Category: Poetry

Ni Jose Maria Sison Lumayas na ang mga sumpunging anito at diwata Mula sa matatandang puno at sukal, Madidilim na yungib at puntod sa mga lilim, Malulumot na…

Ni Jose Maria Sison Hindi sa paraan ng pagkamatay Nagiging bayani ang sinuman. Kundi sa kahulugang hinango Sa mga pakikibaka laban sa kaaway. May bayaning namatay sa larangan,…

Ni Jose Maria Sison Abot langit magpakailanpaman Ang papuri natin sa mga bayaning Namatay sa kamay ng kaaway: Sa larangan ng labanan Sa liblib at ilang na pook…

By Jose Maria Sison In the evening Dewdrops linger On the lips Coaxing The rosebud To yield Its innermost Yet seizing stars To see through The dark Not…

By Jose Maria Sison 1. Under the nightsky, fresh breaths Of green leaves and blue waves Rush to my face, cling to my body And spur me on…

Ni Jose Maria Sison Ang aking katawan ay nakapiit Subalit diwa ko’y malayang gumagala Sa bawat rehiyon at sona Sa bawat panahon. Ang aking natupad Sa malaong panahon…

On the 105th birth anniversary of Amado V. Hernandez: A Translation by Prof. Jose Maria Sison of Ka Amado’s Poem Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Mo Aking Bayan…

A Message to the U.P. Writers Club Jose Maria Sison Political Prisoner Military Security Command Fort Bonifacio I wish to express the warmest greetings to my colleagues in…

By Ed Maranan The best-known radical poet who became a political prisoner of the Marcos regime was Jose Ma. Sison, a former English instructor at the University of…

The Life and Times of a Seditious Poet By Edgar B. Maranan We shall line them up against the wall!   –attributed to Jose Maria Sison, UP basement canteen,…