For Poet Rado Gatchalian and singer Rene Tinapay, the best way to learn a language is through verse and song. Desire for Filipinos: 'Don't forget your roots' Music and arts play a big part in ...

I can’t be happier for my young friend Joel M. Toledo, poet and literature teacher at Miriam College, also the percussionist for the music band of fellow-poets, Los Chupacabras. As far as I’m ...

Are Jose Corazon de Jesus and Florentino Collantes turning in their graves? Is Alejandro Abadilla furious at the present state of Tagalog free verse? No doubt Rolando Tinio will rejoice at the ...

What’s the Balagtasan’s relevance to young Filipinos? Consider that the spirited tradition, named after the Spanish colonial era’s great Filipino poet Francisco Balagtas, and pioneered by Jose Corazon ...

“The challenge in writing poetry is how to describe the current situation, history in very few lines.” Reagan Maiquez Source: supplied Reagan Maiquez “Ilang Sandali Makalipas ang Huling Araw ng Mundo” ...

PRESS RELEASE: Pambansang Araw ng Pagtula will have a live poetry marathon at the Metropolitan Theater featuring at least 50 Filipino poets and performers Advocates of Filipino poetry, headed by ...

Why does poetry matter and why is reading so important? We talk to Juan Miguel Severo to answer a short but difficult question: Who is the Filipino? MANILA, Philippines – Juan Miguel Severo – Gege to ...

Four hand-written letters, four poems and four sketches, composed within 30 minutes, had been packed and are on their way for distribution to cancer patients in the UAE. Fact is, one of the poems is ...

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) enjoining the public to participate for this year's search for "Talaang Ginto: Makata ng Taon 2022 (Poet of the Year)." Talaang Ginto: Makata ng Taon is a poetry ...