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from the Art Exhibit of

HEBER BARTOLOMEHEBER BARTOLOME

a collection of poems, songs, a collection of poems, songs,

photographs and paintingsphotographs and paintings

15thsolo art exhibit of

HHEEBBEERR

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April 18, 2006, Tuesday, 6:00 P.M.

Curated by Gus Albor

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15thsolo art exhibit of

HHEEBBEERR

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BBAARRTTOOLLOOMMEE Invited to interact are:

National Artists:

Napoleon Abueva, Virgilio Almario, Bien Lumbera;

Odette Alcantara, Randy David, Arnold “Igan” Clavio, Joey “Pepe” Smith, Dulce, Edru Abraham,

Frank Rivera, Ronnie Lazaro, Celina Cristobal, Krip Yuson, Ricky De Ungria, Marne Kilates, Vim Nadera,

Lenny De Jesus, Lester Demetillo, Pete Canson, Noli Aurilio, Pete Lacaba, Teo Antonio, Rogelio Mangahas, Jun Cruz Reyes,

Trevor Batten, Fats Lasay, David & Glenn Bautista, Pandy Aviado, Fil Delacruz, Raul Isidro, Jose Tence Ruiz,

Eghai Roxas, Lirio at Elemento, Ruben Cañete, Levi & Jesse Bartolome, M2Mildred&Maricel, Ernie Dela Peña, Dhel Horest,

Emil Loseñada & Willy Bulaoan, Bong Baybay, Boy Vinzon, & Ed Cabagnot as co-Host

eParticipants: Sydney:Edd Aragon & Alfredo RocesBelgium:Victor Brias London:Attila the StockbrokerBeijing:Claro Cortes IV Oregon:Melissa NolledoLos AngelesRodolfo Samonte Long Beach:Vics Magsaysay New Jersey:Ed LabadiaSan Francisco:Mel Vera Cruz

Poster detail

Online workshop with

BANGGAAN e-group

BEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTINGBEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTINGHeber introduces an acoustic Harana group to serenade the galleryHeber introduces an acoustic Harana group to serenade the gallery

Also introducing songwriter Ernie Dela Pena,known for popular songs Kapalaran, Lupa, May Bukas Pa, and many kundiman songsIncluding the pop hits of Rico J. Puno.

EMIL LOSEÑADA, WILLY BULAOAN, ERNIE DELA PEÑA EMIL LOSEÑADA, WILLY BULAOAN, ERNIE DELA PEÑA

AND DHEL HORREST SINGING SOME KUNDIMAN NUMBERSAND DHEL HORREST SINGING SOME KUNDIMAN NUMBERS

MULA KAY HEBERMULA KAY HEBER

Apat na paintings ko ang aking ipinakita sa mga kaibigan at mga makatang nasa iba’t ibang bahagi ng mundo, ito’y sa pamamagitan ng digital images o jpg files via internet. Hinimok ko silang tulaan ang alinman sa mga ito.

PINAY 2006, 4 x 4 ft

SINAMPAY, 3 x 4 ft.Ang pinakamaraming tula na nasulat ay tungkol sa SINAMPAY, 36 x 48 inches, acrylic on canvas, isang likha na sinimulan ko noon pang 1997, napabayaang nakatiwangwang sa matagal na panahon at natapos lamang nitong 2005.

RETASO, 3 x 3 ft.

BIHAG, 2 x 2 ft.

SINAMPAY (acrylic on canvas, 36x48 in. Tandang. Sora 2005).

