Almost home : poems
Reyes, Myrna Peña
Almost home : poems / Myrna Peña-Reyes - ix, 108 pages
I. The sea where it began The sea where it began Diver Early rains Scissors, paper, stone Garden games Kite morning Watching stars Vision House lizards' god The gecko Yaya's lullaby No laughing matter The way of beetles II. Children of war Children of war Johnny Maila at five Ka Virgilio The raftsman never looked back The war about to end III. Other regions, other seasons Night flight Boat drill Boat trip Women's auxiliary Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Hidden lakes, secret rivers Oregon coast in spring Salmon run September Winter notes Winter lichen IV. Sojourner's housekeeping journal Weather report Foreigners Flat feet and home Doors Scirocco Blue Watchers and trainers Dog gone Weeding and graves Wall pastoral Crows From the kitchen window Summer slaughter November rites Morendo Letters Do not pity the jilted lady Estate sale V. Detours and cul-de-sacs To a young poet, in and out of hospitals Jealous gods Therapy room Old logger's gifts Retired VI. Directions for departures The messengers Five ways Sirens in winter What to wear at the funeral Prophecy Departing Rehearsals Nanda devi For Dylan Thomas Recovering the drowned Family picture after thirty years VII. Caught in the eddy Aquamarine Typhoon Harbor home
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Philippine poetry (English)
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Almost home : poems / Myrna Peña-Reyes - ix, 108 pages
I. The sea where it began The sea where it began Diver Early rains Scissors, paper, stone Garden games Kite morning Watching stars Vision House lizards' god The gecko Yaya's lullaby No laughing matter The way of beetles II. Children of war Children of war Johnny Maila at five Ka Virgilio The raftsman never looked back The war about to end III. Other regions, other seasons Night flight Boat drill Boat trip Women's auxiliary Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Hidden lakes, secret rivers Oregon coast in spring Salmon run September Winter notes Winter lichen IV. Sojourner's housekeeping journal Weather report Foreigners Flat feet and home Doors Scirocco Blue Watchers and trainers Dog gone Weeding and graves Wall pastoral Crows From the kitchen window Summer slaughter November rites Morendo Letters Do not pity the jilted lady Estate sale V. Detours and cul-de-sacs To a young poet, in and out of hospitals Jealous gods Therapy room Old logger's gifts Retired VI. Directions for departures The messengers Five ways Sirens in winter What to wear at the funeral Prophecy Departing Rehearsals Nanda devi For Dylan Thomas Recovering the drowned Family picture after thirty years VII. Caught in the eddy Aquamarine Typhoon Harbor home
9715423833
Philippine poetry (English)
899.2101