Five years ago naglabas ang Km64 ng chapbook

bilang suporta sa mga manggagawa ng Hacienda Luisita.

Sa araw na ito, idownload ito ng libre.

KABYAWAN

Tuloy ang laban.

AHON
Isang Gabi ng Pag-aalay
ng Tula at Tulong
sa mga nasalanta

Conspiracy bar, Visayas ave QC
6-9pm

Free Entrance

we will be accepting relief goods, Food, Clothing, Medicines, Beds, Pillows, Blankets, Emergency Supplies and cash donations to help Typhoon Ondoy victims.

A project of Km64 poetry collective and
writers from www.filipinowriters.com,
in cooperation with BAYAN MUNA Partylist

Para sa second leg ng
REKOBERI
Hanggang sa Paggaling ni Axel Pinpin
at AXsale Rummage Sale;
kita kits sa Bookay-ukay
[55 Maginhawa st, Sakay ng tryke sa
Philcoa]

Start ng Rummage- 4pm
Open mic- 6pm

August fifteen, Sabado.

Sa mga interesadong tumulong, text text
[stum 09278313273, 09322447739]

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Minsan nang nakulong sa isang pathetic na selda sa Camp Vicente Lim si Axel Pinpin,
isang piraso ng Tagaytay 5. Isang poet. Nakapaglabas na ng dalawang libro at isang spokenword audio cd. Tumutula sa mga resto bar, radio station, at mga kalsada.

Sa mga oras na ito ay nagpapalakas sha ng katawan matapos matuklasan na may problema sha
sa kanyang baga [lungs]. Tubercolosis daw at iba pang mga sakit na mahirap bigkasin at ispelengin.

Pabalik-balik sha sa mga ospital para sa iba’t ibang mga pagsusuri. Umiinom din sha ng iba’t ibang klase ng gamot.

At kahit marangya ang mga field tripping ng mga pinagpalang mga tropa ng GMA, hindi libre ang magkasakit sa Pilipinas. Pramis. Tiyak yun.

Ang mga ambag para sa TULAGALAG poetry installation ay tatanggapin hanggang bukas.

Pede ito itext [kung maikli] sa 09278313273/ 09322743366.
Kung may kahabaan naman, email sa kilometer64@gmail.com.

Kung installation ready [1ft x 1ft collaboartion ng artwork at poetry, any medium] naman ang ipapasa, maari itong dalhin sa Plaza Miranda sa Konsyerto kontra Con Ass [july 24, 6pm onwards].

Makipag-ugnayan lang saken.

We felt we shortchanged ourselves when we fell short of beating the deadline for a short conference. Organized by the Tate Modern Public Programmes, The London Consortium and the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study at the University of London, it is open to anybody — or somebody like DJ Spooky, Sadie Plant, Tom Shakespeare, Clare Wigfall or Steven Connor — who is ready, willing, and capable of presenting or performing about spatial or temporal shortness for up to seven minutes. Shortly, we are haunted by our short abstract of less than 200 words that we failed to submit on time. To this day, we can do nothing but shake our head now that we can easily shortlist everything short under the sun. Last week – when Prof. Randy David of the University of the Philippines declared that he would seriously consider running against Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo should she seek a seat in the House representing the second district of their home province of Pampanga in 2010 in a battle dubbed as David vs. Goliath — inspired us so much since so many short things took place in so short a time. We could have written more than such text messages we got last Fathers’ Day as “Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should. Let go of what you cannot change. Love deeply and something will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake.”

Or about punch lines as cruel as “What a coincidence that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died on the same day. One had a lot of fun with Majors, while the other had a lot of fun with minors.”

Or about such aphorisms as “Kapag nasa katri na, tiyakin kung may hayden camera.”

Or about short attention spans of the youth, for example, during Philippine Online Chronicles Presents: Pilipinas 2.0 last June 25 when different individuals and organizations that advocate for and propel change in Philippine society gathered together at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila auditorium.

Or about music samples of a Martin Nievera challenging the Republic Act No. 8491 or the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines, whose Chapter II, Section 37, states that the rendition of the National Anthem, whether played or sung, shall be in accordance with the musical arrangement and composition of Julian Felipe.

Or about ephemeral relationships as that of that Democrat who made a pitstop at an Argentinian strip club to get a lap dance from Andrea Rincon or that Republican who gave everything up for a hot sex with a hot babe from Buenos Aires.

Or about quick-fire recipes to, say, the 7th Doreen Fernandez Food Writing Contest under this year’s topic on biskwit.

Or about orgasms caused by a short imaginary cable car ride from either Caticlan to Boracay or from Dolores to Mt. Banahaw.

Or about nanophilology in tanaga or dalit or diona, for instance, instead of haiku that has been taught in schools for years as if part of our prehispanic literary past.

