Contains selections from author's two books, Heartstone, Sacred tree(1993) and Amina among the angels (1997).

Anjanette, first communion -- Bringing the dolls -- Mayanne, five years old -- The boy Abraham -- The boys -- Bonding -- Conspiracy -- From poems from Green Valley: Telley -- Emy -- For Edith: Hearthstone, sacred tree -- From dream cycles: Dream poem 7: Mayanne: Twenty years old -- Poet-soldier, drunk -- Nat-san -- Old crystals -- Homecoming -- We kept a jatful of keys -- Young man in a jeepney -- Last light -- Sort of a love poem -- Medusa -- On painting her portrait -- Two poems for VNS: The reluctant warlock -- To a young man aspiring to wizardry -- To a poet caught in the will of the sea -- Late wind, leaf and moonlight -- Inviting a gnome to your kitchen -- Paloma -- My daughter Anjanette, growing up -- Crab story -- Bienvenida -- The wisdom of travelers -- Baguio, the last day -- Mana Iday's last stand -- Pundol, born in the lowlands, laments his father lost in the forest when the volcano exploded -- Fallen in battles in the mountains of Santa Catalina -- Mandirigmang bundok ng Santa Catalina -- Amina among the angels -- As if summer were forever -- Hunger -- Rosas de Piedra -- Her neighbor, the insomniac birds -- Addressing the muse -- Poetry.