In the Garden of the Three Islands
In the Garden of the Three Islands (Moyer Bell/Asphodel, 1995)
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“This first collection to be published in the US introduces American readers to a
quite remarkable poet. Maria Luisa [Carino], already celebrated in her native
Philippines. Written in an English of singular resonance, of lyric richness
informed by history, by legend, by political awareness, and everywhere by a
deep perception, the poems of this and her other books bring her background
of Philippines culture, its past and present, into the larger world of late
20th century concerns. This is a poetry outside of schools, of fads and fashion,
highly accomplished and deserving of wide, enthusiastic readership.”
From the blurb by Ralph J. Mills, Jr., poet
and recipient of the Carl Sandburg Award for Poetry
“[Carino's] language is light, always maintaining that sense of wonder
and awe that we feel as childen….”
From the blurb, National Book Review, Philippines
