Post by thepoetslizard on Oct 10, 2008 15:54:44 GMT 2
Yolanda Palis left the Philippines to study in Paris, France. She has worked for a nanny while living in Europe. Her poems and essays have been published in the Philippines, France, and the US. She published a collection of poems called Various Times (1993). She was in the groundbreaking Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers co-edited by Nick Carbó and Eileen Tabios and published by Aunt Lute Press in 2000. Yolanda produced a play called "Where Peace Begins", which was produced by the IMF-World Bank Book Club. She lives and works in Washington, DC.
"Contract"
a wind-battered hut,
a waterfront house bought
presumed possessed
man/woman marry
assumed ownership--
daring into dense
green forests
of relationships
i stare at meteors,
converse with unattached voices.
i signed a contract
to survive. a day, two years
surrounded by broken glasses,
empty bottles while across
the hall, cadavers
float among debris of past
places i assumed
i possessed,
i owned,
thus belonged...
"Yolanda Palis: An Artist Painting Boldly With her Life" by Lisa Graves
www.ourownvoice.com/portrait/portrait2004c-1.shtml
