TY - BOOK AU - Reyes,Myrna Peña TI - Almost home: : poems SN - 9715423833 U1 - 899.2101 PY - 2004/// CY - Quezon City PB - University of the Philippines Press KW - Philippine poetry (English) N1 - 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 ER -