Nang akyatin mo ang bundok,
May landas kang ibinukas
Tungo sa malayang bayang pinanga-pangarap.
Sagot sa sulat ni Eman*
Category: Poetry
Remembering HIS-story
Years thereafter,
you have remained steadfast,
unwavering in your commitment
to build better,
fighting against ensuing tyrants,
and in making science and technology
work for the people,
wherever, whenever.
MonRam
His trailblazing archives
are destined to last;
his hope pulls us forward
his love lights our past.
History and story
What do we know about exploitation?
Who planted the greedy plunderers in our land?
Where are its roots, when do we pull out abuse by its foundations?
What kind of calamity is this semi-feudalism?
Kumander Liwanag
‘Pagkat sinindihan ito
ng walang katapusang pagpupugay
ng mga sinamahan mo sa dilim
sila ang hanging magpapaningas
ng iyong krusada’t simulain.
Concha Araneta Bocala of Panay, a poem
catching fireflies, gathering stardusts / washing own’s wings on cool moonrains / leading the cell to win the/ Revolution.
*Oblatio vitae
(Para kay Nelinda ‘Sr. Mary Francis’ Añover) BY RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Taym pers, hintay naman sana Sa dami ng maari nang mauna Bakit ito pang si Nelinda Ang inaya Mong maaga? Taym pers, nalimot Mo yata Ang dasal ng mga aba Ng katutubo’t magsasaka Si Francis ay makapiling pa? Ang madre ng kapwa bukid at…
March 29, Reply to a Comrade
Many years from now
we shall talk about the moon moving triumphantly
across a red sky;
we shall talk about the trees swaying
amidst red banners on the plaza we shall pass by
Matatakot pa ba kami?
Hindi na namin dinig ang kalabugan
ng nag-uunahang daga sa dibdib.
Pag-ibig sa katarungan
ang itinitibok ng aming puso.
Tokhang: An Improvised Villanelle
When your voice no longer bears the weight
of what you must say, then language must have gone away,
or forcibly buried underground,
silenced the fascist way.
General Luna Street
A city’s peace / once more cracked, broken / by a heinous deed / against a barrister of a people’s rights.