Happy Mondays XXXV: The Palanca Awards Night Edition

featured readers for the 35th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights tonight, September 1st at mag:net cafe katipunan as follows:

1. Sasha Martinez
2. Pancho Villanueva
3. Pancho Alvarez
4. Glenn Atanacio
5. Israfel Fagela
6. Iñigo De Paula

7. Kash Avena
8. Jonar Sabilano
9. Carljoe Javier
10. Lawrence Bernabe
11. Joey Nacino
12. Joselito De Jesus
13. Pocholo Goitia

14. Claude Despabiladeras
15. Allan Hernandez

*PLUS surprise guests and readers coming from the Palanca Awarding.

please do bring your works if you want to read during the open mic. thanks!

followed by the music of:

Angel Radio
Johnoy Danao
Whappak
The Love Team (featuring Wincy Ong)
Enero

7PM Onwards. FREE ADMISSION.

kitakits!

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btw, congrats to bayaw Lourd De Veyra, Amado Bajarias, and Larry Ypil for winning in last wednesday's Philippines Free Press Centennial Literary Awards! at sa iba pang mga bayaw at hipag na hahabol sa Happy Mondays dahil nasa Palanca Awarding sila! wasak! dumarami na ipapatumbang baka!

Oppositions

The persistent
pairings of nature:

butterfly and moth,
all grace and flutter,

flame and death. Always
terror crosses over into

beauty, the tender
undersides of caterpillars.

Then wings. Tremor of color.
Great shakings of flowers

and from somewhere,
waft of burning candles.

Tell me, where do
they die, effervescent

and funereal,
where do they live?

August and Everything After

below are some photos from the 33rd installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights last August 8. huge thanks to all for the continuous support of the readings. hulaan n'yo kung sinu-sino sa mga 'to nanalo ng unang (o na naman ng) Palanca o Free Press o may padating na nobela, etc. this year. :)

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finally, the debut collection from the criminally underrated Amado Bajarias is coming out! sometime later this month or early september. cover design pa lang wasak na wasak na!

"Amado Bajarias’ debut collection of poems heralds a Philippine poetics that chugs along with the rumble of the city’s decrepit trains, on the way to the gentle twittering of countryside aviaries. Inasmuch as the collection’s title Pepsi Tastes Funny When It’s Christmas Eve and You’re Alone Eating Canned Tuna is already a mouthful, the poems here likewise thrive on a kilometric and crafty gathering of modern wit, irony, and understatement. Within these pages are haiku-ish commentaries, Gonzo reprimands, and lots of longing for missed pets.

In many places reminiscent of both Bukowski and Simic, Bajarias’ often surreal and sardonic lyric is wide awake and dilated, forever poking and plucking at both the living and the inanimate (the departed?). The poet takes his sweet time digging for leftover bones and loves in rambunctious urban landscapes. And, whenever he gets tired of the act, there is always the great soda in his system insisting that the apartment door is always open, and there are miles and miles to go before he sleeps."

-- JMT

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the first review and a little interview re: chiaroscuro is out, over at the abs-cbn news website. muchas gracias to Ramil Gulle for the kind words.

also, the poem "Sun in Empty Room" came out in this week's issue of the Philippines Free Press. Many thanks to Sarge Lacuesta. btw, the awarding of the 2007 Free Press Literary Awards will be on August 27.

Happy Mondays XXXIV: This is Not A Book Launch by KHAVN

the 34th installment of the Happy Mondays Poetry Nights on August 18, 2008 at mag:net cafe katipunan features the book launch of two books by Khavn De La Cruz -- Ultraviolins (Fiction, UP Press) and Lines On The Sole (Poetry, UST Press), with readings and performances by:

1 JOSE F. LACABA

2 BENILDA S. SANTOS

3 V. E. CARMELO D. NADERA, JR.

4 JUN CRUZ REYES

5 JOSE Y. DALISAY, JR.

6 CHARLSON ONG

7 BIENVENIDO LUMBERA

8 CONCHITINA CRUZ

9 ISRAFEL FAGELA

10 ALLAN PASTRANA

11 MARNE L. KILATES

12 L. LACAMBRA YPIL

13 DARYLL JANE DELGADO

14 NOEL DEL PRADO

15 KARL R. DE MESA

16 CARLJOE JAVIER

17 FRANCEZCA KWE

18 SARGE LACUESTA

19 LOURD DE VEYRA

20 ONY CARCAMO

21 MIKE COROZA

22 TEO ANTONIO

23 ARMI MILLARE

Cocktails: 6:30-7:30pm

Readings/Performances: 7:30-10pm

Hosted by ANGELO SUAREZ

followed by the music of:

Johnoy Danao

Toi

Black Monkey Idol

Taggu Ndios

Weedisneys

Jesus Mafia

kitakits!

The World And Other Expletives

"Ang Iba't Ibang Ngalan Ng Hangin".

Mikael De Lara Co.

Unang Gantimpala.

Tula.

2008 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.

Sa'n ka pa.

Back to back.

1st Prize English 2007.

Ngayon sa Pilipino naman.

Bilingual.

Bi-medal.

Bayaw!

Wasak.

Tumbahan na naman ng ito ng Baka.

Mookie Katigbak. 2nd Prize Poetry in English.

Marie La Viña. 3rd Prize. Poetry in English.

Congrats sa inyong tatlo!