Born in Sampaloc, Quezon, Vijae O. Alquisola teaches Literature and Creative Writing at DLSU-Taft, Manila. His poems, poems for children, and research work have received recognition from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (2014 and 2016) and the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2017), and were included in various journals and anthologies. He is the author of the poetry books Sa Mga Pansamantala (2017), Awit ng Bakwit: Mga Tula Para sa Bata (2019), Sa Tuwing Ikaw ay Tahimik: Mga Tula Para sa Bata (forthcoming).

TRANSLATION

"In the Middle of Everything, a Prayer" and Other Poems

By VIJAE O. ALQUISOLA

Translated from Tagalog by Hannah Keziah Agustin