
Bagamat nalulungkot
Paano magising sa bangungot
Ikaw na pinatay,
pero di na mamamatay muli sa aming puso
© 2005 Bulatlat
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Tatlong tula
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(Impit na pugay sa kapapaslang na ACT National Council Member)
Mas pagpupugay ang nanunuot
Sa diwa nitong nakaaalam
Kung gaano kahirap ang maglingkod.
Hero ka sa bagong panahon.
Kamatayan mo ay hamon.
Hamon ng pagbabago, hamon ng pagsusulong
Ang esensya ng pagtuturo
Ay esensya ng pagsusulong ng pagbabago.
- Prof. Josefina Santos (College
of Mass Communication, UP Diliman)
Ituro mo kasamang Vicky Samonte
Paano magkabulaklak ang galit
- Prof. Tom Talledo (UP Miag-ao, Iloilo City)