MGA MAKATA:BIEN LUMBERAVIRGILIO ALMARIOJOSE F. LACABAEDD ARAGONTREVOR BATTENTEO ANTONIOHEBER BARTOLOME CLARO CORTES IV

MGA MAKATA:KRIP YUSONED LABADIAMELISSA NOLLEDOTEO ANTONIOCLARO CORTES IVHEBER BARTOLOME

MGA MAKATA:FRANK RIVERAVIM NADERATEO ANTONIOCLARO CORTES IVEDD ARAGON HEBER BARTOLOMEMARNE KILATES

MGA MAKATA:ATTILA THE STOCKBROKERRICKY DE UNGRIATEO ANTONIOCLARO CORTES IVED LABADIA

Performers:BIEN LUMBERAVIRGILIO ALMARIOCELINA CRISTOBALRONNIE LAZAROTREVOR BATTENTEO ANTONIOEGHAI ROXASLIRIO AT ELEMENTOGLENN BAUTISTA

Performers:VIRGILIO AVIADOFIL DELACRUZBOY VINZONTEO ANTONIOGLENN BAUTISTA

Performers:FRANK RIVERAVIM NADERATEO ANTONIOGLENN BAUTISTAM2MILDRED & MARICELATTY. BONG BAYBAYRUBEN CAÑÑETEMARNE KILATES

Performers:PEPE SMITHLESTER DEMETILLOTEO ANTONIOGLENNBAUTISTADAVID BAUTISTA

RETASO MGA BIHAGSINAMPAY PINAY 2006

ALING PINTURA AT MGA MAKATA?

OTHER WORKS EXHIBITED AT CRUCIBLE

MGA MAKATA:MEL VERA CRUZTEO ANTONIOHEBER BARTOLOME

Performers:JOSE TENCE RUIZTEO ANTONIOLEVI BARTOLOME

MGA MAKATA:FATS LASAYHEBER BARTOLOME

Performers:FATS LASAY

MGA MAKATA:HEBER BARTOLOME

Performers:NAPOLEON ABUEVA

MGA MAKATA:EDD ARAGONROD SAMONTETEO ANTONIOVICS MAGSAYSAYMEL VERA CRUZ

Performers:RAUL ISIDROEGHAI ROXASLIRIO AT ELEMENTOTEO ANTONIOGLENN BAUTISTA

DALAWANG SALOME,3x3 ftTHE POET, 24x 20 inTINDERA AT ANAK, 3x3 ftDAPITHAPON, 3 x 4 ft

FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA His visions, expressed in song or painted image, come

straight from the heart. Heber Bartolome is a folk poet whose work does not attract the attention of the high priests in the temples of today's art world.

He is spokesman for the common man, singing out in simple language, pain, anger, hope, sometimes even joy. Even if you take away the angry political activist in him, so basic to his self-expression, there is still much to celebrate about humanity in his music and his paintings.

Heber best describes what makes him tick with these lines:

"Di ko kailangan magpa-guapoUpang hangaan. pansinin ng taoAng kailangan ko'y ang maging totooAwitin ang dapat sa panahong ito."

As a writer-painter who has always held uppermost the value of being authentic and telling it like it is, I salute Heber, whose art has always remained "totoo".

  Who was the poet who said: "To thine own self be true, you

cannot then be false to any man"?   Mabuhay si Heber.

ALFREDO ROCES banggaan@yahoogroups.com

 Art Book Author and PublisherDING ROCESDING ROCES

Minsan ay dinalaw namin ni Ding Roces sa Imus, Cavite ang pintor na si Glenn Bautista. Habang nagpapahingalay ako sa may sanga ng puno ng mangga, iginuhit pala ako ni Ding. Ginawan ko naman ito ng tula at ginamit kong background ang kanyang painting na Fraser Island. Ginawa ko ito sa photoshop kasama ang isang dingo na naglalakad sa dalampasigan at isang asong tila nagpi- piano.Ang mga

larawang ito ay bahagi ng aming interaksyon sa egroup na si Ding rin ang lumikha, ang BANGGAAN.

Maagang dumating ang iskultor at National Artist na si NAPOLEON ABUEVA.

DAPITHAPONacrylic on canvas, 36x48 in. Tandang Sora,1997,   DAPITHAPON

Heber Bartolome Kulay pulang langit, kulay pulang pisngiTulad ng pulang labi ng isang binibiniKulay pulang langit mandi'y humahalikSa pisngi ng lupang kayakap ng tubig

Ito'y dapithapon ng mga bulaklakNg mga damong-ligaw, at mga kulisap Mapusyaw na bughaw ang hinawing ulapKulimlim na sinag sa bundok at dagat

National Artist Napoleon Abueva with Heber Bartolome

LENNY DE JESUS, among other special guests opens the exhibitt

PAGPUPUGAY SA ISA’T ISA, nang dumating si BIEN LUMBERA, bagong hirang na National Artist for Literature.

