Vince Imbat is a philosophically-inclined translingual writer, poet, and photographer who walks the streets and dirt roads of Laguna and Pangasinan in search of narratives and truth. On his website vinceimbat.com, he publishes The Long Walk, a weekly newsletter about the intersection of philosophy, photography, poetry, and walking. He came to poetry via Tungko ng Tula, a nine-week poetry course conducted by the late Batangueño poet Rem Tanauan at the outset of the pandemic in 2020. Vince writes poetry in Pangasinan as a humble contribution to reviving the literature of a dying Filipino language. Vince is also a fellow of Saling Panitik 2019: Ikalawang Bienvenido Lumbera Seminar-Palihan sa Pagsasalin.
Agmi la inekas may mais ya impaagew mid kalsada ta kien tayaketek la tan nitan lay mabalasubos ya uran ta kien wala kuno amoy super typhoon tan kien diya ondulan so mata to naani nu labi. Anggapo met so anggan kariton min panginan ta kien aderal la may kuliglig ya babayesen mid si Marlon tan kien anggapoy ibayar mid nu siopa tay walay luganan to ta kien gawat. Mankulibenben ka la siriy tuwalya ta kien ibaan mo ak ya ompawil dimad kalsada ta kien kalkalnaan tan kopkopen nu antoy nakopkop ta ta kien isako tan amin.
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‘Di na namin kinuha ang mais na ibinilad nami sa kalsada dahil kuwan umaambon na at nariyan na ang malakas na ulan dahil kuwan meron daw atang super typhoon at kuwan dito dadaan ang mata niya mamayang gabi. Wala man lang naman kasi kaming maski kariton na paglalagyan dahil kuwan sira na ‘yong kuliglig na hinihiram namin kay Marlon at kuwan wala kaming pambayad sa sino mang may sasakyan dahil kuwan tagsalat. Ipambalabal mo na ‘tong tuwalya dahil kuwan samahan mo ‘kong bumalik sa kalsada dahil kuwan unti-untiin nating tipunin kung ano ang matitipon natin dahil kuwan isako natin lahat.