Ang Masel ni Aling Maria

 Today we feature the poem Ang Masel ni Aling Maria, written by  German V. Gervacio. A three-time winner of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature and a four-time winner of the Homelife Magazine National Poetry Competition,  he authored Hari Manawari, Si Tanya, ang Uwak na Gustong Pumuti, and 101 Bugtong na Hindi Alam ng Titser Mo. His works have been included in various anthologies and journals like CCP’s Ani 22 and UP Likhaan Anthologies. 

Ang Masel ni Aling Maria is a story of parenthood, motherhood in particular. Although there is already gender equality, the poem shows us still of the tasks a woman has to bear in order to support her family. Though we say, it is  a choice in the end, we would know it is the basic instinct of Maria to ascertain her children have food in the table as well as are sent to school. 

Let us read the poem and discover how our mothers, even fathers, are reflected and appreciated in the smallest gesture we oftentimes neglect- Acknowledgement of their efforts. 

Ang Masel ni Aling Maria

ni German V. Gervacio 

alas-tres ng madaling araw

habang ang bana'y naghihilik pa

babangon siya para makipag-agawan

sa mga ibabagsak na banyera ng isda

doon sa may talipapa

siya na rin ang bubuhat

papunta sa kanyang pwesto

dalawanpung taon siyang ganito!

tingnan mo tuloy ang kanyang braso

mahihiya si Popeye

maski na si Rambo

 

pero sa masel niya masasalamin

walong anak na iginagapang.

                isang kumakarera

               dalawa sa hayskul

               tatlo sa elementarya

               ang isa'y di pa nag-aaral

ang bunso'y pasususuhin pa

 

pagkagat ng dilim

 

saka pa lang huhupa ang masel niya

ang ulo niya'y nakasubsob sa unan

patalikod sa banang mapintog ang tiyan.

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Creating and recreating the world we see

Mythology and Folklore:

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Good day!

This week as we take on different tasks and visit different places, I would like you to:

   1.  Ask your grandparents/someone who is an elder in your community about a legend that they have heard when they were yet a child. Write a 2-3 line synopsis of your story in the comment section of this post on or before March 3, 2019. Please do not forget to include your surname and name initials. On the other hand, encode the story in a short bond paper and submit it on Friday, March 1, 2019.

 2. Write a personal story on how you imagine the world to have begun. Write it in the medium of instruction that we are using. Encode your output in a short bond paper and hand it to me the first time we see each other next week. Upload a summary of your story in the comment section. Please fail not to identify yourself.

3.       Using the story you have written, create a comic strip in the vernacular. Give it to me alongside your personal creation story.

Have  great week ahead!!

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English 44 Activity 3

Hi there Poetry enthusiasts!

Help me see through your eyes and feel through your hands. Let me hear through you as well. But most of all, help me bring to life all that we only can imagine.

Post your guide/table in the comments section below.

Enjoy!

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The End of the Weekend by Anthony Evan Hecht

Hi there Poetry Enthusiasts!

Here's to our lovable weekend together.

Please read the poem The End of the Weekend by  Anthony Evan Hecht and answer the following questions.

1.      What is the meaning of the firelight in the poem? Does it matter that it is loose?

2.      Upon your initial reading of the poem, what have you imagined? How about on your second and third reading? How are your senses affected by the poem? How are these senses affected by your reading?

3.      Do you think the  great black presence have anything to do with the love affair? If there is any effect, what is it? Why do you say so?

*** To answer this, post your video in youtube and paste the link of the uploaded video in the comments' section of this post. 

I am excited to view your video, i hope you too are. Enjoy!

My 1st Attempt (English 44)

Hello there!

Everyone always has his/her first attempt. At times, it isn't so successful. at times it is the only success. But most often than not, when diligence and patience are placed together in learning and acquiring a new skill, one gets to be good.
As such, you are encouraged to post your 1st attempt in our English 44 in the comment's section.

Let us enjoy this semester's journey together!

English 72

For English 72

For your get-away, remember to be accompanied by these thoughts:

1.      1.  Using all the poems for the final term, fill in the grid:

Title of Poem	Poet	Poet’s birthdate	Passing Away Date (if applicable)	Speaker	Audience	Tone	Theme
1
2
nth poem

2.      2.  Read the glass menagerie and write a formalistic criticism about it.

3.       3. Submit your work on November 3, 2017. Thanks. 

UNDAS activities for Philippine Literature

For Literature 11/ Philippine Literature

During the course of the break, I wish you to write on these:

1.       Write either a concrete poem or a sonnet about the family activity that you have had in relation to Undas.

2.       Collect at least 10 superstitious beliefs that your family/friends observe during the Undas. Write each belief in a rhyming couplet.

3.       Create a Cebuano/English/Tagalog flash fiction on a favorite childhood story in relation to Undas.

4.       Submit your encoded/printed work on November 3, 2017 (both for MWF and TTh class sched); not later than 4PM. Kindly place it on my table.

5.       Have  a good holiday!