National Artist Bien Lumbera reading a poem he wrote about the painting “Sinampay”.

SINAMPAY(Batay sa pinta ni Heber) Sintas ng asawang kasal sa labada,

Ang alambreng sampayan ay may salaysay

Na ibinubuyangyang sa umaga.

Ang jeans at t-shirt na wumawagayway,

Ibinabad, kinusot, binugbog,

At ngayon sa sampaya’y humaharot-harot

Sa hangin at darang ng tag-init.

Katawang iniwan ng pambarkadang bihis,

Nakatiwangwang ngayon

Sa bugbog ng hapis at ngitngit

Ng linggong tumalilis.

Militanteng awit,

Siniil ng batuta ng sekyu

At pulis. Manipestong

Punit, magiting

Na islogang iginiit ay dagdag

Sa suweldong simpayat

Ng dilis.

Sa bukas-makalawa, ibabangon

Ang patang katawan,

Babalikan ang awit,

Gigiit ang islogan,

Wawagayway ang jeans,

Haharot ang t-shirt.

Salaysay ng sampaya’y

Muli’t muling mauulit

Hangga’t may katawang

Kailangang magbihis.

BIEN LUMBERA

15 Abril 2006

National Artist for Literature BIEN LUMBERA

National Artist for literature VIRGILIO ALMARIO a.k.a RIO ALMA

with HEBER BARTOLOME

at hindi ito dumadainglumundo manang dibdib sa dinadalang bigat.Hihingi ito ng tukodat taimtim na susubaybaysa maghapong salamangkang simoy at silahis.Umaalis nang walang-paalampagdadapithaponang maninipis na blusa’t kamisadentroat wala itong pakialam;may dapat pang bantayanmagdamagna mababagal na kumotat mahihinahong pantalonlaban sa biglang ulanat malilikot na kamay.Iniingatan nitoang maselang sedangunit di pinangingimianang may-sulsing kortoo masipag na katsa.Sa mata ng sampayan:Ang lahat ng telaay pantay-pantayat may karapatanghindi malaglag sa lupao maihian ng walang-modong aso.Nagseselos naman itokapag tinambakan lamangng basahansamantalang ibinabayadng makinaang terno’t pambulwagan;natutuwa kapag nilalaroang mga puting lampin

SAMPAYAN ni RIO ALMA May sariling damdamin ang sampayan.Kung gabi,Tila hibla ito ng metalikong gagamba,nangungulilaat ibig gawin ang sarilina isang antena sa paghahanapng kausap na bituin.May araw dinkapag tinatamadkahit kalabaw sa kural,tila dinaglat itong hininga ng buhay,nakabayubaysa matatalas na bitagng simoy at silahis,ngunit di pansinang bulong at yaposng matiyagang tutubi.Sa ganitong arawng pamamahingaisinusulat nitosa hanginang makamandagna ugat na kalawang.Ngunit sa arawng gawain at paglilingkod,tila linya itong iba’t ibang ugali, pandama’t panlasa,kahit di hari ni pari,bahaghari ng bestida’t palda,tanghalan ng bagong-sabonat giniginawna damit at kortina,maginhawang panti’t sando,pribadong tuwalya’t kumot,

NATIONAL ARTIST VIRGILIO ALMARIOreading his poem entitled SAMPAYAN referring to Heber’s painting SINAMPAY.

at nababalisakapag matagalnawala o naglayasang pantalon at kamiseta.Malihim din ang sampayan:Nabubuwisit ito sa madaliang paglalabang malibag na kuwelyopanyolitong masangsango panloob na may marka;at hiyang-hiya itokapag itinanghal sa labas ng bintana,sinabitan ng isang bimpo o bra,at pinanoodng mga bastos na istambay.

PETELACABA

Celina Cristobal reading Pete Lacaba’s SAMPAYANSAMPAYAN

 Masdan itong sampayan.

