Perennial Measure: Ukol sa Isang Protestantismo Laban sa Inobasyon (On a Protestantism Against Innovation)

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Ukol sa Isang Protestantismo Laban sa Inobasyon (On a Protestantism Against Innovation)

Kampanaryong di luhain, sin-
turunan mo po ang
Simula nitong koronasyon,
Itong may mapanghamak na
kopya
Ng pagbubunyag ng mga
manlilinlang ukol
Sa kasariwaan ni Ptolemy.
Harinawa’y poot
Ang maghari sa palikuran
Ng mga pakitang-giliw na
matutunghayan niyo
Sa kayo ng aming kapilyuhan
(Na magawi noong lumago
ang tunog nito
laban sa kalakal,
Nguni ngayo’y nagkukumot sa
pugad ng pagkaasiwa o
pag-aalala)—dahil, sa huli,

Ang ngitngit bang yao’y minithing
manira? Di ba’t
Ang dúke ng Luteranismo’y napaiyak
lamang sa tuwa?

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Belfry not wont to shed tears,

belt please the

Start of this coronation, this

With the scornful copy

Of an exposé by the fraudulent

On Ptolemy’s freshness.

Hoping that rage

Would rule in the toilets

Of affectionate display seen in

The paper of our prank

That used to bloom with an

anti-commerce sound

Yet is now blanketing itself in

a nest of unease or

worry—for, in the end,

Did that heat seek destruction?

Didn’t the Lutheran Duke shed
tears of delight?

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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.