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         One Life's Bouquet

     -  a memoir,  photo album,  family legacy

                                 Ana Bella L. De Veyra

                                                   

                                      Table of Texts

                                    * Prologue

                                           * Dedication

               Part One : A Posy - The View from my Window (my poems)

                        A. The Power and Beauty of Words

                                                1.  Prose or Poetry?      2.  To Write a Poem

                                                3.  A Song to my Childhood      4.  Word Weaver

                         B.  Coping

                                               1.  Life on Earth                2.  Getting On

                                               3.  The Wheel of Life       4.  Riding the Waves

                                               5.  On Stretching an Already Tensed Spring

                         C.  Inspirational Thoughts

                                                  1.  Yesterday is Money Spent    2. Coconut Trees

                                                  3.  Conflagration of the Spirit   4. More than Skin-deep

                                                  5. Phantom                6.  This Lady's Got Class

                         D. Highly Personal

                                                   1.  My Most Precious Legacy      2.  A Sonnet for Katrina

                                                   3.  My Music      4. To Wives Who Take Love for Granted

                                                   5.  Waiting         5.  Giving Birth

                          E. Ruminations

                                                  1. What Might Have Been             2. At Odds

                                                  3.  Roots            4. Wrong Timing

                                                  5.  Benign Thoughts on Feminism   6. Loss of Innocence

                                                  7. When I Must Go, Honey               8. Fusion

                           F.  Love

                                                   1.  Ecstasy           2.  Fascination     3.  Still Beloved

                                                   4  A Wedding      5.  Moonstruck    6. Love's Scheme    7. Love

 

 

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