Hindi hari, hindi pari,ang nagmamay-arisa bahaging ito ng mundo.

Dugo, luha, pawisay malapot na putiksa ibang bahagi ng mundo.Daga, ipis, lamok, limatik:

putik! putik! putik!sa ibang bahagi ng mundo.

Pero konting sabon, konting tubig,init ng araw at halik ng hanginay papawi ng putik

kahit sa isang saglit.

At sa isang saglit na iyon,malinis, mabango, makulay ang buhaysa isang bahagi ng mundo,

dito, sa sampayang ito,kahit na ang nagmamay-ari

ay hindi pari, hindi hari. Jose F. Lacaba

EDD ARAGONfrom Sydney, Australia congrats pareng heber.

galeng ng paintings mo.

makulay at makiliti ang hagod. 

maganda yung pinay, retaso at sampayan.

Sa sikat ng araw isampay ang budhisipitin ng kawayanang katsa ng lahi. Iduyan mo hanginang katotohanantuyuin ang hamogng kasinungalingan.

 

SAMPAYAN TUTUNGO? ni Edd Aragon, Banggaan egroup

 Karamita'y malinismay pintura ma't grasakamisetang may dagta, tuyong dugo at tinta.. Pawisang sayabakit pa itatago?kinulob sa sisidlanlalu pang namaho.

 

Actor Ronnie Lazaro performed Edd Aragon’s poem without reading a manuscript.

From EnglandFrom England TREVOR TREVOR BATTENBATTEN

See those trousers on the line  For Heber, April 2006

See those trousers on the line-would they fit our heroes just as fine?

'Cos, if those big guys were just as small,why can't we walk just as tall?

But if we ourselves are all so small,why did those heroes then bother at all?

Now see our kid's trousers on the line-would those fit us just as fine?

Performance Artist Eghai Roxas with Lirio Salvador’s avant garde group Elemento performed Heber Bartolome’s poem SINAMPAY. SINAMPAY (3x4 ft acrylic on canvas) Mula sa bintana sila’y abot-tanaw Wari ko’y tuyo na ang aking sinampay Hinipan ng hangin, dinarang ng araw Pwede nang isuot, malinis na naman Kamisetang pula at kupas na maong At medyas ni Pacquiao, tatak ay Darlington Face towel at saka sweatshirt na stretchable Sa likod ay kumot, na merong almirol Sumagi sa isip ang mahal kong bayan Labada’y wangis ng kasinungalingan Kailangang sabunin, ikula’t banlawan Ibilad sa araw tulad ng sinampay Heber Bartolome

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BIHAGHuwebesanto2006

 

Lumutin ang daigdig

ng mga limutin.

 

Paroo’t parito ang mga liku-likong landas,

nakalutang

at ulianin na rin.

 

Tuyo na ang luha at tupok na

ang mga salitang pangitain

sa naburang mga bibig. 

Nakanganga ang kawalan,tagus-tagusan sa mga matangdi na maipinid.

Langhap pa ang dungis ng pagkagunawng anumang dambanang pinanggalingan. Saan pupulutin ang mga mukhangnatuklap sa naagnas na bait? Wala na ang ligaligat pangamba Said na ang katahimikanat kaguluhan. Wala nang kahuluganang araw, ang gabi. Pati na rin ang araw,ang gabi.

RICKY DE UNGRIARICKY DE UNGRIAChancellorUniversity of the Philippines

UP COLLEGE OF MUSIC PROFFESOR LESTER DEMETILLO READING THIS POEM

Heber,

One painting stood out for me.I certainly can't claim to have a massive knowledge of the current political state of your country, but I know a small bit of the Marcos history, the Leftist revolt and the current protestations of 'democratic freedom' within Aroyo's craven pro Bush agenda.  (Two presidents who stole elections will obviously like each other!!) I wrote this.

ARESTADO....!FOR HEBER, 7 APRIL 2006

Calm down.We know what you're thinking.But it was different then.We don't do things like that any more -we're a democracy!We have elections!Where are we going?Not very far.Just a little free taxi ridethen we'll take you home.Drop you outside your own front door.But now -listen to us.

