- Mga Tulang Sampay-Bakod
- Rolando Cunanan
- Publisher: Central Book Supply, Inc
- ISBN: 978-971-691-609-6
- No. of Pages: 45
- Size: 6"x9"
- Edition: 2007 Edition
Description:
A collection of poems, part tribute to the author's father, a magsasaka, makata at mambabalagtas, and part memoirs, reminiscing of the author's experiences from growing up in a small Bataan town to living in America, with a built-in sense of traditions, values and attitudes. Sampay-bakod refers to a "good-for-nothing, love-poem-loving kind of suitor" parents would hardly prefer for a future son-in-law. The poems are written in "malalim na Tagalog" as a way of preserving in print, for the author's contemporary baby boomer generation, especially those, working and living abroad. Rolando Inton Cunanan. Son of a magsasakat't makata who grew up to be an ad copywriter, a casino blackjack dealer, a construction sales agent, and later, an immigrant in the USA.