Introducing the book with its first poem of the same title.

Cadena de Amor
My youth is filled with cadena de amor
Crawling in the fields,
Climbing up unsuspecting trees,
Clinging to makeshift fences
Hugging other flowers, other leaves,
Seemingly unfamiliar with its cousin
The Bleeding Hearts,
Blocking off the full redness of the sun
So that it stays pink in bud shape
Even in bloomingest...
Cadena de amor
Is the color of youth.

The book contains 145 poems, divided into four parts: How Do I Love You? (English), Sa Kaarawan ni Serafin (Pilipino), Llevo (Spanish), and Selected Poems (English, Spanish, and Pilipino).

Other books by Mara PL. Lanot: Sheaves of this Burning and Other Poems (1967); Flowers of the Sun (1970); Passion and Compassion: Mga Tula sa Ingles at Pilipino (1981); Dream Sketches (1991); Déjà Vu & Other Essays (1999); The Trouble with Nick & Other Profiles (1999), Witch's Dance at iba pang tula sa Filipino at Español (2000); 10+2: Mga Kwento ng Ordinaryong Tao (2005); Riding the Full Moon (2008); Darna and Other Idols (2012).

Publisher:
University of the Philippines Press, Philippines

Publication Date:
2017

Format:
Softcover / 9 x 6 inches / 233 pages / BW

Language:
English, Filipino, Spanish

ISBN: 9718-971-542-848-4