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 ...
Poetry during the pandemic has taken the form of tanaga, a native Filipino poem with 4 lines and 7 syllables each. Case in point: "Pitong Pantig, Pintig, at Pagitan," an anthology of 50 tanaga in ...
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 ...