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Cosmic

News item: Tropical storm 'Cosme' brought strong winds and heavy downpour in Pangasinan leaving several towns flooded and without electricity since it made landfall Saturday.

anto'y awey ed palar na inkapalsa
no ingeswa to'y paklap na liknaan to?
depdep so dika'y dalin tan ganagana
no ibalikas to la'y andin ngaran to

ondalagos ya laso no onlinawa
dia'd ikiwas to ombetag anggan bato
et no isalug to la'y lua to ed talba
ilaloan so duknal ya ag nasapo

no salinap la'y mangokom ed pinalsa
ay! nabagut so lamut na inkatoo
ta ilaknab tonia so lupa'y amalsa
no iner manlakbay so napilin arko

bangta saray lugan to et kamarerua
na saray atiguay ed pananisia ra

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Ed sayan Luyag

ed sayan luyag
kasumpal na binalitokan ya panaon
say tuan anlong et say tanila
odino un-uni da’ra’y siwit
tan dangoan da’ra’y dulakak
signos na santiagew tan salinap
samiong na kapageyan tan daralusan
sangpara ed maalindaway a katakelan
     na onaaliguas iran balbaley

say tuan anlong et saray antokaman
ya agla naiitdan na imano
bagel so siopaman a pablien to
so balikas ya say balur to et imos
     odino galat
inkorit man iya ed mabekas
     ono dia ed atagey a kalar

ed sayan luyag
anggapo’y pidumaan na umaanlong
ed saray manangalin namamagaa’y kamarerua
naeerasan na panangitandoro
     ed kawalaan dan garing a Tori
          o Parnasu

saray manangaro ed sayan kailalakan
naandian la’y pililikna
akapangaw so ilalam da ed laem
na katonongan no iner mayupik
tan akakahon so pakanengneng
     ed kuritan
laut la no aya et imparungtal
     ed dili ran dila

agda pilatek so anlong
a siloloor ya angga’d natan et anima
tan adytum na sakey a boleg o nasion

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Umaakan

no panon kon pinatey so anlong
galikayo wala ‘yan tungtung ko

bangta dia ed maganon istoria
binasigan ko’y pekpek a yakal
impagayogoy ko ed damulag
inyaliwedwer ed kaboloan
ya angga’d adanel na salita

bekas ira’y tinmerter ya dala

nen naandian la na liknaan
inoyos ko ed laem na altey
so kuandan gisla na kamarerua

inakan ko ‘yan singa no ostia

no panon kon pinatey so anlong
inakan ko ‘yan singa no ostia

onia so inkasikasikaan
tan say aristos na inka-Adan

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A Tao (道) Sign

Le poèt de PangasinanSantiago B. Villafania is a Pangasinan poet based in Manila, Philippines. He writes in Pangasinan, Tagalog (Filipino) and English. Some of his poems have appeared in local and international print and web publications. He advocates for the development, preservation and the revival of Pangasinan as a literary language. He is currently an adjunct faculty member and a senior web developer at Emilio Aguinaldo College - Manila. » more