Simeon DumDum Jr.

Simeon Dumdum, Jr. is a widely published and anthologized poet. He was born on March 7,
1948 in Balamban, Cebu. His impressive educational attainment include degrees in Law from
the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, 1976, Theology from the San Carlos Seminary,
Makati City, 1970 and Philosophy from the Cluain Mhuire and University College, Ireland,
1969. He works as Senior Attorney for the Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development
Corp. He is also a columnist for the SunStar, a Cebu City daily newspaper.

Dumdum has attended writers’ workshops and conferences in the Philippines, Singapore, and
England. He was also panelist Cornelio Faigao Memorial Writers Workshop. His awards
include Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Third Prize, Selected
Poems, 1981; Third Prize, Axioms, 1983; Second Prize,Masbate, 1982 and Second
Prize, Gossamer, 1984). He has also garnered Honorable Mention from the CCP Literary
Contest and a Citation, Philippine Literary Arts Council.

His poems appeared in Focus, Jose, Solidarity, Mithi, Midweek, Caracoa, Philippine Studies,
Versus, Kamao, and Tenggara. Dumdum’s volumes of poetry are The Gift of Sleep (1982)
and Third World Opera (1987).

LITERARY TEXT
 Love Makes the World Go Round

S. Dumdum Jr.
He was wild.
In her sixth month, he had the map of the world
Tattoed on her belly.
And then, without saying goodbye,
He left for America.

In her last trimester,

Her belly grew into a tight and shiny globe
The Northern Hemisphere stretched around
The North Pole of her navel.
She would rub the northern slope of her abdomen
And feel the kick of the fetus
Between the United States and Canada.
And then she would wonder
In which of these countries
He would be now.

Since then she'd had five men

In as many years—
And five children.
This was to keep her hands holding the globe
Of her belly.
This was her only way of feeling the world—
And of going
To America.
LITERARY ANALYSIS

Love Makes The World Go Round

General Interpretation of the Poetry:

The story was about how to world was created by using the imaginative perspective of the
author. He interpreted the creation of the world of that of a pregnant lady that was about to give
birth. The expanding belly was the shape of the globe and the continents that were tattooed on
her belly was constantly expanding because of the growing belly.

Elements of a Story

Characters: The pregnant Women- Her belly was the earth and she was the focus of the
story
The Earth- It was the one doing all sorts of action in the interpretation of the creation of
the world.

Setting: Planet Earth/ Solar system.

Tone / Mood: Mellow/ Loving vibe.

Theme: The Creation

Elements of a Poem

Sense: Sense of hearing. By this you can hear the words and the actions by sense of
hearing. You feel the poem lingering unto you and its meaning.

Sound: Slow Rhythm because it has a slow pace when saying the words and it has a very
mellow kind of romantic sound.

Structure: Free Verse because of the author writing what he wants without following a
certain structure. Free verse is basically saying what you feel and you can express your
imagination more clearly because of the freedom to write what you want.

Theme: The Creation because it defines how the world was created in a imaginative way
possible. It has a good storyline and a little bit complicated.
 Tone / Mood: Mellow/ Loving vibe. It shows how the author was happy in writing his
work because you can clearly see that his words are gentle and touching.

Gwynette C. Pineda
Pen name: Gwen

I chose Gwen as my pen name because I

She is Gwynette C. Pineda, born in April 6.
2001. She is currently 17 years old and she’s
studying at the Dominican College of Tarlac
currently taking on the STEM strand. She
aspire to be successful in life and she wants to
be admired by her parents because she adores
them.
want to keep it simple. People will easily
know me by my pen name because it’s
also my nick name. By using this as a
pen name people will easily identify who
I am. If I were to write a literary work
using this nickname it won’t be as hard
to memorize because It’s not
complicated and it it’s easier that way.