THE POET AS A CRIMINAL

The Poet as a Heavenly Criminal? Comment also applicable to Ilokano Literary Ayatollahs?

In his introduction to "Umayka Manen, Ganggannaet/Come Again, Stranger," an anthology of Ilokano and English poems, the Ilokano writer-activist, Dr. Aurelio Solver Agcaoili said that a poem is a heavenly crime (creation). Dr. Agcaoili was citing a critique by David M' Guss of "The Selected Poetry of Vicente Huidobro," He went on to say that the "poet is a heavenly criminal."

Why is this so? What is the crime committed by the poet? Dr. Agcaoili, coordinator of the Ilokano program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa offers this explanation, thus: "Ti krimen ti mannaniw ket ti panagaramatna kadagiti disidente a balikas a kas mangibabaet kadagiti disidente nga idea iti isipna, disidente nga isipna nga aggubuay iti aktivo a respondena iti aginaldaw a karit ti kinaawan hustisia. Ti krimen ti mannaniw ket ti pananglatigona iti wagas nga awanan buteng kadagiti napalangguad nga addaan iti bassit-usit a poder, dagiti napalangguad a di makaamo iti justo a kaibatogan ti bileg nga adda kadakuada."

*Going, going, going toward the setting sun, not coming back

The ending of most of old Western movies has this cowboy on his horse riding toward the setting sun. It means that the conflict in the story has been resolved and the hero has killed or defeated his enemies, the good triumphing over evil.
The film's final scene is also a metaphor for the final years of a man's life when his activities slowdown and minimized and he waits for the cross to the Great Beyond. In the interim, can man hold on and reinvent himself and become new again, in spirit, maybe and pursue other interests?
Yes, said the inspiration leader!
Any which way?
Try and try, and try. The most difficult part of an undertaking is making the first step. Once you've done it, " it is one thing leading to another."

*On  Philippine Cult's Financial Mess

Named after the Redeemer, the religious group's corrupt practices have been exposed by an expelled member who was kidnapped along with his family. The Messiah/Christ must be turning in his grave, saying,"Why did they use my name in vain, desecrating it by selling it to Philippine politicians during election time? Why did they use the money and the ikapu of their poverty-stricken flock for the purchase of the ministers' $202-million Airbus and the construction of the $200-million Philippine Arena and mansions of their leaders?"
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