Speaking of shortness, too, the National Book Development Board (NBDB), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), Vibal Foundation, and the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) are allowing your short poetry to take Part 2 of Tulaan sa Tren readership promotion campaign. The NBDB will accept original, unpublished poems with the theme Journeys/Paglalakbay. Entries may be in English, Filipino, or any of the regional languages (with English or Tagalog translation if written in a regional language) and should be up to 200 words long. Only one (1) poem per author will be accepted. The Board of Judges will select three (3) winners each for the English and Filipino categories. For each category, the Grand Prize winner will receive P5,000, second prize winner will receive P3,000, and third prize winner will receive P2,000. Winning entries will be posted in LRT trains alongside the works of established Filipino poets and will be published in a compilation of Tulaan sa Tren 2 poems. The NBDB shall share copyright with the authors for their winning poems for purposes of broadcast and/or publication in the NBDB’s readership campaigns. Entries must be submitted along with the Official Entry Form. The author’s name and address must only appear in the Official Entry Form and must not appear on the entry. Entries may be e-mailed to tulaansatren@nbdb.gov.ph. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or sent postmarked no later than July 22, 2009 to: Office of the Executive Director National Book Development Board 2/F NPO Bldg. EDSA cor. NIA Northside Road Diliman, Quezon City. Tulagalag, another mobile poetry project, was recently launched by KM64 in cooperation with Artists’ Arrest. It is open to all anti-Constituent Assembly and anti Charter Change masterpieces written and designed on 12”x12” illustration board. Collaborative artwork and poetry can also be submitted in any medium or language. Even experiments are welcomed. Award-winning works will be exhibited at the pink fence along Commonwealth Avenue during the Pres. Arroyo’s State of the Nation address slated on July 27 but postposed due to the threat of influenza A H1N1.

Monday, you can submit your entries at Mag:net Katipunan, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Tuesday at the Conspiracy Garden Cafe, from 6pm to 9pm. Or you can text your poems # 09278313273 or # 09322743366 or email them at kilometer64@gmail.com. For details, please visit their websites www.km64.wordpress.com and www.kilometer64.multiply.com. Yesterday, by the way, Dr. Luzviminda Kwong, Philippine Society of Oncology Inc. president and Dr. Gil Vicente, their 2009 Midyear Convention chair, fulfilled their dream of coming up with a Cancer Book for the Layman at the Megatrade Hall 1, Megamall in Mandaluyong City. Being artists in their own right, they both allowed arts to get in the way treating their patients. So it is not surprising to find out that they included an on-the-sport painting contest for kids 12 years old and below as well as photo competition which they opened to all amateurs and professionals camera bugs who can tackle the theme : Compassion and Cancer. The entire Sunday was full of raffle draws and booth exhibits on nutrition, allergies, skin problems, hair concerns, oral hygiene and the like. Not to mention, free consultation or second opinion with specialists in their project called Pasilip Ka, an endoscopic exam of the upper airway!

The long and short of it, through the arts we can, as the King of Pop sings it, heal the world!

May mobile poetry project ek-ek [TULAGALAG] ang km64 sa pakikipagtulungan ng Artists’ Arrest, kung saan mangungulekta ng mga Anti-Con Ass at Anti ChaCha poems na nakasulat/nakadesign sa 12″x12″ na illustration board.

Pedeng collab ng artwork at tula ang mga ambag. Any medium. Any dialect. Mas experimental mas asteg.

Sa araw ng SoNA ni Malditang GMA, ieexhibit ang mga makukolektang mga tula/artwork sa mga pink fence sa Commonwealth.

Pedeng dalhen ang mga ambag simula July 6 sa Mag:net Katipunan [7-9pm] at sa July 7 Conspiracy bar [6-9pm].

Pede ring itext ang mga tula 09278313273, 09322743366.

Pede rin i-email sa kilometer64@gmail.com.

www.km64.wordpress.com/www.kilometer64.multiply.com

ni Axel Pinpin

Parang malambot na kutson
sa inaantok kong mata
ang tambak ng natuyong dahon
sa likod-bahay ng magsasakang nasa Kampuhan sa lungsod.
Inaasam na ganito rin ang ating kama
tuwing uuwi ako
sa mahabang pagliban sa mga halik at yakap mo.

Nagkamali ka
noong isipin mong hindi ko na ito hinahanap.
Naaamoy ko ang labi mo
sa bawat pinyang tinatalupan sa baryo.
Sing-init ng kape
kung umagang-walang-almusal
ang yakap mong
may ilang buwan na nang huli kong mahuli
at mabitag sa aking mga bisig.
Mas malimit nang manukso
ang angil at lambing
sa pakikibaka ng masa, hindi pagkagiliw sa iyo,
para magpalukso sa aking puso at dugo.
Mas kapana-panabik
ang umiigting na digma, hindi ang libog,
na abutin ang sukdulan.

