Pre-War Works
Mga Ingkantohanon | Antonio Abasolo
Mga Ingkantohanon by Antonio Abasolo Nardo is a tall, beautiful young man. Nardo was just new to that place where he heard a beautiful voice and felt uncanny. He ran when he noticed that the voice came nearer and nearer to him and got so scared. He sat down on a bench and an old […]
Hain na ang kabataan nga gidamgo ni Rizal? | Candido Vasquez
Hain na ang kabataan nga gidamgo ni Rizal? by Candido Vasquez A critique on the lifestyles and interests on the youth of Vasquez’s time which contrasted deeply with the expectations of Rizal on the youth which he believes are bringers of peace and progress. Vasquez urges its readers not to forget the struggles of the […]
Adlaw sa Minatay | Antonio Abasolo
Adlaw sa Minatay by Antonio Abasolo n the story, the protagonist remembers the dead on All Souls’ Day. Scenarios of loss of a child, mother, lover, and a friend that added a mournful and sorrowful tone of the story. As the story moved on, the protagonist has this longing of meeting or reuniting with his […]
Kadungganan | Candido Vasquez
Kadungganan by Candido Vasquez This piece opens a recognition of the many people who belong to different religions and professions and the differences in their ways of thinking. Vasquez then criticizes the groups within those religions and professions who divide themselves by virtue of religion – setting themselves above the rest and placing the rest […]
Ang Inahan Inahan sa gihapon | Florentino Tecson
Ang Inahan, Inahan sa gihapon by Florentino Tecson One stormy day, an old woman, Iya-Minay, reminisces about the past of her beloved son Tasyo. Since, he was only seven years old when she parted from him to go to Manila to receive education. As the story goes, Tasyo, years later, a man of humble beginnings […]
Takna sa Kabantan-on | Candido Vasquez
Takna sa Kabantan-on by Candido Vasquez Candido Vasquez dedicates this poem to a woman named Catalina Alfafara whom he describes as shis kauban ug higala. This poem is all about the breaking through the temptations present in the lives of adolescents which are characterized by the weakening of our fortitude especially in times of hardships. […]
Ang mga Kaguol ni To-Tinoy | Florentino Tecson
Ang mga Kaguol ni To-Tinoy by Florentino Tecson The story started out with To-Tinoy describing his life of solitude. He asked the reader if the reader wondered as to how he got there. He started reminiscing his father’s words of wisdom when December came, which was to find a wife in times of coldness. He […]
Pangigi kun pasangil? | Vicente Alcoseba
Pangigi kun pasangil? by Vicente Alcoseba Asun is a widow. She doesn’t decide which is the path to happiness and which is the path to misery, so she takes a blind gamble in love. She has two men who want to marry her, but she can’t decide what to do. She end up with the […]
Gugma! | Florentino Tecson
Gugma! by Florentino Tecson The story is about Lucing, a woman of great beauty, who wanted a suitor that would make her feel special. Despite of the beauty she possesses, Lucing wondered why nobody came to visit her. Ninong, a boy who works at Lucing’s house was trapped by his love for her. However, he […]
Ang Dungog Balaanon | Uldarico Alviola
Ang Dungog Balaanon by Uldarico Alviola Amboy has a wife named Nenang. Nenang became the center of talk in Cebu because she was said to be Tiyago’s girl. Tiyago was a womanizer, who loves to seduced and have fun with women. Amboy, the husband of Nenang did not believe in these rumors about his wife’s […]