Perennial Measure: Third Cup Na Natin ‘To (o, Noynoy Aquino)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Third Cup Na Natin ‘To (o, Noynoy Aquino)

We had three na. 2nd at four,

Tapos ito, ang pangatlo, at ten.

Ten na when we finished our paper

On the catapult, kasi inihambing natin

Ang pag-catapult nitong isang political

Machinery sa candidate nilang ‘to; we

Felt we had to explain this metaphor

Further, the catapult. A kitten in our

Heads is refusing to die the death na

Sa palagay ko rin naman dapat nang

Mangyari e. Deceptively mabango

Kasi tae ng cat na yan, punyeta,

We’re having an unblemished

Coffee pa naman here, one

Good one, seemingly,

So, catapult. . . .

—September 2009

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About "Perennial Measure," the first blogged poetry volume on this site:

On the seventh day in the writing of this collection, or perhaps already subconsciously during the making of that first poem, it became clear that this series, Perennial Measure (the volume), shall be about the practice of poetry and art. Having laid that assumption down, trying to follow that course, however, I saw that I was able to move later to the creation of pieces on various other themes, as if I was trying to present to my reader those various themes and issues that confront a poet in his life and everyday world, qua poet. But, so as not to veer too far away from my central theme, the series would interrupt that straying again to make me go back to pieces strictly on poetry or art. And that push and pull from the central theme went on to the end of the volume project (which targeted 56 pieces or 56 printed book pages worth). So, approach this collection thus, then, should it please you, and consider reading the last poem, "Perennial Failure," against the first one, "Perennial Measure." Otherwise, you can just approach the section or volume or book how you would rather, as maybe you should. Here is Perennial Measure, the blogged poetry book within this eponymously titled Perennial Measure blogged literary creations site.