ATTILA THE STOCKBROKERLondon

Welcome to the War On Terror.Gloria and George's War On Terror.You're either with us or against us.Yes, we know what you'll say -we've heard it before.You're an artist.You're not involved in politics.Really?We saw you at that rally.You cheered when they said that the President stole the election. You cheered when they said that she is just a US puppet, no better than the others.You filthy, lying pig. Someone in your privileged position should know better.We saw you marching with the leftists.We were watching you. It's not like the old days.There won't be any beatings,any electric shocks.We don't do that these days:We just want you to knowthat you must choose.This is the War On Terror.You're either with us or against us.

That's all.Now get out of the car.Go home.Live your life.Don't make us come looking for you again.

PEPE SMITHOn the spot, Pepe Smith read with melody and guitar chords a poem written by a British punk-poet-musician Attila The Stockbroker entitled ARESTADO. Attila wrote and emailed the poem as an interaction to Heber’s painting entitled BIHAG.

PINAY 2006PINAY 20064 x 4 ft., acrylic on canvas, Tandang Sora, QC.

ANG PINAYTeo Antonio

Nakakalat sa bawat panig ng mundo,makabagong alipin ang ibinansag sa iyo.Gusto mo lamang ang pamilya'y isalba,maiahon sa lumulubog na ekonomiya.

Si Atty. Bong Baybay, masugid na tagahanga, ay nakipag-interact din sa aking exhibit. Taos-puso niyangInawit ang aking ‘Nena’

O KAY GANDAA song written by Willy Bulaoanreferring to Heber’s painting PINAY 2006 was performed by his daughtersM2Mildred&Maricel

VIM NADERAPERFORMANCE ARTIST

Performing his own poem re Heber’s painting Pinay 2006.

MALAKI RING BAHAGDAN ANG LAMANG NG TIMBANG(Pagkatapos ng Filipina ni Heber Bartolome) Malaki ring bahagdan ang lamang ng timbangNg aking utak kaysa iyo, aking mahal. Lamang din ako, sa paramihan ng dugo,Bagamat kapuwa tayo putok sa buho. Mas matangkad ako, mas magaspang kumilos,Mas mahahaba ang biyas, at mas mabuhok. Ako ang kinilalang larawan ng dunongSapagkat ang wala ka, ako ang mayroon. Marahan kong kinain ang aking salita Nang aking marinig ang bunga ng bunganga. Ikaw ang tarangkahan ng demonyo?Nasa pagitan ka ba ng hayop at tao? Lalake ka rin bang isinilang nang mali?O isa kang tagapagparami ng lahi? Habang tinatanong ko ang aking sarili,“Ako ay ikaw!” ang sa akin mo sinabi. Tatlong katagang ito ang sagot sa lahatNg dilim na sa dulo -- ikaw ang liwanag!

AN IMMENSE DIFFERENCE IS THE POWER (After Heber Bartolome’s Filipina) An immense difference is the power Of my brain compared to yours, my dear. I am also better, for I have more blood,Although we are of the same substance. I am taller, of rougher manner,My limbs are longer, and much hairier. They look on me as perfectionFor what you do not have, I have. But slowly, these words I took backFor I realized how they must sound.  Are you the Devil’s gate incarnate?Are you neither beast nor human?  Are you man mistakenly born a woman?Or are you one who will spread our numbers? And while I ask myself these,“I am you,” to me you said. These three words are the answer to allThe darkness whose light at the end – is you!

 

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FATIMA LASAYQuezon City, PhilippinesBanggaan@yahoogroups.com

Heber's music and biting lyrics captured the mood of his generation: The 70s and 80s were decades of national deliberation, rebellion, and self-discovery. With Macbethian lyricism, Heber explicitly posed fundamental questions about Philippine culture to the beat of Pinoy rock and rhythm. A generous dose of “Kalamansi Sa Sugat” was not meant to add insult to injury to the pathetic colonial residues of the jeprox generation; it was a means of stimulating a musical catharsis. Heber is a rebel with a cause, the giant of Pinoy protest songs, an authentic national artist of the highest caliber and integrity.  

