The Emperor’s New Sonnet

by Jose Garcia Villa

Jose Garcia Villa

• Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter

• National Artist for literature in 1973
• Doveglion
• Comma poet
Jose Garcia Villa:
“The commas are integral and essential part of
the medium: regulating the poem’s verbal density
and the time movement: enabling each word to
attain a fuller tonal value, and the line movement
to become more measured.”
The Emperor’s New Sonnet
(Jose Garcia Villa)
Sounds familiar?
Emperor’s New Clothes
The Bashful One
(Jose Garcia Villa)
Visual Poetry
On a sheet of paper, create your own version of
visual poetry. Write a brief explanation about
your work.