The words & other poems
The words and other poems
/ Francis C. Macansantos
- 168 pages
The shattered metaphor At the excavation grounds Something like a song The tramp Traveller I Traveller Estrus Sound of water lapping Lethe-wards Homage to Pirandello A walk Public hospital Lovers and friends One echo Time : a definition A valediction for C Sagada Poem for Dulce For Flor Hernandez - a fellow traveller Summer salutation After Cummings Lines for a first anniversary The sunflower grove Poem for P. Arcana A letter to Gina The words Berthold's stage Mr. Querubin's early-morning meditatioj Does infinity have a shape Greeting One of the saints With eyes closed The words The garden Landscape The garden A tourist thinks of gardens The garden goddess Montage Abandoned garden The little way Pedophile park Sampaguita Rock garden Kindergarten To a happy farmer In our own sweet country Vignette The white goddess The mongrel nymphet Prospectus for a city in Negros Memory ballad by one who survived For "Barahim Jalmaani" A visit to Johnny Escandor Highway Marawi An imaginary visit to Carlisle Presidential address Sacrament Homo sum Storm and stress Sturm und drang For Marina Earthquake The pit and the tree A letter to L. Oedipus ascending No greater love Variation on a koan