From Leuven, Belgium

DR. VICTOR BRIASPhD in Philosophy,A former and fellow professor of Heber in De La Salle University.

If his artistry reverberates in the field of music, it has been subversively mute in other realms. For over three decades, Heber has transferred his ideas to canvas from his unique perspective. With each stroke of the brush, with each opus, Heber’s seems to say: “I am here and you are there, reality lies in between.” Heber does not paint a subject as he sees it; he paints it as it reveals itself to him. His graphic protest lies in defying matter and capturing the aura, the wild essence, and temporal flux of each subject. With Heber there is no such thing as “still life” … everything is in living motion, particles and waves disguise their being in a dance of light and colors. Heber’s art brings one to the realization that life and reality transcend the dimensions of physics, and that art itself is a facet of life’s essential being.

Through his paintings, Heber has reached a higher, more sublime, but implicit form of rebellious expression. On canvas he protests against the dull and obvious. Even a shirt on a clothesline is beautiful, interesting, and worthy of attention… as is Nena, the prostitute, with her short skirt and skinny legs. But what do we make of these subjects? What is Heber insinuating? Perhaps the answer lies in what Heber does not paint, namely: Kings, Generals, Presidents, Castles or Palaces … or any of the so called “great subjects”. Heber looks at life from the margins, because it is there where life starts and stops. The simple things, the simple people are not so simple at all. It is they who make history. Heber protests against “the grandiose” and leads us towards an appreciation of the integral beauty and truth of mundane reality. Heber is the Pinoy protest painter of our time, but an artist for all, and all time.

FILIPINO ARTIST FILIPINO ARTIST OF HIGHEST CALIBER AND INTEGRITYOF HIGHEST CALIBER AND INTEGRITY

BOY VINZONBOY VINZON

Ang pagkakaroon ko nitong exhibit sa Crucible ay dahil kay Boy Vinzon, yung may-ari ng folkhouse na My Brother’s Mustache. Inalok niya akong mag-exhibit doon kasabay ng isang concert. Sabi ko‘y magandang ideya ngunit hindi praktikal sa kanyang lugar na puro salamin at baka magalaw pa ang interior design at pagkakaayos ng mga posters.

Ngunit palibhasa’y isang Scorpio, determinado syang isakatuparan ang kanyang dalumat.

Isang araw, makalipas ang mahigit isang taon, dinalaw ako sa aking studio ni Sari Ortiga, ang may-ari ng Crucible Gallery. Kaibigan pala sya ni Boy Vinzon at napag-usapan daw nila ang ideya ng konsert-exhibit ko. Ayun, sa madaling salita, natuloy din. Maraming salamat kay Ginoong Boy Vinzon.

Reading Melissa Nolledo’s RETASO

retasoA poem by Melissa Nolledoof Bangaan e-group

(for Hebs/April 2006) this piece that binds me to youred, yellow, green, and   incandescent blues, warm   all over  meshing me and you. this piece that binds me to you  lingerings, sublime  and fused Strong hold.this union. A piece of me, in you.

RETASOni Teo antonio

Sala-salang retaso,iba't ibang kulay,

sala-salang talinghaga ng buhay.

Sana'y sala-salang retasoang puso't diwa ng madla,

kawit-bisig sa makabansang adhika.

RetasoPinagtagpi-tagpi niEduard Labadia ng Banggaan e-groupBinangga ng konti ni Heber  Ako ay natutuliroGunita ay lumalaboKahit na nga kapirasoWala akong nabubuo Pinagtagping kabuuanNitong aking nakaraanDi ko na maaapuhapAng nabuwag na pangarap Panaplot na mga hiblaNg sugatang kaluluwaNakabukang mga sugatPanaplot ko ay nawarat Sa’n ba kayo patutungo?Salisi kong mga hakbangTila habang lumalaonAko'y paikot-ikot lang! Reta-retasong kalas-kalas Kelan pa ba bubuklurin?Natitirang kalayaa'y Hwag na nating ipasupil!

