The Philippine Literature

Antonio K. Abad Akasia Jose Abreu Kaibigan Macario Adriatico Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo Faustino Aguilar Sinag-Ina

By Nick Joaquin THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John’s Day with the children’s grandfather, whose feast day it was. Doña Lupeng awoke feeling faint with the heat, a sound of screaming in her ears. In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, were at breakfast, and came crowding around her, […]

An Iroy nga Tuna matam-is pagpuy-an
Bisan diin siplat puros kasangkayan
Hahani an hingpit nga ak kalipayan
Hahani hira nanay pati kabugtuan.

ni Erlinda Kintanar Alburo (Alang kang Rene, sa Leap Year 2004) Naa pay daghan dihang naglumpayat. Pananglitan, ang ulan sa sandayong— Ang liso sa iyang bayanan — Ang itoy nga nagkiat — Ang mananaog sa lumba — Ang naghikog diha sa taytayan — Si Inday nga mao pay pagkadawat og sulat ni Undo — ug […]

Music by Lucio San Pedro Lyrics by Levi Celerio Sana’y di magmaliw ang dati kong araw Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni Nanay Nais kong maulit ang awit ni Inang mahal Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan

By Levi Celerio and Lucio San Pedro May pumukol sa Pipit sa sanga ng ng isang kahoy At nagahip ng bato ang pakpak ng munting ibon Dahil sa sakit, di nakaya pang lumipad At ang nangyari ay nahulog ngunit parang taong bumigtas Mamang kay lupit, ang puso mo’y di na nahabag Pag pumanaw ang buhay […]

by Fatima V. Lim Six months since she arrived And yet she does not speak She must have been chained This I guess from the bruises On her wrists. But she will not Let me touch them. She trembles at the sight Of tall men, more so at those With shadows on their lips.

by Bienvenido N. Santos if time took longer than the blood rushing to my face or the pace were gentler than the flow of everlasting covenants I would with dedicated slowness remove my clothes piece by piece and fold them into a corner of your life and go back to them only after a quest […]

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