...the Pinay poet

Filipina poet recognized abroad

 

 

Manila Bulletin

15 June 2013

Caroline Nazareno, Ceri Naz to her friends and followers, is a poet, journalist, public speaker, linguist and educator. She was invited as a featured poet at Vancouver Word On The Street and World Poetry Canada and International. She was likewise an active participant in Poetry Reading at World Poetry Night Out New Westminster, in British Columbia, Canada.

 

 

 

 

Two years ago, World Poetry Canada and International (WPCI) honored Ceri Naz with the "Certificate of Appreciation for the International Peace Festival 2011". WCPI was founded by Ariadne Sawyer, a distinguished published poet and author whose advocacy of promoting world peace through poetry has fostered brotherhood among peoples of all colors, creeds, and races. In the same year, Poetry Around The Globe, an organization headed by Lucia Gorea, Ph.D., an award-winning poet, widely published writer, literary translator and English/ESL professor, presented Ceri Naz with the "Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in Poetry" as a World Poet.

World Poetry Canada and International Peace Festival 2013, a prestigious gathering of poets from across all continents, adjudged her "World Poetry Empowered Poet 2013".

Graduating cum laude with the degree of Bachelor of Elementary Education, major in General Science, at Pangasinan State University, Ceri Naz pursued higher studies in journalism, public speaking and leadership. She earned her postgraduate studies in Administration and Supervision at Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology, gained her creative writing workshops and trainings at University of the Philippines-Diliman, and storytelling at Philippine Normal University in coordination with the Philippine National Library. She has been a member of Division of Quezon City Schools Press and School Paper Advisers Association.

At Glendale, California, Ceri Naz was co-anchor of Manny Calpito's Hulahok and OTUSA.TV, an internet television. As co-founder of Doc PenPen B. Takipsilim's "2011 "i" Inspire The World Friendship Poetry Event" held in Cloud 9, Antipolo City, Ceri Naz was instrumental in the success of said event.

On 2012, her stirring poem, "where peace can be", was published at the New York-based blogsite of well-known poet, Romeo Dela Valle, and on March 2013 the same poem saw print on World Poetry E-Anthology.

Her poem, "pandora escapes unto my hands", so impressed Haris Adhikari, editor of Misty Mountain Review, an e-magazine based in Nepal, that the latter featured it on May 2012. Another poem, "the song my heart sings", invited the attention of the publisher of KIRAZ HABERTRAK Magazine, the cultural oasis of elite Turkish poets, writers, filmmakers, musicians, and art lovers, and published it on its July 2011 issue.

At the "Leaders & Writers Convergence 2013, Boracay", an event for practising and wannabe writers, Ceri Naz was one of the resource speakers. Currently, she writes for the Philippine Canadian Inquirer, Manila Bulletin and Philippine Star.

 

...the poet in Macau

OFW's works featured in poetry reading in Macau

 

 

06/29/2011

GMA News

The poems of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) were read in Macau recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Poems from the book "Pan Chai: A Filipino Boy in Macau" were read as part of the Philippine Consulate's program to recognize the achievements of OFWs in Macau.

The book was written by Filipino author Oscar Balajadia under the pen name "Papa Osmubal."

"Four Filipino students, two from Escola Sao Joao de Brito Sucursal in Macau and two from Macau Sam Yuk Middle School, and four members of the Filipino community participated in the poetry reading," the DFA said in a news release.

The activity also served as the launching of the book to the Filipino community in Macau.

Balajadia's works

Some of the works that were read included:

"Gregoria de Jesus and Andres Bonifacio's Assassination" and "Filipino Diaspora" delivered by Sr. Maria Rosa Nacor Viloria;

"Lapu-Lapu Speaks," delivered by Emilia Aguinaldo;

"Katipuneros" delivered by Joao Biglete;

"Exchange with an American Rights Advocate," delivered by Andrea Vanessa Pangan;

"News from Home: 'Avalanche of Rubbish Kills 46 in Shanties'" delivered by Nathaniel Libiternos;

"A Filipino Migrant's Day Off" delivered by Violeta Adina;

"At the Fortaleza do Monte Macau" delivered by Shirley Llanes;

"Volcano Eruption: Pinatubo, Philippines, 1991" delivered by Lina Lawig; and

"A Filipino Expatriate Worker in Macau" delivered by Lulette Portuguez.

"Pan Chai-the Filipino boy, on whom the poems were based, represents every Filipino in Macau, the man perpetually seeking home, for acceptance, and who was left unguarded and naked in this jungle we call society or civilization," the DFA said.

Author's roots

The author hails from Magalang town in Pampanga and studied at Holy Angel University in Angeles City on full scholarship.

He finished his M.A. in English Studies at the University of Macau where he received a rating of "excellent" upon graduation.

He also studied Associate Philosophy at Christ the King Mission Seminary (SVD) and came first to Macau as Catholic lay missionary.

He now works at Hou Kong Middle School in Macau.

Balajadia's book was published by the Association of Stories in Macau with the support of Instituto Cultural do Governo de R.A.E de Macau.

He was nominated to the 2011 Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net 2010. - VVP, GMA News