Member Since: March 07, 2011

Carmela


Biography

Carmela was born in Magsaysay Hill, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. Her late mother, Milagros Valera Reyes-Labitoria, encouraged Carmela in writing poems when she was 10; she has not stopped writing since then.

Where to find Carmela online

Twitter: hernamescarmela
Facebook: Facebook profile

Where to buy in print

http://i-proclaimbookstore.com/

Books

A magical place    by Carmela 
Price: $5.75 USD. 2580 words. Published on March 10, 2011. Fiction.
This is a compilation of poems about the virtual world: the computer, the internet. The words came knocking on the author's door and in a week, she has written these lines. Let her take you to that magical place where resides pure air, freedom and blissful pain.
Stoned    by Carmela 
Price: $6.80 USD. 4440 words. Published on March 10, 2011. Fiction.
This book is a collection of poems written by the author in the year 2010. Her subjects vary from fallen leaves, fiestas, gardens, intestines, junk shops, religions, songs --- all referencing to death, her late mother's nickname which was spelled as "Dette".
22 roundabouts    by Carmela 
Price: $8.80 USD. 6510 words. Published on March 10, 2011. Fiction.
I am used to traffic lights, not roundabouts. But it was curiosity that led me to discover the 22 roundabouts in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Wonder, as you wander, in the roundabouts of Hamad Town.
haiku in manila    by Carmela 
Price: $4.60 USD. 1110 words. Published on March 10, 2011. Fiction.
These collection of haiku were written during her stay in Manila. Here, she talks of her observations of the human psyche: its ingenuity to retain its individuality while melding with its societal and cultural bricolages, its grace to thrive, and its tenacity to outlive life
A dinar for my Spanish guitar (Vol. 1 of Desert poems)    by Carmela 
Price: $8.80 USD. 5920 words. Published on March 7, 2011. Fiction.
"A dinar for my Spanish guitar" is the first volume of the author's desert poems.

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