Sonny Villafania | A Night Peace and Sonnet (Love Poem)

Sonny Villafania is not only a visionary poet; he is a linguistic philosopher who codifies the origin of language and culture. He dissects and juxtaposes the literary tradition against the modern influences by dialectically infusing them with his poetic revelation of truth.

He advocates the use of native language and encourages other writers to weave their craft in their native tongues so that literature will become accessible to the ordinary people, the same poetic vision, which the famous poet Tagore envisioned for his people. Villafania online publication of Dalityapi, for example, is a venue for all international and regional writers, who write in their respective languages.

In his regular column "The Breaking Signs" at Panorama Sunday magazine, a multi-awarded Filipino poet, writer and columnist Cirilo Bautista hailed Villafania's poetry as "a source of rejoicing for readers of regional literatures... Villafania has created 300 sonnets and 50 villanelles in his own language that attempt to reflect the primacy of native culture and return the poet to the central stage of social life."

- Excerpted from an essay by Danny Castillones Sillada, "The Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture: The Vision of Sonny Villafania," Manila Bulletin (Lifestyle Section), May 12, 2008: F1-F2.

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