Batid kong hindi ka na kayang pangitiin
ng tamis ng salita.
Hindi ka na kikiligin
sa mga tula ng pag-ibig
na itinutugma ko sa paglaya.
Sasabihin mo na namang
sa Bayan na lamang ako makipagtalik.

Oo, hindi ikaw ang una sa buhay ko.
Sana ako’y hindi rin sa ‘yo.

____________________
Mayo 29, 2009
Ika-47 Araw ng Kampuhang Magsasaka Para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo
Lungsod ng Quezon

“Binigkas ko sa WordJam! Spoken Word Festival ng CCP na may pamagat na Angal at Atungal, June-24. Sa unang pagkakataon hindi ako umangal at umatungal habang tumutula. Umiibig din ang mga rebolusyunaryo. Matapat na umiibig.”

ni dj Raymundo

Sa pagdating
Aking napansin
Kausap si Islaw kalabaw nitong isang Mang Gusting

Isang kumustahan
Ng magkaibigang taon nang magkapiling:

Mang Gusting:
Wag ka sanang datnan agad
Ng gutom at pagal
Kailangang makarami
Para ani’y dumoble

Islaw Kalabaw:
Paumanhin po
Ngunit pagod na ako
Sa maghapong araro
nagsimula alas-singko
at ngayon silipin ang iyong relo
sinasabi’y menus singko
bago mag-alas kuwatro
tanghalian ba’y limot mo?

Mang Gusting:
Hindi ba sapat sayo
Ang tubig at damo
Kaninang miryenda mo
Kasabay nito’y ako
Nginunguya tinapay na kapiraso
At iniinom ang tubig sa may lamat na baso

Islaw Kalabaw:
Sobra naman amo
Kung sapat iyon para sayo
Sa maghapong pagkakayuko
Sa maghapong aking pagararo
Sa maghapon nating trabaho
Konting paghabol ng hinga po
Ang hanap ng katawan ko

Mang Gusting:
Hindi pupuwede tayo’y huminto
Sa ginta ng trabaho
`yan ang pakiusap ko
sapagkat nabaon sa utang
pati dalaga ko’y tau-tauhan
ng among gahaman
sa kita at hatian
laging nakalalamang

Islaw Kalabaw:
Ako’y nahahabag
Sa kalagayang parang bihag
Ngunit ako may `di na kayang sumuwag
Dahil sampung taong walang pitlag
Hila-hila’y ararong kakarag-karag

Mang Gusting:
Unawa ko ang kalagayan mo
Sapagkat taon na rin ating pagsasalo
Ang hindi ko maisip at hindi rin matanto
Kung bakit parang Malabo
Kalagayan ay mabago?
Kaya’t pagtatalo’y ihinto
Magsimula at bumalik sa pagtatarabaho
Panahon kasi ngayo’y `di kalkulado
Baka dumating ang bagyo
Pananim ay delikado:
aning palay `di mababayo
gayundin ang buhay ko

Sa pagalis
Ako’y naiinis
Sa usapang mabilis
na`di umabot ng alas-seis
Itong kamustahan
Ng dalawang magkaibigan
Aking nasaksihan
At nagbigay kamulatan
Sa tunay na kalagayan
Ng magsasaka sa kanayaunan
Problema sa lupang daan taon ng pasan
Tanging solusyon ay kolektibong paglaban
Sa kapiyudalan at pangangamkam
Ng mga naghahariharian.

Ni Rustum Casia

Pwede bang paminsan minsan,

kahet ngayun lang,

wag muna nateng pag-usapan kung gaano ka katalino,

kung gano kataas ang iyong IQ,

kung sinong matinee idol ka nung 80’s,

kung anung sexual position ka,

kung gaano mo kakilala si ganoon at ganito,

kung gaano ka katunay na lalake.

O, kung ano ang suot mong panty,

kung ano ang kinakain mo,

kung saan ka pupunta mamaya,

kung gaano kasakit ang ulo mo,

kung ano ang bibilhin mo pag tumigil na ang ulan,

at kung gaano kabagal ang connection sa iyong pinag-iinternetan.

Wag muna natin asikasuhin ang mafia wars.

Isang lider magsasaka sa Dumagete ang pinaputukan sa ulo.

Hindi na nakapagpalit ng damit

matapos magbitbit ng anti Chacha na streamer.

Katarungan kay Ka Fermin Lorico.

Pwede bang ito ang maging status mo?

- Jerina Vallarta

Ang gumagawa sa lupa

walang sariling lupa

kapag saglit namahinga

tiyak walang laman ang sikmura

dahil kahit maghapon magpakapagod

butil butil na kita’y

nauuwi lang sa pambayad sa usura