RETASONi Claro Cortes IV

telang pirapirasopresyo’y dalawa singkoasul, pula at abo

pag nabuo’y retaso.

FIL DELACRUZ reading RETASOBy Ed Labadia and Heber Bartolome

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KRIP YUSONKRIP YUSON also wrote a poem about RETASORETA-RETASO

(alay kay Heber)

Patingi-tingi siyang tiningalaan pagkat kagat-kagatniya ang bulak na pira-piraso.  Pasulyap-sulyap lamang ang pag-aninagsa kanyang mga demonyo — mga parte-parte niyana mas masahol pa,mas mga Papa pakaysa kanyang pagka-Papa.  Buo siya dati bago tinibagna parang bato ng mga berdugo.  Mula sa kanyang kahonnaglabasan ang pali-palitong posporo, kanya-kanyang liyab habang lingid sa dilim ng kabuuan.

 Delikado. Kahit saulado.Panahon ang gumawa nito — mga reta-retaso ng oras na pinapahid sa duguang bibigng ibig ko at ibig mo.  Ngayo’y magkahiwalay tayo tulad ng mga pilak sa mangasul-ngasul na arkipelago.  Pakyawin mo man o kunin ng paiyakan ay pare-pareho pa rin tayong mga bahagi ng kaisa-isang hiwaga.  Mga putol-putol, mga ulol,sa kislap at kisapmata’y

gahol. Mga punit-punit na

kamunduhan — tila pa-solo-solopero pala’y sabay-sabay sa sampayan ay pa-otso-

otso.Kasi’y iisang balot ng tao.   — Krip Yuson 

PANDY AVIADOReading Krip’s poem RETA-RETASO

APAT NA TULAAPAT NA TULARETASORETASOSala-salang retaso,iba't ibang kulay,sala-salang talinghaga ng buhay.Sana'y sala-salang retasoang puso't diwa ng madla,kawit-bisig sa makabansang adhika.  ARESTADOARESTADODi lahat ng arestado'y may kasalananmaaaring sila'y napagkamalan.Ang masakit kapag tinamnanng ebidens'yang di nila alam. SINAMPAYSINAMPAYMula sa pagod,pawis ng naglabaang isinampay mula sa labada.Maaaring damit ng lolo at lola,nagtratrabahong ina at ama,estudyante't istambay sa eskinita. Mahalagang malinis ang damitpero, mas mahalagang ang kalooba'y malinis. ANG PINAYANG PINAYNakakalat sa bawat panig ng mundo,makabagong alipin ang ibinansag sa iyo.Gusto mo lamang ang pamilya'y isalba,maiahon sa lumulubog na ekonomiya.Dahil maraming pinunong nilimasang yaman ng bansa para sa lahat.                         TEO  T. ANTONIO                        10 ABRIL 2006 

TEO ANTONIO

MULA SA BANGGAAN eGROUP:

Pareng Edd, Nag-txt nga si teo ng ganito: Buksan mo ang email kaibigannaroon ang tulang makabuluhanApat na talinghaga sa hiling mong tula.MABUHAY KA! Nag-txtbak naman ako: Tanggap ko na kaibiganmga tulang apatanmaghanda ka ng salabatmaraming salamat. Heber

hehe galeng. ano tawag jan...balagtexan?;-) eddA Oo nga pareng edd, Orig ang Banggaan sa Balagtexan.Matagal na nating ginagawa ito dito.Ang bilis mo mag-isip ng masaya at magandang totoo. Heber

BALAGTEKSAN

Nawala ng kopya ng APAT NA TULA na babasahin sana ni Teo Antonio kayat napilitan siyang bumalagtas

pareng heber, haplit lang marahilng bagong panahonmakibago o humarangsa kaibang ebolusyon. naka-ipod na ang Papalaptop sa ayatollahblogger na ang queenmay website ang masa. dati-rati'y balagtasannakabarong sa entabladongayo'y daliri ang gamitng makatang tao. yayaman ang diwang malayang pag-iisipsa tagisan ng dilamay kislap na sisirit.  Edd Aragon

