• Philippine Center of International PEN
  The auric gift of the word

• A different kind of muse

• Stimulating your creativity

• Writing in other professions

• A writer’s workplace
  Where words pour forth

• A feasting

• Sampung Senryu

• Sijo kay Kim Hak Soon*

• Wakamay

• Babala

• Knowing

• Story

• Dalawampu’t apat

• Disyerto

• Con, Dense

• Tide and Time

• If including the title

• Between choice and choice

• Boracay

• Litanya sa Ilog Pasig

• Stepping on dry leaves

• Under my umbrella

• What places inspired your literary pieces?

• Manila Zoo

• Overture

• Hiroshima

• Misteryo

• Pagbabadya

• Compassion

• Pagyabong

• Freedom of touch

• Talikhalikan

• Dead Stars

• In between

• The Exiles

• Maskara

• Through the keyhole, a mystery

• An unlikely itinerary

• Minds apart

• Tipanan sa hatinggabi

• Mayumi

• Paglaya, isang metapora (a dance libretto)

• Stories served a la carte!

• A ‘cult’ classic

• Mga tula ng bagong henerasyon

• Mga kasinungalingang dapat paniwalaan

• Living the Chinese way

• A taste of Philippine women’s history

• Reflections of a young wife

• Filipino young lives

• Living with the ‘Tachimbos’

• Written rules

• Hospital(e)s

• Idle Tuesday

Dalawampu’t apat

Ni Francisco A. Monteseña

Sa umpisa ng pag-inog ng oras,
‘di masariling segundo,
’di mayakap na minuto,
bilanggo na tayo at nakagapos
sa ’di mapigilang pag-ikot.
Tatlong libo’t anim-na-raang sulyap
sa lumilipas na tadhanang
may dalawang kamay.
Paano ito babaliin?
?
Sana ay magawang pigilan
ang init ng araw,
o ang silay ng buwan.
Maantala ang pagbuka ng bulaklak,
Mabalam ang pagpatak ng ulan.
???????????
Ngunit sadyang tapat ang oras
sa kaniyang paglalandas,
Tuluy-tuloy ang lahat:
?
Tik
Pagmulat
?
Tak
Pagbangon
?
Tik
Pagdating
?
Tak
Paglisan
?
Tiktak
tiktak tiktak
?
Pagkaumay.

Montage Vol. 11 • September 2008

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