MAKATA NG BAGONG PANAHON

RAUL ISIDROPainter and President of Printmakers Association of the Philippines reading a portion of Balagtasan sa Email

FRANK RIVERAMAKATA SA CELLPHONE

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My Conscience is Clear —You cheated in the last elections.—My conscience is clear.The tears stung her eyes. He was persistent.The august body had to take a recess. Outside the streets are immaculate.No naked children roam the streets sniffing

glue.The peso surges against the almighty dollar.The sky is a dazzling eternal blue. —Your parents waltzed with the dictatorship.—My conscience is clear.She was inconsolable. He was persistent.The august body was helpless. There are no shanties along the railroad tracks.Peasants are opulent, the countryside is lush.Giraffes are white, zebras aren’t striped.The pot in the cliché always calls the kettle

black. 

. —I sell my vote with a clear conscience. Who put these people in these august halls?What keeps us dumb? When will we pull The wool away from our eyes and seeThe hand that rules our choices? —I march on the street with a clear conscience. How do we serve, what do we careAbout that vague notion called Bayan,When we fuss over our grass and garden And ignore the garbage beyond our front yard? —I stay at home with a clear conscience. Friend, bother, sister, senator, whatever:When will you and I stop having clear consciences And think it was maybe clear consciencesPut clowns and despots in Malacañang?  

Marne L. Kilates

March 16, 2006

Email from Beijing CLARO CORTES IVBanggaan@yahoogroups.com

heber,pasingit singit lang sa upisina at tinuloy ko sa taxi pauwi dito sa bahay.cheers,claro  

On 4/7/06, Claro Cortes <claro@cortes.com> wrote:

heber,pag pasensiyahan ang nakayanansa maiksing oras na nilaan,isip ay piniga, hindi nagkandaugagapara makagawa ng apat na tanaga.matagumpay mong exhibitnaka salalay sa isasabit.mga tula mong iginuhit,at makabuluhang mga awit. mga kaibigan sa banggaan,kapiling mo sa kasiyahan,nandiyan man o in absentia.sanay ambunan mo kami ng grasya! cheers,claro eto ang apat na tanaga. paki ayos na

lang.

APAT NA TANAGA

RETASOtelang pirapirasopresyo’y dalawa singkoasul, pula at abopag nabuo’y retaso. SAMPAYANang sampayan ng bayanbinitin sa kawayanmaong, brief, kamisetaisip, diwa’t pag asa. PINAYkahit ilong ay pangomay ginintuang puso kagandahay dalisaypinay, ikaw ang tunay! ARESTADOdugo mo’y tumilamsiknang ikay naghimagsikkinitil ng berdugoarestado, bubuelo.

Painter Glenn BautistaReading Apat Na Tanaga

DAVID BAUTISTA

reading his original poem as part of the interaction.

JOSE TENCE RUIZ @MEL VERA CRUZ

PINTURANGPULAkasama ng mga tambaykaharap namin ay tagaykantahan sa kantoutot ng dila’y awit mo

inihain ng mahal kong nanayalmusal n’yang masarap na tunaytapsilog na sinubo ng kamaylimot ang masasamang bagay

di biro ang pagsakay ng buspara kang may pasan na krussumakay man ako sa ibang agosawit mo sa puso ko’y tagos

awitin mong sumasabaysa diwa kong naglalakbaywika ng ilong na pangohuwag akong magpapa-pako

pinoy akong sumasakaysi nena ay aking ka-akbaynapasuot sa salimu-otkanta mo ang s’yang humugot

sa laban ng aking barangaytanglaw mo’y laging taglayang sugo ni putla, ‘yan ay babalahuwag ma-aya sa maapoy nya’ng dila

laganap ang mga asong ulolsila’y ngumingiyaw, di kumakaholtaliwas na landas mag-ingat sa ahaspag inabot ng malas, wala nang lunas

kulay ng pintura tawagin mang puladinemonyo ni mama dahil sa takot n’yaang magpapalaya sa mga madadayaay matapat na dila, yan ang tunay na biyaya

bow.

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HEBER AND DULCE trying to remember an old song

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